Best PlacesKendall County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Kendall County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kendall County ranks 101st of 3,144 U.S. counties 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 Kendall County
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.
The best areas in Kendall County
The parts of Kendall County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Fair Oaks Ranch
Bergheim
Incomes run higher and local pay stretches further.
Boerne
It is noisier and heat risk is higher.
Comfort
Fewer households have young kids and more homes sit empty.
Scores across Kendall County run from about the 20th to the 97th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Kendall County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kendall County ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of counties
- Household income$122,581 median, better than 97% of counties
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 94% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 146 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of counties
Where Kendall County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of counties
- Short commute28.6 minutes each way, better than only 22% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 26% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Kendall County
A household needs to earn about $154,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kendall County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $122,581, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Kendall County's effective rate of 1.04%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kendall County
Kendall County runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kendall County.
Who works in Kendall County, and how
Work in Kendall County centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Kendall County
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kendall County.
Is Kendall County growing, and who is moving in?
Kendall County has grown about 35% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from the rest of the San Antonio, TX metro.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Kendall County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Kendall County, month by month
Kendall County sees roughly 146 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 Kendall County
San Antonio International sits about 25 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 Kendall County
Schools across Kendall County average an A−, better than 88% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Arlon R Seay ElA · 65% proficient
- Herff ElA · 62% proficient
- Cibolo Creek ElA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Voss MiddleA+ · 69% 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
- Smithson Valley H SA · 72% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kendall County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kendall County 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 Kendall County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Kendall County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 91% of counties and health care access beats 64%.
Common questions about living in Kendall County
Is Kendall County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kendall County ranks 101st of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and an educated workforce, and lowest on summer heat and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kendall County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $569,741. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $122,581 median income, cost of living beats 98% of counties.
Is Kendall County safe?
Kendall County is safer than 49% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $421 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kendall County?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 67 with lows near 40. That works out to about 146 pleasant days a year, more than 91% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Kendall County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Fair Oaks Ranch, Bergheim, and Boerne. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Kendall County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kendall County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kendall County 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.
Kendall County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kendall County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kendall County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kendall County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kendall County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kendall County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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