Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Braunfels is a city of 122,492, and it grades B− overall, 169th of 640 graded towns in Texas. Its schools outperform 83% of the state's. The trade-off: the typical home is worth about $345K, 4.5 years of the San Antonio metro’s $76K median household income. Its National Register listings include Lindheimer House and Comal County Courthouse. 26% of working residents work locally in New Braunfels, where Texas’ towns sit at 8.3% and U.S. towns at 8%. The biggest park or preserve is Fischer Park, at 62 acres.
Where New Braunfels beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,298 in 1850, 90,403 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1847 and a map from 1927 on.
22 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far New Braunfels is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in New Braunfels, 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 New Braunfels.
New Braunfels has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, trades workers with San Antonio and other neighbors and has home values still below their peak.
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $345K.
Its public schools are run by New Braunfels ISD. Three of its 37 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,301 | B+ |
| Canyon H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,414 | A |
| Memorial Early College H STop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 291 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
New Braunfels beats the Texas average on 14 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of New Braunfels adults binge drink.
| New Braunfels | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | New Braunfels | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 13.9% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 8% | 10.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| New Braunfels | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Landa Park | 1.2 mi | 56 |
| 2. Panther Canyon | 1.1 mi | 51 |
| 3. Oak Run POA | 0.3 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The New Braunfels weather station records that about 117 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 95.6°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.7°.
New Braunfels has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in New Braunfels is 96°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| New Braunfels | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 40°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
New Braunfels has about as many jobs (44,661) as working residents, but only 11,814 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 27,400 in 2013 to 44,661.
About one in 4 of New Braunfels’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in New Braunfels grew to 44,661 in 2023, 17,261 more than in 2013. 7.4% of residents live below the poverty line in New Braunfels.
| New Braunfels | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical value, about $345K, is 16% below its July 2022 peak.
New Braunfels’ median rent is $1,654 a month. The typical New Braunfels home is worth about $345,000, down 1.9% in a year, 17% above the Texas typical home.
| New Braunfels | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,654 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 69% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 52% | 50% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
New Braunfels has grown 36% since 2020, to 122,492 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 39% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Texas.
| New Braunfels | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 26% | 22% |
| Median age | 37.1 years | 35.8 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 14% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1 point. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 37.9, men 35.8.
| New Braunfels | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.7% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.5% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.6% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.4% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.6% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.2% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.6% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
587 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 140 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 587 flood insurance claims have been paid out in New Braunfels.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Braunfels. Close and well known come first.
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaAlamodome
23 mi CaveJacob's Well (Texas)
29 mi LandmarkAlamo Mission
27 mi Stadium & arenaFrost Bank Center
31 mi Theme parkSix Flags Fiesta Texas
29 mi LookoutTower of the AmericasAlamodome: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Alamo Mission: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202, CC BY-SA 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
1 within 15 miles of the center of New Braunfels
About 4 of every 100 New Braunfels residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
57,740 counted in 2010 and 90,403 in 2020; an estimated 122,492 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 35.5% since 2020, after 56.6% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
22 places in New Braunfels on the National Register of Historic Places.
15 notable people were born in New Braunfels.
City in Texas, United States
New Braunfels ( BRAWN-fəlz) is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Comal County. The city covers 44.9 square miles (116 km2) and had a population of 90,403 as of the 2020 Census. A suburb just north of San Antonio, and part of the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area, it was the third-fastest-growing city in the United States from 2010 to 2020. As of 2025, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates its population at 122,492. New Braunfels is known for its German Texan heritage.
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2 towns share a border with New Braunfels.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | #169 | B− | D | B− | A− | B+ |
| Schertz | #159 | B− | D | B | A− | B+ |
| Lake Dunlap | — | — | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
Lake Dunlap has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lake Dunlap reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare New Braunfels with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
New Braunfels grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #169 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health, B− for safety and A− 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.
15 notable people were born here, including Leigh Nash and Bob Krueger.
