53,900 people (2024 Census estimate, +2.3% since 2020)
1,103 square miles of land · 49 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.
74 active community water systems list Kerr County in the area they serve, reporting 57,779 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF KERRVILLE surface water · local government · TX1330001 | 30,530 served |
| INGRAM WATER SUPPLY groundwater · private · TX1330011 | 5,955 served |
| LOMA VISTA WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · TX1330041 | 3,720 served |
| FOUR SEASONS groundwater · private · TX1330113 | 1,059 served |
| SOUTHERN HILLS groundwater · private · TX1330128 | 1,005 served |
| KERRVILLE VA HOSPITAL groundwater · federal · TX1330095 | 1,000 served |
| ERLUND SUBDIVISION groundwater · private · TX1330036 | 821 served |
| GUADALUPE HEIGHTS UTILITY groundwater · private · TX1330009 | 678 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 229 people were held in Kerr County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 220.
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.
5 school districts have their office in Kerr County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $59.1 million — $50 million to run schools, about $10,258 per student, plus $5.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $42.5 million local (mostly property tax), $13.5 million state, $10.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $86.7 million.
Spent $26.9 million — $16 million to run schools, about $12,886 per student, plus $9.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $11 million local (mostly property tax), $7.6 million state, $3 million federal. Long-term debt: $11.4 million.
Spent $8.9 million — $8.5 million to run schools, about $15,561 per student, plus $284,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.9 million local (mostly property tax), $3.5 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $299,000.
Spent $6.7 million — $3.5 million to run schools, about $17,243 per student, plus $69,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $3.3 million local (mostly property tax), $356,000 state, $463,000 federal. Long-term debt: $3 million.
Spent $753,000 — $578,000 to run schools, about $15,622 per student, plus $53,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $846,000 local (mostly property tax), $46,000 state, $0 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.
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 Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Kerr County about $25.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
172 bridges in Kerr County: 111 in good condition, 60 fair, and 1 poor (0.6%). “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.
| CROSSING ST over GUADALUPE RIVER · built 1925 | 601 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.5 million of work in Kerr County in fiscal 2025, about $48 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: Bandera County (22 mi) · Gillespie County (31 mi) · Real County (32 mi) · Kimble County (37 mi) · Kendall County (39 mi) · Mason County (45 mi).