Lake Medina ShoresTX
It is a town of 1,411 residents in Texas.
Is Lake Medina Shores a good place to live?
Lake Medina Shores’ weakest subject grade is a D− for incomes. Lake Medina Shores’ average commute is 58 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On incomes, just 7 of Texas’ 990 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 17 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Lake Medina Shores has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Lake Medina Shores grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Lake Medina Shores is from typical.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Medina Shores.
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Medina Shores’ workers commute out
The top destinations are San Antonio (34%), Bandera (7%) and Boerne (6%). Lake Medina Shores: 31% of residents live below the poverty line. For half of commuters, work is under 30 miles away.
| Lake Medina Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 31% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Lake Medina Shores is less healthy than two in three U.S. towns
15% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Lake Medina Shores. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Lake Medina Shores is ahead of Texas on 9 and behind on 9. Two figures for adults in the town: 15% have diabetes, 16% report frequent physical distress.
| Lake Medina Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lake Medina Shores | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.7% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.5% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lake Medina Shores: mild winters and hot summers
Lake Medina Shores’ typical July afternoon high is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: high risk in Lake Medina Shores, mostly inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Lake Medina Shores sits above 64% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 73% come from inland flooding and 10% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A home in Lake Medina Shores sells for about $160K at the median
The share of households in Lake Medina Shores who live in a home they own: 67%. Lake Medina Shores’ median rent stands at $1,793 a month.
| Lake Medina Shores | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,793 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Medina Shores
Moving to Lake Medina Shores: who provides what
Lake Medina Shores is unincorporated, so Bandera 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.
Lake Medina Shores has shrunk 10% from 2010 to 2020
1,235 counted in 2010 and 1,110 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Medina Shores; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Lake Medina Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Lake Medina Shores
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Lake Medina Shores is a census-designated place in Bandera and Medina counties, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lake Medina Shores had a population of 1,110. This was a new CDP for the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,145 ft
- Area code
- 830
Questions about Lake Medina Shores
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Is Lake Medina Shores, TX expensive?
The typical home is worth about $225,000, 24% below 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+.
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