MacdonaTX
349 people live in this town, settled in 1886.
Is Macdona a good place to live?
Macdona’s age of the median resident is 55 years, above both the Texas town median (35.9 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Macdona has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
349 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Alamodome and 36 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Macdona. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaAlamodome
15 mi LandmarkAlamo Mission
17 mi Stadium & arenaFrost Bank Center
10 mi Theme parkSeaWorld San Antonio
15 mi LookoutTower of the Americas
20 mi Theme parkSix Flags Fiesta TexasPhoto credits
Alamodome: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Alamo Mission: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frost Bank Center: Atristan 77, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SeaWorld San Antonio: TheConduqtor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tower of the Americas: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Six Flags Fiesta Texas: Chris Hagerman, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Macdona: who provides what
Macdona is unincorporated, so Bexar 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 Macdona.
More than half of Macdona’s working residents commute to San Antonio
In Macdona, just over a fifth of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are San Antonio (56%), Austin (5%) and Castle Hills (1%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
| Macdona | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Macdona has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Macdona sits below nearly three quarters of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 63% come from inland flooding and 19% from hail. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Macdona brings mild winters and hot summers
Macdona’s July high is recorded as 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Macdona is
19% of Macdona adults have diabetes. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Macdona is ahead of Texas on 6 and behind on 9. Two figures for adults in the town: 38% get no exercise outside work, 29% say their health is fair or poor.
| Macdona | Typical Texas town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 12% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Macdona | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8.6% | 10.7% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.1% | 12.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 28.5% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Macdona
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of Macdona
About 5 of every 100 Macdona residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
100% of working residents leave Macdona for work
Where Macdona’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Macdona
Place in Texas, United States
Macdona is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Bexar County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Macdona had a population of 464. Macdona lies along the Union Pacific rail line near Loop 1604 in southwest Bexar County. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 627 ft
- ZIP code
- 78054
Questions about Macdona
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Macdona, TX a good place to live?
Macdona has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.