Best PlacesBulverde, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bulverde, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bulverde ranks 2,261st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Bulverde
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bulverde's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bulverde ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$130,245 median, better than 95% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 95% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 93% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 151 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of towns
Where Bulverde ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute34.0 minutes each way, better than only 17% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 27% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Bulverde
A household needs to earn about $133,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bulverde home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $130,245; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bulverde's effective rate of 1.11%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bulverde
Bulverde runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bulverde.
Who works in Bulverde, and how
Work in Bulverde centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Bulverde
Bulverde has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Bulverde and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bulverde, month by month
Bulverde sees roughly 151 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 58° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Bulverde
San Antonio International sits about 17 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bulverde
Schools across Bulverde average an A, better than 95% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arlon R Seay ElA · 65% proficient
- Johnson Ranch ElA · 62% proficient
- Garden Ridge ElA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Smithson Valley MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Spring Branch MiddleA · 66% proficient
- Boerne Middle SouthA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial Early College H S With St Philip'sA+ · 82% proficient
- Boerne - Samuel V Champion H SA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bulverde school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bulverde measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bulverde against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Bulverde
Is Bulverde a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bulverde ranks 2,261st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and good schools, and lowest on summer heat and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bulverde expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $487,456. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $130,245 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Bulverde safe?
Bulverde is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $478 per resident a year.
Compare Bulverde with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bulverde. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bulverde represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bulverde detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bulverde: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bulverde: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bulverde: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bulverde: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bulverde detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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