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The typical home is worth about $512K, 6.7 years of the Fredericksburg area’s $76K median household income. Overall it grades B−, ranked 200th of 640 in Texas. It also does better than most on safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 74% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $65K, and 9% of residents live below the poverty line. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Fredericksburg, above both the Texas town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). On history, just 6 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, at 103 acres.
Where Fredericksburg beats most towns.
Fredericksburg Historic DistrictWhere Fredericksburg’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Fredericksburg is from typical.
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Census counts: 754 in 1850, 10,875 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1850 and 3 maps from 1894 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fredericksburg, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Fredericksburg.
Fredericksburg carries less natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly inland flooding), draws workers from Kerrville and beyond and fares better on crime within Texas than nationally.
At 6.7 years of the Fredericksburg area’s $76K median household income, the typical home (about $512K) costs more against local pay than in 92% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The typical value, about $512K, is 10% below its July 2022 peak.
The typical Fredericksburg home is worth about $512,000, down 3.1% in a year, 73% above the Texas typical home. 63% of households own their home in Fredericksburg.
| Fredericksburg | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,386 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by Fredericksburg ISD. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Fredericksburg H S, with 1,031 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericksburg ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–5 | Grades 2–5 | 765 | B+ |
| Fredericksburg H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,031 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
6.7 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The trail density in Fredericksburg is 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Fredericksburg | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.7% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fort Martin Scott | 0.6 mi | 15 |
| 2. Marktplatz von Fredericksburg | 0.6 mi | 6 |
| 3. Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park | — | 103 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
7,451 jobs are based in Fredericksburg, 1.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 14.1 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
40% of Fredericksburg’s working residents work right in town. Fredericksburg’s average trip to work is 14 minutes. Jobs based in Fredericksburg grew to 7,451 in 2023, 614 more than in 2013.
| Fredericksburg | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 40% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 14 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 13% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
People 65 and older are 32% of residents (13% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (24% statewide). 43% of Fredericksburg adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Fredericksburg has grown 8% since 2020, to 11,893 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Fredericksburg | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.5 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 26% | 22% |
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.9 points). Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Fredericksburg | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.5% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.7% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.8% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.2% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.7% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 16.3% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.7% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.9% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.6% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.2% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.1% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 88% of Texas towns; that rating is what its B+ for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1980, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fredericksburg.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 10.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 87% of Texas’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 9 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Against the 9,837 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fredericksburg’s, it is healthier than 88%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Fredericksburg beats the Texas average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Fredericksburg | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Fredericksburg | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.6% | 10.7% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.2% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.7% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The Fredericksburg weather station records that about 104 days a year reach 90°, more than in 96% of U.S. towns. The Fredericksburg weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 235 days: longer than most of the country, but shorter than 79% of Texas places with climate records.
Fredericksburg has mild winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 94°, January nights drop to 35° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
None within 15 miles of Fredericksburg; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Fredericksburg residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
4 places in Fredericksburg on the National Register of Historic Places.
16 notable people were born in Fredericksburg.
City in Texas, United States
Fredericksburg is a city in and the county seat of Gillespie County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 Census, this city had a population of 10,875. Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 and named after Prince Frederick of Prussia. Old-time German residents often referred to Fredericksburg as Fritztown, a nickname that is still used in some businesses. It is located 70 miles northwest of San Antonio, and approximately 80 miles west of Austin. This city is also notable as the center of Texas German, a dialect spoken by the first generations of German settlers who initially refused to learn English. Fredericksburg shares many cultural characteristics with New Braunfels, which had been establi…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Fredericksburg grades B− overall, better than 47% of U.S. towns and #200 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health, B+ for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
16 notable people were born here, including Chester W. Nimitz and Joseph Strickland.
