Texas · county 48131

Duval County, Texas: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Duval County — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Duval County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

9,585 people (2024 Census estimate, −2.3% since 2020)
1,793 square miles of land · 5 people per square mile

How Duval County compares — against the other counties in Texas

“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Duval County

6 active community water systems list Duval County in the area they serve, reporting 12,404 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

SAN DIEGO MUD 1
groundwater · local government · TX0660003
6,291 served
FREER WCID
groundwater · local government · TX0660002
2,923 served
DUVAL COUNTY CRD BENAVIDES
groundwater · local government · TX0660001
2,285 served
CITY OF SAN DIEGO GLOSSBRENNER UNIT
buys groundwater · local government · TX0660017
545 served
DUVAL COUNTY CRD REALITOS
groundwater · local government · TX0660014
200 served
DUVAL COUNTY CRD CONCEPCION
groundwater · local government · TX0660015
160 served

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 26 people were held in Duval County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 23.

Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

4 school districts have their office in Duval County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

SAN DIEGO IND SCH DIST 9021,495 students

Spent $21.4 million — $18.1 million to run schools, about $12,080 per student, plus $1.7 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $6.4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.7 million state, $3.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $22.7 million.

FREER IND SCH DISTRICT 903734 students

Spent $15.6 million — $13.6 million to run schools, about $18,500 per student, plus $213,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.5 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $20.6 million.

BENAVIDES IND SCH DISTRICT 901353 students

Spent $8.1 million — $7.9 million to run schools, about $22,295 per student, plus $71,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.1 million local (mostly property tax), $2.3 million state, $2.5 million federal. Long-term debt: $4.3 million.

RAMIREZ COMM SCH DISTRICT 90521 students

Spent $1 million — $969,000 to run schools, about $46,143 per student, plus $29,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $282,000 local (mostly property tax), $522,000 state, $285,000 federal.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.

Health, money and internet at home — Duval County beside Texas

Life expectancy70.3 years · Texas 76.7 years
Adults under 65 without health insurance18.0% · Texas 18.8%
Children in poverty42.8% · Texas 18.4%
Households without enough food (food insecurity)21.2% · Texas 16.4%
Households with broadband internet67.7% · Texas 90.0%
Households with severe housing problems12.5% · Texas 17.5%
Residents per mental health provider9,604 · Texas 590
Unemployment4.4% · Texas 3.9%
Median household income$40,415 · Texas $75,778

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Duval County about $9.9 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very Low; social vulnerability: Very High.

The costliest hazards here

Cold wave$6.1 million a year · Relatively High
River and inland flooding$1.8 million a year · Very Low
Heat wave$586,625 a year · Relatively Low
Hurricane$529,009 a year · Relatively Low
Hail$358,201 a year · Relatively Moderate

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

121 bridges in Duval County: 56 in good condition, 64 fair, and 1 poor (0.8%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.

Busiest bridges rated poor

S TOVAR ST
over SAN DIEGO CREEK · built 1960
679 vehicles a day

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $1.7 million of work in Duval County in fiscal 2025, about $172 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.

Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026
Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062
closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699
closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661
closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide
Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064
closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program
Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002
closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)
Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005
closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition
AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026
closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778
closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida
Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222
closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741
closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714
closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708
closes 2026-10-29

From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.

Voting

General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-10-30. Mail ballot application must be received: 2026-10-23. Election Day: 2026-11-03.

Source: Texas Secretary of State, Sept. 28, 2026 · VoteTexas.gov — early voting · VoteTexas.gov

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Duval County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Duval County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Jim Wells County (25 mi) · Jim Hogg County (46 mi) · Brooks County (48 mi) · McMullen County (49 mi) · Live Oak County (51 mi) · Webb County (52 mi).