Census-designated place · Bexar County, Texas

Randolph AFB, Texas

Randolph AFB is a census-designated place in Bexar County, Texas, part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area. It has 1,240 residents. Randolph AFB, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,237 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #200 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), bachelor's degree or higher (high) and poor or fair health (low). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), hot days (high) and public libraries (low).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,237 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #200 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 1,240 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 301.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 4860608

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.

Safety13#13,535/15,637
Economy88#1,937/15,631
Housing—
Health78#3,477/15,609
Healthcare63#5,721/15,650
Environment7#14,402/15,453
Education41#9,256/15,649
Infrastructure81#2,957/15,650
Community5#14,833/15,651
Leisure & amenities25#11,705/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.293
100/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Bachelor's degree or higher · high62.7%
94/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Poor or fair health · low11.8%
92/100Texas 23.2%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Poverty rate · low2.8%
92/100Texas 13.4%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Rent as share of income · low23.6%
92/100Texas 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Adult smoking · low8.6%
91/100Texas 15.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high3,281 /100k
1/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationBexar County value
Hot days · high128 days
3/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBexar County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBexar County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
4/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBexar County value
High ozone days · high10 days
7/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBexar County value
Voter turnout · low54.1%
9/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionBexar County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,123 (2015-2019) → 1,240 (2020-2024)
+10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Unemployment rateImproving
18.5% (2015-2019) → 3.6% (2020-2024)
−15 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
72.7% (2015-2019) → 62.7% (2020-2024)
−9.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
34.3% (2015-2019) → 31.3% (2020-2024)
−3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$104,732 (2015-2019) → $113,250 (2020-2024)
+8.1%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateWorsening
1.4% (2015-2019) → 2.8% (2020-2024)
+1.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

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, Randolph AFB, Texas improved on 0 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Bachelor's+−9.9 points72.7% → 62.7%

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Randolph AFB, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.4 min2015-2019	16.8 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%2015-2019	62.7%2020-2024	−9.9 points	Declined	2%
Broadband subscriptions	97.7%2015-2019	98.7%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	11%
High school diploma or higher	99.8%2015-2019	99.3%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3002015-2019	0.2932020-2024	−0.007	Within the margin of error	57%
Median household income	$104,7322015-2019	$113,2502020-2024	+8.1%	Within the margin of error	15%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.2%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	34.3%2015-2019	31.3%2020-2024	−3 points	Within the margin of error	66%

“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 Randolph AFB, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Randolph AFB, 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, Randolph AFB, Texas itself moved −1.6 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,240 residents (±200)

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

315 households (±71)

Randolph AFB, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k1.9%†6
$25k–50k2.9%†9
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

315 households (±71)

Randolph AFB, Texas
Texas share

Own0.0%0
Rent100%315

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

633 workers (±110)

Randolph AFB, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone48%303
Carpool3.9%†25
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 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 Bexar County, the county holding most of Randolph AFB's residents.

Bexar County has 39,726 employer establishments, 189 for every 10,000 residents (0.76× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Texas's), with 821,509 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,073. The Census Bureau also counts 202,957 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 39,726; 202,957 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 189; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 821,509
Average annual pay: $58,073; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	4,425	21	1.01×About typical	62,560	$65,379	9,077
Restaurants and other eating places	3,621	17.2	0.94×About typical	83,439	$22,761	1,461
Lessors of real estate	2,200	10.5	0.85×About typical	11,301	$88,550	15,986
Specialty trade contractors	1,930	9.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	26,100	$64,924	19,604
Offices of physicians	1,731	8.2	1.27×More than typical	21,504	$100,470	2,068
Limited-service restaurants	1,673	8	0.99×About typical	39,458	$20,025	438
Full-service restaurants	1,472	7	0.91×About typical	37,610	$26,024	719
Legal services	1,116	5.3	0.99×About typical	7,302	$93,738	1,761
Construction of buildings	937	4.5	0.59×Fewer than typical	8,359	$97,411	8,650
Management, scientific and technical consulting	908	4.3	0.64×Fewer than typical	12,842	$113,411	5,552
Insurance agencies and brokerages	901	4.3	0.98×About typical	9,846	$73,437	2,800
Building equipment contractors	897	4.3	0.71×Fewer than typical	13,993	$67,820	4,143

Rank places for an industry Open Bexar County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,102,398 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 $269.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Randolph AFB, Texas: $217,480 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $269.7M; −10% vs FY2025
Per resident: $217,480; US $1,994
Sole-source: 22%; US 30%
Single offer: 19%; 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

Department of the Air Force$183.9M68%
Department of the Army$55.9M21%
Federal Acquisition Service$27M10%
Defense Information Systems Agency$2M0.7%
Defense Logistics Agency$847.4K0.3%
Federal Prison Industries / Unicor$11.3K0.0%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$6010.0%

Top recipients

FEDERAL CONTRACTING INC$50.7M19%
TOP ACES CORP.$22.7M8.4%
ABSOLUTE STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$17.4M6.4%
KT CONSULTING, INC.$15.4M5.7%
J.F. TAYLOR, INC.$11.8M4.4%

Spending by fiscal year

209.5MFY2017
214.8MFY2018
304.7MFY2019
222.9MFY2020
191.1MFY2021
247.3MFY2022
310.4MFY2023
342M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$85.8M32%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$58.9M22%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$30.1M11%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$26.7M9.9%
Other ambulatory health care services · 6219$12.2M4.5%
Software publishers · 5132

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Randolph AFB, Texas

HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT (HRSTS III)$117.1M
ABSOLUTE STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC· Bexar County, TX· IT & telecom· Apr 19, 2023 – Jun 12, 2026· FA873423FR007
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL EXECUTE, DELIVER, AND DEPLOY SCHEDULED SOFTWARE BUILDS AND RELEASES, ALONG WITH NECESSARY SERVICE PACKS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN MISSION AND SERVICE DELIVERY OPERATIONAL SUITABILITY.$53.6M
OBSIDIAN GLOBAL, LLC· Bexar County, TX· IT & telecom· Mar 24, 2023 – Apr 9, 2026· FA300223F0042
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (CDC) AT RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS$50.7M
FEDERAL CONTRACTING INC· Bexar County, TX· Construction & real property· Apr 21, 2026 – Apr 21, 2026· W9126G26CA018

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 Randolph AFB, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Randolph AFB, Texas's figures are part of those of Bexar County, TX ($7.9B in FY2026), never added to them: 3.4% of that total.

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

See federal money in Bexar 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.

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

House

County

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

Bexar County33100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX32

Other cities and towns in Bexar 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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