Best PlacesKerr County, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Kerr County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kerr County ranks 832nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Summer heat pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Kerr 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 Kerr County
The parts of Kerr 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.
Kerrville
Fewer homes sit empty, streets are more walkable, and biking is better.
Ingram
Health care is easier to reach and it is quieter.
Center Point
Fewer households have young kids.
Scores across Kerr County run from about the 21st to the 88th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Kerr County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kerr County ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 90% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 84% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 129 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of counties
- School gradeB+, better than 81% of counties
Where Kerr County ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than only 26% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than only 34% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Kerr County
A household needs to earn about $87,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kerr County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $74,930, 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 Kerr County's effective rate of 0.95%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kerr County
Kerr County runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Kerr County.
Who works in Kerr County, and how
Work in Kerr County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Kerr County
Kerr County has more late-night spots per resident than 82% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Kerr County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Kerr County growing, and who is moving in?
Kerr County has grown about 7% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from San Antonio, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Kerr County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Kerr County, month by month
Kerr County sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 48° | 36° |
| April | 81° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 72° |
| October | 82° | 68° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Kerr County
San Antonio International sits about 54 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 Kerr County
Schools across Kerr County average a B+, better than 81% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Harper ElA− · 58% proficient
- Fred H Tally ElA− · 57% proficient
- Hunt SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ingram MiddleB+ · 52% proficient
- Peterson MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Harper MiddleB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Ingram Tom Moore H SA− · 65% proficient
- Comfort H SA− · 60% proficient
- Tivy H SB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kerr County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kerr 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 Kerr County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Kerr County suits
Common questions about living in Kerr County
Is Kerr County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kerr County ranks 832nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low taxes, a strong job market, and low disaster risk, 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 Kerr County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,030. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $74,930 median income, cost of living beats 53% of counties.
Is Kerr County safe?
Kerr County is safer than 46% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $423 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kerr County?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 63 with lows near 36. That works out to about 129 pleasant days a year, more than 82% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Kerr County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Kerrville, Ingram, and Center Point. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Kerr County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kerr County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kerr 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.
Kerr County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kerr County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kerr County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kerr County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kerr County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kerr 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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