K-Bar RanchTX
Home to 361 people, this town lies in Texas.
Is K-Bar Ranch a good place to live?
K-Bar Ranch’s age of the median resident is 70.2 years, where Texas’ towns sit at 35.9 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. Only 4 of the 643 Texas towns we compare have a higher home-ownership rate than K-Bar Ranch. K-Bar Ranch has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
361 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to K-Bar Ranch: who provides what
K-Bar Ranch is unincorporated, so Jim Wells 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 K-Bar Ranch.
With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of K-Bar Ranch’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Corpus Christi (31%), Alice (10%) and Orange Grove (5%). Since 2013, K-Bar Ranch has lost 43 jobs, to 6 in 2023. The typical household income for K-Bar Ranch comes to $42,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 36 miles.
| K-Bar Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $42,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.3% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest natural risk in K-Bar Ranch is cold waves, at a high overall level
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in K-Bar Ranch
July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 46° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy K-Bar Ranch is
The share of adults in K-Bar Ranch who have diabetes: 15%. The town beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 7. Two figures for adults here: 34% get no exercise outside work, 73% had a checkup this year.
| K-Bar Ranch | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 20% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 30% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 74% | 79% |
| What stands out | K-Bar Ranch | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.1% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 27.3% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about K-Bar Ranch
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of K-Bar Ranch; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 K-Bar Ranch residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave K-Bar Ranch for work
Where K-Bar Ranch’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About K-Bar Ranch
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
K-Bar Ranch is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jim Wells County, Texas, United States. The population was 375 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 194 ft
Questions about K-Bar Ranch
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is K-Bar Ranch, TX a good place to live?
K-Bar Ranch has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.