Circle D-KC EstatesTX
A town of 3,135.
Is Circle D-KC Estates a good place to live?
Circle D-KC Estates earns a D, 447th of 640 graded towns in Texas. What it does well: 22% of its land is conserved. 23% of the land in Circle D-KC Estates is conserved, against 1.9% in Texas’ towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Only 88 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on history.
98% of working residents leave Circle D-KC Estates for work
Where Circle D-KC Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Circle D-KC Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Circle D-KC Estates is from typical.
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Moving to Circle D-KC Estates: who provides what
Circle D-KC Estates is unincorporated, so Bastrop County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Circle D-KC Estates.
Circle D-KC Estates has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Austin and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Open space protected for good: 22.5% of Circle D-KC Estates
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 3.5 miles of trail. The biggest place to walk is Bastrop State Park, 366 acres with 3.1 miles of trail. Circle D-KC Estates’ trail density stands at 0.4 miles per square mile, where Texas’ towns sit at 0.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bastrop State Park | 3.1 mi | 366 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About one in three of Circle D-KC Estates’ working residents commute to Austin
Circle D-KC Estates has 220 jobs for its 1,129 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 46.7 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
For half of commuters, work is under 33 miles away. Jobs in Circle D-KC Estates grew by 180 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 220. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. In Circle D-KC Estates, the mean commuting time is 47 minutes.
| Circle D-KC Estates | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 47 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 9.8% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Circle D-KC Estates, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Smithville weather station, 11 miles away, records that about 124 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.3°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 40°.
For Circle D-KC Estates, the peak summer temperature is 95°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Circle D-KC Estates | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 40°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Circle D-KC Estates is less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,441 U.S. towns with household incomes like Circle D-KC Estates’s, it is less healthy than 82%, so it trails even them.
On the CDC’s 31 measures, Circle D-KC Estates is ahead of Texas on 10 and behind on 7. The share of adults in Circle D-KC Estates who sleep under 7 hours: 33%. 40% of adults in the town have obesity; 38% have high blood pressure.
| Circle D-KC Estates | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 39% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 8.1% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Circle D-KC Estates | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.4% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 7.6% | 10.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.5% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Circle D-KC Estates has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA puts three fifths of Circle D-KC Estates’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 20% to tornadoes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Circle D-KC Estates sell for about $345K
For households in Circle D-KC Estates, the share who are owner-occupiers is 86%. On the market in the town: a median 60 days to sell. In Circle D-KC Estates, the typical sale closed at 91.1% of the list price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Circle D-KC Estates
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Circle D-KC Estates; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Circle D-KC Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Circle D-KC Estates
Census-designated place in Bastrop County, Texas, United States
Circle D-KC Estates is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,588 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 9.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 502 ft
Circle D-KC Estates’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Circle D-KC Estates.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle D-KC Estates | #447 | D | C+ | — | C | C+ |
| Camp Swift | #415 | C− | B+ | — | C | C− |
Circle D-KC Estates and Camp Swift report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Circle D-KC Estates with a neighbor →
Questions about Circle D-KC Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Circle D-KC Estates, TX a good place to live?
Circle D-KC Estates grades D overall, better than 14% of U.S. towns and #447 of 640 in Texas. It grades C+ for health and C for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Circle D-KC Estates, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $385,000, 30% above the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.