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Texas›Guadalupe County

McQueeneyTX

A town of 2,392, settled in 1900.

Is McQueeney a good place to live?

McQueeney’s weakest subject grade is a D for hazard risk. On the outdoors, just 10 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. McQueeney has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

A commuter town

98% of working residents leave McQueeney for work

Where McQueeney’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

23% → San Antonio San Antonio 23% 14% → New Braunfels New Braunfels 14% 11% → Seguin Seguin 11% 7% → Austin Austin 7% 3% → San Marcos San Marcos 3% 3% → Houston Houston 3% McQueeney · 2% stay
536jobs based in McQueeney
2%of working residents work in town
26 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How McQueeney grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far McQueeney is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to McQueeney: who provides what

McQueeney is unincorporated, so Guadalupe County and regional agencies provide most services.

PowerCity of San Antonio12.4¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterGreen Valley SUDNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet6 providers99% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesGuadalupe CountyGuadalupe County provides services here
SchoolsSeguin Independent School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereGuadalupe County Early Voting ClerkGuadalupe County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP codes78123, 78155, 7813078123 91% · 78155 6% · 78130 3%Census 2020

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 McQueeney.

HousingCost of living grade C

A home in McQueeney is worth about $428K, on Zillow’s estimate

In McQueeney, 90% of households live in a home they own.

$428KZillow home value

Typical home value

McQueeney$428K
Texas$296K
−0.6%
value change, 1 year
2
homes sold in May

Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center

SchoolsC−

McQueeney’s public schools trail 81% of Texas districts

Public schools: Seguin ISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. 324 students attend McQueeney’s public school.

19%of TX districts it outscoresC−School Grade
SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
McQueeney ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5Grades K–5324D

NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D

In McQueeney, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical Texas or U.S. town

Households in McQueeney have drawn federal disaster aid in 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 95% come from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 86% of U.S. communities.

86risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
86Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland flooding
4
federal disasters paid out here

FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade B

McQueeney has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

Commuting out is the norm in McQueeney: 2% of working residents work locally. This Texas town had 536 jobs in 2023, up 137 from 2013. Its mean commuting time is 29 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). For McQueeney, the typical household income is $98,000.

2%work in town
McQueeneyTexas townsU.S. towns
Average trip to work29 minutes25 minutes25 minutes
Median household income$98,000$69,000$80,000
Working residents who work in town1.8%8.3%8%
Below the poverty line13%12%9.6%

Where working residents work

In McQueeney2%
San Antonio23%
New Braunfels14%
Seguin11%
Austin7%
26 mi
median commute distance
536
jobs based in McQueeney
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

HealthC

On CDC estimates, McQueeney is less healthy than 68% of U.S. towns

McQueeney: 17% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, close to Texas’ towns (18%) and above U.S. towns (8.1%). CDC measures, 31 in all: McQueeney beats Texas on 8 and trails on 9. For adults here, the share who have diabetes is 16%.

32%healthier than U.S. townsCHealth Grade
McQueeneyTexas townsU.S. towns
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)16%13%12%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)41%35%35%
No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES)17%18%8.1%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)16%15%14%
31 measures vs. Texas
8 better14 too close to call9 worse
What stands outMcQueeneyTX
Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off8.7%10.7%
Fewer adults facing housing insecurity13.4%16.4%
More adults who have had cancer9.2%6.1%
Guadalupe Regional Medical Center
6.4 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Climate

Mild winters and hot summers: that is McQueeney’s year

July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 40° and snow is almost unheard of.

97°summer high

Typical low → high °F

Winter42–65°
Spring58–80°
Summer73–95°
Fall59–82°
Nov 26
typical first frost
Mar 1
typical last frost
+0.9°
vs. the 20th-century average
97°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Nearby attractions

Alamodome and 39 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around McQueeney. Close and well known come first.

All 79 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Alamodome: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Alamo Mission: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Frost Bank Center: Atristan 77, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Six Flags Fiesta Texas: Chris Hagerman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tower of the Americas: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0

Keep exploring

Everything we know about McQueeney

16pages on McQueeney
After high school

Colleges nearby

1 within 15 miles of the center of McQueeney

About McQueeney

Census-designated place in Texas, United States

McQueeney is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,397 at the 2020 census. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
4.5 sq mi
Elevation
548 ft
ZIP code
78123
Area code
830

McQueeney’s neighbors

One town shares a border with McQueeney.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownTX rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
McQueeney——C—C−C
Seguin#569DCCCC−

McQueeney has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. McQueeney reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare McQueeney with a neighbor →

Questions about McQueeney

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is McQueeney, TX expensive?

That is 5.6 years of the area's median household income ($76,213 across the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.