City · Gillespie County, Texas

Fredericksburg, Texas

Fredericksburg is a city in Gillespie County, Texas, part of the Fredericksburg, TX metro area. It has 11,419 residents. Fredericksburg, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 67 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,112 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #46 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on restaurants and bars (high), preventable hospital stays (low) and average commute time (low). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), uninsured residents (under 65) (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

67High

Quality-of-life score: #5,112 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #46 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 11,419 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 1,195.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4827348

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety85#2,406/15,637
Economy47#8,291/15,631
Housing19#12,199/14,977
Health71#4,463/15,609
Healthcare45#8,562/15,650
Environment79#3,200/15,453
Education67#5,229/15,649
Infrastructure63#5,867/15,650
Community61#6,131/15,651
Leisure & amenities64#5,578/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fredericksburg, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Gillespie County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Restaurants and bars · high26.6 /10k
99/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGillespie County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,510 /100k
96/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGillespie County value
Average commute time · low14.1 min
95/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Property crime rate · low356 /100k
95/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGillespie County value
Comfortable days · high34.5%
94/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGillespie County value
Violent crime rate · low67 /100k
94/100Texas 345 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationGillespie County value

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.523
4/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high21.4%
5/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Home price to income ratio · high7.1×
7/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Traffic deaths · high26.9 /100k
10/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataGillespie County value
Hot days · high96 days
10/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGillespie County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
12/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGillespie County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
15.6% (2015-2019) → 5.3% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
33.1% (2015-2019) → 43.3% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
New homes permittedWorsening
7.8 /1k (2021) → 4.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
81.3% (2015-2019) → 90.9% (2020-2024)
+9.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
27.9% (2015-2019) → 21.4% (2020-2024)
−6.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
5.5× (2015-2019) → 7.1× (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Fredericksburg, Texas improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Bachelor's++10 points33.1% → 43.3%
Broadband+9.7 points81.3% → 90.9%
Household income+28%$50,497 → $64,534

Declined1

Price / income+1.7×5.5× → 7.1×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Fredericksburg, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.0 min2015-2019	14.1 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%2015-2019	43.3%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	90%
Broadband subscriptions	81.3%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Improved	58%
Effective property tax rate	1.33%2015-2019	1.01%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	77%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Home price to income ratio	5.5×2015-2019	7.1×2020-2024	+1.7×	Declined	7%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4772015-2019	0.5232020-2024	+0.046	Within the margin of error	18%
Median household income	$50,4972015-2019	$64,5342020-2024	+28%	Improved	50%
Poverty rate	9.8%2015-2019	9.2%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent as share of income	30.8%2015-2019	33.7%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Rent-burdened households	52.6%2015-2019	58.7%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	27.9%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	−6.5 points	Within the margin of error	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Fredericksburg, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fredericksburg, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Fredericksburg, Texas itself moved −1.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

11,419 residents (±22)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,125 households (±300)

Fredericksburg, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k17%†862
$25k–50k21%1,051
$50k–75k19%953

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,125 households (±300)

Fredericksburg, Texas
Texas share

Own63%3,232
Rent37%1,893

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

4,715 workers (±486)

Fredericksburg, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone72%3,406
Carpool12%†552
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Fredericksburg, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Gillespie County, the county holding most of Fredericksburg's residents.

Gillespie County has 1,202 employer establishments, 433 for every 10,000 residents (1.74× the US rate of 248; 1.98× Texas's), with 11,690 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,877. The Census Bureau also counts 4,455 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,202; 4,455 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 433; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 11,690
Average annual pay: $44,877; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Gillespie County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	104	37.5	2.42×More than typical	801	$57,818	440
Restaurants and other eating places	84	30.3	1.65×More than typical	1,679	$28,301	17
Ambulatory health care services	83	29.9	1.43×More than typical	626	$75,177	123
Construction of buildings	58	20.9	2.76×More than typical	219	$62,525	223
Full-service restaurants	55	19.8	2.58×More than typical	1,223	$28,852	7
Lessors of real estate	51	18.4	1.49×More than typical	167	$50,144	543
Building equipment contractors	43	15.5	2.57×More than typical	300	$54,753	44
Offices of physicians	39	14	2.17×More than typical	308	$93,097	36
Traveler accommodation	37	13.3	7.38×More than typical	425	$31,092	200
Clothing and accessories stores	28	10.1	2.78×More than typical	290	$32,897	47
Services to buildings and dwellings	28	10.1	1.50×More than typical	142	$47,556	352
Religious organizations	26	9.4	1.69×More than typical	205	$26,980	—

Rank places for an industry Open Gillespie County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,766 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $78.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Fredericksburg, Texas: $6.87 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $78.5K; −33% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6.87; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 62%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$78.6K100%

Top recipients

SANITZ ENTERPRISES, INC.$65.2K83%
SUPPLYCORE LLC$5,9787.6%
CEN TEX DEFENSE INDUSTRIES LLC$4,0405.1%
SRM MFG. CO., LLC$2,0512.6%
JEFFERY P MORIN$1,2741.6%
COASTAL MECHANICS TOOL & MACHINE INC$45.850.1%
GILLESPIE LIVESTOCK COMPANY INC-$1000.0%

Spending by fiscal year

17.5KFY2017
12.9KFY2018
11.9KFY2019
23.5KFY2020
23.5KFY2021
24.4KFY2022
51.5KFY2023
31.2K

Top industries (NAICS)

Other wood product manufacturing · 3219$13.6K17%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$13.4K17%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$9,37212%
Boiler, tank, and shipping container manufacturing · 3324$7,4769.5%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$6,3558.1%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Fredericksburg, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Fredericksburg, Texas's figures are part of those of Gillespie County, TX ($21.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Fredericksburg is mostly in Gillespie County.

See federal money in Gillespie County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Fredericksburg, Texas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Chip RoyR-TX-21 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 5.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Gillespie County79100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Fredericksburg, TX74

Other cities and towns in Gillespie County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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