195,166 people (2024 Census estimate, +12.4% since 2020)
711 square miles of land · 274 people per square mile
“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.
16 active community water systems list Guadalupe County in the area they serve, reporting 207,352 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| GREEN VALLEY SUD buys surface water · local government · TX0940020 | 52,497 served |
| CITY OF SCHERTZ groundwater · local government · TX0940003 | 41,948 served |
| SPRINGS HILL SUD surface water · local government · TX0940022 | 35,541 served |
| CITY OF SEGUIN surface water · local government · TX0940002 | 32,736 served |
| CRYSTAL CLEAR SUD buys surface water · local government · TX0940015 | 20,766 served |
| CITY OF CIBOLO buys surface water · local government · TX0940018 | 20,331 served |
| CITY OF MARION buys surface water · local government · TX0940001 | 1,971 served |
| OAK HILLS RANCH WATER groundwater · private · TX0940085 | 624 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.
About 471 people were held in Guadalupe County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 366.
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.
4 school districts have their office in Guadalupe County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $177.5 million — $156.2 million to run schools, about $10,059 per student, plus $7.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $115 million local (mostly property tax), $70.1 million state, $19.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $378.8 million.
Spent $111 million — $89.5 million to run schools, about $12,362 per student, plus $14 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $65.3 million local (mostly property tax), $25.8 million state, $20.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $164 million.
Spent $36.9 million — $24.9 million to run schools, about $11,411 per student, plus $7.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $25.2 million local (mostly property tax), $8.7 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $119.2 million.
Spent $24.1 million — $20.9 million to run schools, about $13,681 per student, plus $1.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $16.9 million local (mostly property tax), $6.5 million state, $2.4 million federal. Long-term debt: $34.3 million.
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.
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.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Guadalupe County about $123.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Very Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
298 bridges in Guadalupe County: 189 in good condition, 109 fair, and 0 poor (0.0%). “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.
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $4.7 million of work in Guadalupe County in fiscal 2025, about $27 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.
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.
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
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Nearby counties: Comal County (24 mi) · Caldwell County (26 mi) · Gonzales County (29 mi) · Wilson County (29 mi) · Hays County (33 mi) · Bexar County (35 mi).