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Town Hall · New Braunfels

New Braunfels spent less per resident in 2022 than 71% of similar cities

New Braunfels’ city government spent $142.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $1,362 per resident. Water and other utilities ($185.7 million) and the airport ($3.8 million) are counted separately.

Town website
Next public meeting

Transportation & Traffic Advisory Board

6:00 pm · Tejas Room

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Day-to-day spending, 2024
$142.6M
year to September 30, 2024
Per resident, 2024
$1,362
In 2022: $1,105, less than 71% of 17 similar cities
Long-term debt
$702.3M
end of FY2024, reported
City staff, 2025
1,113
full-time · 179 part-time · March payroll $7.9M
Typical tax bill
$4,500
1.33% of home value · TX 1.49%

What stands out about how New Braunfels is run

Read from the city’s budget, meetings and official records.

Agendas posted online6 upcoming meetings posted, with agendas.Spends less than most similar citiesIn 2022: $1,105 per resident, less than 71% of 17 similar cities.Runs its own water & sewer63% of day-to-day spending goes to water, sewer and trash (2024).Split between districts2 State House and 4 U.S. House districts cover New Braunfels; your street decides yours.
★ What stands out · Meetings

6 upcoming meetings at town hall

From New Braunfels’ own agenda portal, checked daily. Agendas can change up to the meeting, so check before you go.

Recent meetings

Go in person

Most meetings are open to the public, and many have a public comment period at the start.

Agenda portal ↗
Your share of the 2024 budget

About $1,362 per resident a year, or $3.73 a day

Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 19%.

Where the money comes from
Utility sales 50%Fees & charges 17%Property taxes 11%Sales taxes 11%Interest, fines & other 8%Other taxes & licenses 1%From the federal government <1%From the state <1%From other local governments <1%
Not in the receipt.Building projects $165.1 million; interest on debt $26.9 million; payments to other governments $10.7 million. With these and the enterprises, the whole budget was $534.9 million.
Compared with similar places

$1,105 per resident in 2022: less than 71% of them

New Braunfels’ day-to-day spending in 2022 ($1,105 per resident, hospital and utilities left out) against 17 Texas cities of 50,000–99,999 that don’t run their own schools: the median was $1,223, and the middle half spent $1,043–$1,401. New Braunfels spent less than 71% of them.

Middle half of the group, $1,043–$1,401Median $1,223New Braunfels

Includes sewer and trash ($19.2 million), as the Census Bureau counts them. Later years come from a Census sample, so the comparison stays on 2022. How Town Hall compares budgets →

The group
17

Texas cities of 50,000–99,999 that don’t run their own schools, 2022 Census of Governments (every government counted that year; New Braunfels itself left out).

Over the years

Day-to-day spending is up 35% since 2022

Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years New Braunfels reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.

Day-to-day spending by fiscal year

2022$105.6 million
2023$125.6 million
2024$142.6 million

Per resident: 2022: $1,105 · 2023: $1,271 · 2024: $1,362. Per resident it went from $1,105 to $1,362 (up 23%), partly because the Census population behind it changed from 95,534 to 104,707.

City staff
1,113

full-time in March 2025, up from 921 in 2022.

Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.

Property tax

The typical homeowner pays $4,500 a year

Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.33% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.

What homes cost →

Typical yearly bill next door and statewide

Schertz$5,090
New Braunfels$4,500
Texas$4,232
Lake Dunlap$2,056
$4,500
typical bill a year
1.33%
effective rate
$339,400
typical home value (Census)
Your own bill

The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at New Braunfels’ rate.

Can I afford it? →

The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.

Tax bills are one input to New Braunfels’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in New Braunfels →

Who runs it

Who’s in charge in New Braunfels

Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.

See newbraunfels.gov for New Braunfels’ current officialsWe name an official only when a public source lists a current term. None does for New Braunfels yet.newbraunfels.gov ↗
Who works for New Braunfels

One full-time city employee for every 94 residents

On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (104,707).

By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025

Police195 + 4 pt
Water & other utilities193
Parks & libraries93 + 159 pt
Fire165
Administration & buildings78 + 14 pt
Sewer & trash65
Roads & transportation43
Courts, inspections & corrections16
Health & welfare16
Other249 + 2 pt
1,113
full-time
179
part-time
$7.9M
payroll for March 2025
$95.0M
a year, estimated (March × 12)
$83,000
average full-time pay, before benefits (March × 12)
151
sworn police officers
146
full-time firefighters
Compared, 2022.New Braunfels had 9.6 full-time staff per 1,000 residents in March 2022. The median for the 16 of the 17 Texas cities of 50,000–99,999 that don’t run their own schools that reported 2022 staff was 7.1: New Braunfels had more than 69% of them. Same group and year as the budget comparison.

The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.

The school district

New Braunfels Independent School District

New Braunfels’ K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.

Schools in New Braunfels →
$10,505
per pupil · TX $12,815
9,779
students
$513.5 million
long-term debt

Of the $10,505 per pupil, $6,028 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.

The district: schools, scores and graduation →

Where the district’s money comes from
Local 72%State 22%Federal 6%

Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.

Also serving New Braunfels

Comal Independent School District · $10,374 per pupil

Navarro Independent School District · $12,212 per pupil

School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.

Elections · 2024 general election

New Braunfels’ votes are counted by county

Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for New Braunfels alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Comal County’s results.

President · Comal County’s results103,491 votes · results as certified
Donald J TrumpDonald J TrumpRepublican72.2%74,756 votes
Kamala D HarrisKamala D HarrisDemocrat26.7%27,680 votes

Others: 1.0% (1,055 votes).

Most votes in Comal County: Donald J Trump

Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%

The county’s page

77% of New Braunfels lies in Comal County; the rest in Guadalupe County. Every 2024 race in Comal County is on the county’s page.

Comal County’s 2024 results →
DemocratRepublicanLibertarianIndependent / other

Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.

Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.

Who represents New Braunfels

From town hall to Washington

Every level of government that speaks for New Braunfels.

2024 results ↑
  1. 1
    Your cityMayor & council
    Officials: newbraunfels.gov ↗
  2. 2
    Texas HouseNew Braunfels is split between 2 districts
    Carrie IsaacAlan Schoolcraft
  3. 3
    Texas SenateState senator
    Donna Campbell
  4. 4
    GovernorStatewide
    Greg Abbott
  5. 5
    U.S. HouseSplit between districts
    Chip RoyGreg CasarHenry CuellarMonica De La Cruz
  6. 6
    U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
    John CornynTed Cruz
Find your state legislators by address ↗Find your House district by ZIP code ↗

Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.

Next door

How New Braunfels compares with the towns next door

New Braunfels spent $1,105 per resident in 2022; the neighbor that reported 2022 spent $1,226. Towns that run more services spend more. Tap a town to see its page.

Schertz: $1,226 per resident (2022)Lake Dunlap: unincorporated, no town budgetSchertzLake DunlapNew Braunfels
Spends the leastSpends the mostEstimate or no figures
TownDay-to-day, per resident (2022)Tax bill
Schertz$1,226$5,090
New Braunfels$1,105$4,500

Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).

Reach New Braunfels’ government

The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.

The Handbook →
Official websitenewbraunfels.gov ↗

Questions about New Braunfels’ government

How much does New Braunfels spend per resident?

About $1,362 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau. In 2022, the last full count, its $1,105 was less than 71% of 17 Texas cities of 50,000–99,999 that don’t run their own schools.

What is the property tax rate in New Braunfels?

Homeowners report a typical bill of $4,500 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.33% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see newbraunfels.gov.

Who runs New Braunfels’ government?

See newbraunfels.gov for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for New Braunfels yet.

How did New Braunfels vote in 2024?

Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for New Braunfels alone. Comal County, where 77% of New Braunfels lies, voted Trump 72.2%, Harris 26.7% for president; its page has every race.

How many people work for New Braunfels?

1,113 full-time and 179 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $7.9M (about $95.0M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.

Who represents New Braunfels in the state legislature?

New Braunfels is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Texas Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 25 (Donna Campbell). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.

When is the next public meeting in New Braunfels?

The next posted meeting is Transportation & Traffic Advisory Board on Thursday, November 5, at 6:00 pm in Tejas Room, from the city’s own agenda portal.

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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →