SonterraTX
A town of 10,563.
Is Sonterra a good place to live?
Sonterra grades C− overall, 434th of 640 graded towns in Texas, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Natural-hazard risk is low. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $274K, 2.7 years of the Austin metro’s $100K median household income. Sonterra’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, above both Texas’ towns (0.3) and U.S. towns (0.4).
What makes Sonterra stand out
Where Sonterra beats most towns.
98% of working residents leave Sonterra for work
Where Sonterra’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Sonterra grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Sonterra is from typical.
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Moving to Sonterra: who provides what
Sonterra is unincorporated, so Williamson 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 Sonterra.
Sonterra has homes that are cheap against local pay, has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Austin and beyond.
Sonterra has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
2.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sonterra Association Swimming Pool & Park | 0.1 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
On state tests, Sonterra’s schools trail 81% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Jarrell ISD. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrell ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 719 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Sonterra’s working residents commute to Austin
Sonterra has 435 jobs for its 5,551 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 34.1 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave Sonterra for work: only 2% work in town. At 34 minutes, Sonterra’s average trip to work is above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Sonterra has added 269 jobs, to 435 in 2023.
| Sonterra | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 8.2% | 9.7% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sonterra faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Sonterra
July afternoons average 95.2°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 37.9°.
Sonterra has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Sonterra is 95°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Sonterra | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 38°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Sonterra is less healthy than 52% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,667 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sonterra’s, it is less healthy than 68%, so it trails even them.
Sonterra beats the Texas average on 8 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 70% of adults had a checkup this year in Sonterra.
| Sonterra | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 74% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 35% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Sonterra | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.7% | 5.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.2% | 3.2% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.2% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Sonterra sells for about $239K at the median
At 2.7 years of the Austin metro’s $100K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 78% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. 70% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.7% across Texas.
Sonterra’s median rent is $1,854 a month.
| Sonterra | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,854 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and 38 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sonterra. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
37 mi Stadium & arenaMoody Center8 mi Ancient siteGault
30 mi Stadium & arenaQ2 Stadium
23 mi Stadium & arenaCedar Park Center
39 mi LakeLady Bird LakePhoto credits
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium: Brint03, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Moody Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Q2 Stadium: Daniel Ziegler, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cedar Park Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Lady Bird Lake: Arvindn on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Sonterra
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sonterra
About 5 of every 100 Sonterra residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Sonterra
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Sonterra is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in Williamson County, Texas, United States. The population was 7,679 at the 2020 census. It was first listed as a CDP before the 2020 census. It is in the northern part of the county, bordered to the north by the city of Jarrell. Interstate 35 forms part of the western border of the community, with access from Exit 275 (Sonterra Boulevard). I-35 leads north 27 miles (43 km) to Temple and south 40 miles (64 km) to Austin, the state capital.
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- Elevation
- 879 ft
Sonterra’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Sonterra.
Sonterra reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Sonterra with a neighbor →
Questions about Sonterra
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sonterra, TX a good place to live?
Sonterra grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #434 of 640 in Texas. It grades B− for health and C− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Sonterra, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $274,000, 8% 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−.