5,508 people (2024 Census estimate, −3.8% since 2020)
1,135 square miles of land · 5 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.
5 active community water systems list San Saba County in the area they serve, reporting 6,926 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF SAN SABA groundwater · local government · TX2060001 | 3,151 served |
| RICHLAND SUD groundwater · local government · TX2060012 | 2,505 served |
| NORTH SAN SABA WSC buys groundwater · local government · TX2060003 | 885 served |
| CITY OF RICHLAND SPRINGS groundwater · local government · TX2060002 | 325 served |
| CHEROKEE HOME FOR CHILDREN groundwater · private · TX2060004 | 60 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 0 people were held in San Saba County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2026). In 2021 it was about 0.
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.
3 school districts have their office in San Saba County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $12 million — $10.8 million to run schools, about $15,852 per student, plus $929,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $5.6 million local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $1.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.1 million.
Spent $3.2 million — $2.8 million to run schools, about $19,986 per student, plus $261,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.5 million local (mostly property tax), $1.6 million state, $323,000 federal. Long-term debt: $2.5 million.
Spent $3 million — $2.9 million to run schools, about $20,777 per student, plus $123,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $959,000 local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $598,000 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.
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: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost San Saba County about $3.3 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
90 bridges in San Saba County: 50 in good condition, 38 fair, and 2 poor (2.2%). “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.
| CR 252 over RICHLAND CREEK · built 1936 | 17 vehicles a day |
| CR 114 over JERRYS BRANCH · built 1995 | 17 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $9.4 million of work in San Saba County in fiscal 2025, about $1,648 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
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for San Saba 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 San Saba County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Mills County (27 mi) · Llano County (32 mi) · McCulloch County (32 mi) · Lampasas County (34 mi) · Mason County (40 mi) · Brown County (43 mi).