Census-designated place · Guadalupe County, Texas

McQueeney, Texas

McQueeney is a census-designated place in Guadalupe County, Texas, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area. It has 2,392 residents. McQueeney, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 21 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,411 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #494 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and injury deaths (low). It ranks worst on grocery stores (low), public libraries (low) and rent as share of income (high).

21Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,411 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #494 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 2,392 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 584.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4845948

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 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.

Safety63#5,858/15,637
Economy54#7,156/15,631
Housing14#12,904/14,977
Health60#6,207/15,609
Healthcare16#13,142/15,650
Environment21#12,208/15,453
Education26#11,553/15,649
Infrastructure62#6,012/15,650
Community3#15,159/15,651
Leisure & amenities1#15,433/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where McQueeney, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Guadalupe 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

Child care cost burden · low19.0%
97/100Texas 24.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGuadalupe County value
Drug overdose deaths · low5.8 /100k
95/100Texas 13.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGuadalupe County value
Injury deaths · low55 /100k
93/100Texas 69 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGuadalupe County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGuadalupe County value
Broadband subscriptions · high98.1%
90/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Texas 5.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationGuadalupe County value

Weaknesses

Grocery stores · low0.4 /10k
1/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGuadalupe County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
2/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGuadalupe County value
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Hot days · high131 days
2/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationGuadalupe County value
Restaurants and bars · low4.2 /10k
6/100Texas 7.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGuadalupe County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.5%
6/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

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

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
21.7% (2015-2019) → 84.0% (2020-2024)
+62 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.2% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$49,333 (2015-2019) → $97,739 (2020-2024)
+98%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
87.2% (2015-2019) → 98.1% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.2% (2015-2019) → 9.2% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
High school diploma or higherImproving
87.0% (2015-2019) → 94.8% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, McQueeney, Texas improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved2

Household income+98%$49,333 → $97,739
Broadband+11 points87.2% → 98.1%

Declined1

Rent / income+27 points24.2% → 51.0%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of McQueeney, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.7 min2015-2019	29.3 min2020-2024	+1.7 min	Within the margin of error	30%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Broadband subscriptions	87.2%2015-2019	98.1%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	64%
High school diploma or higher	87.0%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4422015-2019	0.4592020-2024	+0.017	Within the margin of error	36%
Median household income	$49,3332015-2019	$97,7392020-2024	+98%	Improved	98%
Poverty rate	10.9%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	24.2%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+27 points	Declined	1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.8%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	21%

“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 McQueeney, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of McQueeney, 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, McQueeney, Texas itself moved −0.9 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

2,392 residents (±734)

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

977 households (±243)

McQueeney, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k14%†141
$25k–50k18%†176
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

977 households (±243)

McQueeney, Texas
Texas share

Own90%883
Rent9.6%†94

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+13.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,104 workers (±427)

McQueeney, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone66%†726
Carpool1.7%†19
Public transit0.0%

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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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 Guadalupe County, the county holding most of McQueeney's residents.

Guadalupe County has 2,768 employer establishments, 146 for every 10,000 residents (0.59× the US rate of 248; 0.67× Texas's), with 45,112 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,300. The Census Bureau also counts 17,350 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,768; 17,350 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 146; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 45,112
Average annual pay: $54,300; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	281	14.8	0.96×About typical	3,794	$63,113	1,492
Ambulatory health care services	198	10.5	0.50×Fewer than typical	2,034	$61,506	665
Restaurants and other eating places	198	10.5	0.57×Fewer than typical	4,350	$21,944	117
Lessors of real estate	143	7.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	356	$35,848	1,319
Building equipment contractors	130	6.9	1.14×About typical	1,911	$63,956	318
Limited-service restaurants	93	4.9	0.61×Fewer than typical	2,525	$20,512	33
Truck transportation	89	4.7	0.93×About typical	1,262	$45,330	639
Construction of buildings	87	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	511	$62,487	575
Services to buildings and dwellings	86	4.5	0.67×Fewer than typical	517	$40,675	1,125
Automotive repair and maintenance	84	4.4	0.88×About typical	650	$54,991	310
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	76	4	1.22×About typical	1,020	$67,840	164
Full-service restaurants	74	3.9	0.51×Fewer than typical	1,492	$23,959	56

Rank places for an industry Open Guadalupe County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 189,244 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in McQueeney, Texas: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

21.6KFY2019
-2.6KFY2020
123.9KFY2021
0FY2022

What was bought

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 McQueeney, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

McQueeney, Texas's figures are part of those of Guadalupe County, TX ($10.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Guadalupe 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.

McQueeney, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

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

Guadalupe County49100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX32

Other cities and towns in Guadalupe 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
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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