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Blanco County, Texas

Blanco County, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 60 out of 100 (high), ranking #1,248 of 3,143 US counties. Within Texas it ranks #22 of 254 counties. It ranks best on voter turnout (high), mental health care shortage (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on cost of buying a home today (high), traffic deaths (high) and distance to an emergency room (high).

60High

Quality-of-life score: #1,248 of 3,143 counties
Texas: #22 of 254 in TX
Population: 13,581 (2025)
Land area: 709 mi²
Density: 19.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 48031

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety55#1,409/3,096
Economy93#206/3,143
Housing7#2,932/3,140
Health87#398/3,144
Healthcare38#1,946/3,143
Environment15#2,653/3,108
Education81#612/3,144
Infrastructure57#1,337/3,144
Community63#1,173/3,144
Leisure & amenities77#722/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Blanco County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Voter turnout · high86.6%
99/100Texas 57.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Texas 14.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Preventable hospital stays · low1,265 /100k
96/100Texas 2,991 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Comfortable days · high33.2%
96/100Texas 30.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Income adjusted for local prices · high$93,927
95/100Texas $71,940United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Math scores · high3.48
95/100Texas 3.15United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Cost of buying a home today · high51.6%
3/100Texas 30.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Traffic deaths · high56.3 /100k
5/100Texas 14.1 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Distance to an emergency room · high24.6 mi
5/100Texas 5.5 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Hot days · high106 days
5/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high17.4%
8/100Texas 19.1%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Home price to income ratio · high5.2×
8/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

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

PopulationRising
11,451 (2020) → 13,581 (2025)
+19%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
36% (2021) → 68% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+33 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
5.1 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New homes permittedWorsening
2.3 /1k (2021) → 0.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−77%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
1.7 /10k (2020) → 0.7 /10k (2025)
−58%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Preventable hospital staysImproving
2,632 /100k (2019) → 1,265 /100k (2023)
−52%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

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, Blanco County, Texas improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Bachelor's++8.9 points26.5% → 35.4%
Household income+42%$68,404 → $97,321
Uninsured−4.3 points21.7% → 17.4%
Real income+41%$66,572 → $93,927
Violent crime−49%302 /100k → 153 /100k

Declined1

Price / income+1.5×3.7× → 5.2×

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Blanco County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	8.7 /10k2020	7.4 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	16%
Average commute time	27.7 min2015-2019	29.3 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Average weekly wage	$1,0142020	$1,2832025	+27%	Improved	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Improved	98%
Broadband subscriptions	85.3%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Child poverty rate	14.7%2019	11.2%2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Distance to an airport	40 mi2020	40 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	10.9 /100k2020	14.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+30%	Within the margin of error	10%
Effective property tax rate	0.79%2015-2019	1.02%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Grocery stores	2.6 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−44%	Within the margin of error	6%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.7 /10k2020	0.7 /10k2025	−58%	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	90.1%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	+1.5×	Declined	2%
Homicide rate	5.7 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Within the margin of error	92%
Income adjusted for local prices	$66,5722019	$93,9272024	+41%	Improved	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4702015-2019	0.4222020-2024	−0.047	Within the margin of error	95%
Median household income	$68,4042019	$97,3212024	+42%	Improved	97%
New business applications	10.6 /1k2020	14.8 /1k2025	+40%	Improved	45%
Pharmacies	2.6 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	31%
Poverty rate	8.6%2019	8.0%2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Property crime rate	845 /100k2020	431 /100k2025	−49%	Improved	74%
Public libraries	1.7 /10k2019	1.5 /10k2024	−11%	Within the margin of error	10%
Rent as share of income	25.7%2015-2019	26.4%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent-burdened households	34.4%2015-2019	43.3%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Restaurants and bars	13.1 /10k2020	11.0 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	18%
Students per teacher	12.8×2019	12.3×2024	−0.5×	Little change	43%
Suicide rate	17.0 /100k2020	17.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	0%	Within the margin of error	58%
Traffic deaths	45.3 /100k2015-2019	56.3 /100k2020-2024	+24%	Within the margin of error	29%
Unemployment rate	4.5%2020	3.5%2025	−1 points	Improved	13%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	21.7%2019	17.4%2024	−4.3 points	Improved	93%
Violent crime rate	302 /100k2020	153 /100k2025	−49%	Improved	87%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Blanco County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Blanco County, 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, Blanco County, Texas itself moved −1.4 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

12,446 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−3.9 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

12,446 residents

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

White75%9,394
Black1.1%†134
Hispanic or Latino19%2,316
Asian0.1%†12
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†7
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races4.7%583

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+3.0 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

9,702 residents (±184)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma7.5%728
High school or GED24%2,355
Some college24%2,337
Associate degree8.7%847
Bachelor's degree26%2,499
Graduate degree9.6%936

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bachelor's degree (+8.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

5,166 households (±218)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k12%†642
$25k–50k18%905
$50k–75k13%667
$75k–100k13%659
$100k–150k19%994
$150k–200k13%685
$200k or more12%614

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−6.9 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,166 households (±218)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

Own76%3,938
Rent24%1,228

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

956 households (±201)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

Under $75030%†286
$750–1,00018%†176
$1,000–1,50031%†292

Home values

3,938 homes (±225)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k12%†471
$150k–250k15%588
$250k–400k16%646

Age of homes

6,129 homes (±26)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later25%1,526
2000–200922%1,323
1980–199928%1,691

Size of homes

6,129 homes (±26)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

Studio2.5%†156
1 bedroom9.9%607
2 bedrooms25%1,525

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

5,557 workers (±328)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone69%3,808
Carpool9.6%†534
Public transit0.2%†9
Walk5.1%†283
Bike0.3%†15
Work from home16%874
Other0.6%†34

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−10.1 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

4,683 workers (±338)

Blanco County, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min34%1,580
15–29 min17%806
30–44 min24%1,104

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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.

Blanco County has 417 employer establishments, 319 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.46× Texas's), with 3,028 paid employees at an average annual pay of $58,746. The Census Bureau also counts 1,856 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 417; 1,856 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 319; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 3,028
Average annual pay: $58,746; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	36	27.6	1.50×More than typical	444	$24,428	8
Specialty trade contractors	35	26.8	1.73×More than typical	271	$60,849	184
Construction of buildings	23	17.6	2.33×More than typical	44	$47,682	98
Lessors of real estate	23	17.6	1.43×More than typical	29	$85,621	214
Full-service restaurants	15	11.5	1.49×More than typical	208	$26,433	4
Automotive repair and maintenance	13	9.9	1.98×More than typical	33	$55,788	33
Limited-service restaurants	13	9.9	1.24×About typical	207	$22,768	3
Other specialty trade contractors	13	9.9	3.96×More than typical	86	$56,814	91
Religious organizations	13	9.9	1.79×More than typical	40	$29,125	—
Building equipment contractors	12	9.2	1.53×More than typical	152	$66,533	19
Real estate agents and brokers	11	8.4	1.73×More than typical	13	$100,923	65
Management, scientific and technical consulting	10	7.7	1.14×About typical	25	$75,720	100

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,067 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $15.8M on contracts performed in Blanco County, Texas: $1,166 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $15.8M; −37% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,166; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 92%; 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$13.8M87%
National Park Service$2M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs$5,1740.0%

Top recipients

HYPERGIANT GALACTIC SYSTEMS, INC.$13.8M87%
NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION, INC.$799.8K5.0%
KOMAN SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, LLC$526.1K3.3%
UNIFIED BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$247.9K1.6%
HARDY STEPHENSON LLC$201.7K1.3%

Spending by fiscal year

2.1MFY2017
1.3MFY2018
1.5MFY2019
1.5MFY2020
1.4MFY2021
1.8MFY2022
25.6MFY2023
22.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$14.1M89%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$1.4M8.6%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$201.7K1.3%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$70.3K0.4%
Investigation and security services · 5616$53.5K0.3%

Largest awards

ABMS CBC2 USER INTERFACE/USER EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT$66.4M
HYPERGIANT GALACTIC SYSTEMS, INC.· Blanco County, TX· Research & development· May 4, 2023 – Jun 5, 2026· FA861223CB007
LYJO 290111 & 316068 - REHABILITATE TEXAS WHITE HOUSE & REHABILITATE HANGAR BUILDING, LYNDON B. JOHNSON NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK$18M
KOMAN SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, LLC· Blanco County, TX· Construction & real property· Sep 26, 2023 – Sep 21, 2026· 140P2023C0104
LYJO 290111 TITLE III SERVICES$1.2M
WISS JANNEY ELSTNER ASSOCIATES INC· Blanco County, TX· Construction & real property· Dec 18, 2023 – Jul 7, 2026· 140P2024F0063
LYJO 290111 CMR SERVICES

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.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $123.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Blanco County, Texas: $9,106 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $123.7M; +6.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,106; US $12,955
Loan face value: $7.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 2.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$86.2M70%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$11.7M9.4%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Blanco County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Blanco County, Texas
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Blanco County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Blanco County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$183	$1,436
FY2018	$113	$1,552
FY2019	$125	$1,654
FY2020	$128	$1,880
FY2021	$115	$1,810
FY2022	$142	$1,917
FY2023	$1,958	$2,079
FY2024	$1,651	$2,047
FY2025	$1,842	$2,165
FY2026	$1,166 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Blanco County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Blanco County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$91.16	$93.28
FY2018	$41.31	$105
FY2019	$84.56	$128
FY2020	$72.17	$145
FY2021	$60.67	$117

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Blanco County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Blanco County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$710	$5,748
FY2022	$1,005	$5,221
FY2023	$2,148	$5,364
FY2024	$1,694	$5,501
FY2025	$2,102	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Blanco County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Blanco County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$135	$298
FY2022	$815	$357
FY2023	$140	$301
FY2024	$17.32	$319
FY2025	$220	$360
FY2026	$608

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Blanco County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Blanco County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$30.07	$239
FY2022	$31.27	$185
FY2023	$25.22	$229
FY2024	$24.14	$229
FY2025	$33.39	$249
FY2026	$222

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Blanco County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Blanco County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$10.52	$2,304
FY2022	$10.07	$2,197
FY2023	$9.57	$2,274
FY2024	$9.33	$2,267
FY2025	$9.20	$2,397
FY2026	$0

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Blanco County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Blanco County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,376	$1,186
FY2022	$732	$465
FY2023	-$6.23	$76.52
FY2024	$151	$120
FY2025	$133	$148
FY2026	$66.66

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Blanco County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Blanco County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Federal contracts · FY2023

$1,958 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $134 (15× that).

Compared with 15 similar counties

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48031

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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.

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

House

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

Senate

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Cities and towns in Blanco County

Places whose residents live mostly in Blanco County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
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Year

Blanco County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−2.9 points

−3.4 points

−6.6 points to −0.1 points

Year −2

−3.3 points

+1.8 points

−1.6 points to +8.9 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

+0.1 points

−5.4 points

−12.4 points to −0.1 points

Year +1

−4.7 points

−5.1 points

−7.9 points to −2.8 points

Year +2

−5.6 points

−3.8 points

−6.2 points to −0.4 points

Year

Blanco County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Blanco County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Year

Blanco County, Texas

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	−4.1%	−4.2%
2015	−3.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+12.8%	+3.3%
2018	+16.2%	+6.8%
2019	+19.1%	+10.5%
2020	+26.3%	+19.4%
2021	+28.8%	+26.1%
2022	+42.1%	+30.6%
2023	+52.4%	+35.0%
2024	+53.8%	+41.0%
2025	+59.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	−0.9%	−5.5%
2015	0.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.9%	+4.1%
2018	+13.7%	+8.9%
2019	+19.3%	+13.5%
2020	+28.9%	+20.8%
2021	+45.2%	+32.1%
2022	+49.1%	+35.4%
2023	+56.0%	+42.9%
2024	+64.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	3.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.9/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	1.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.6/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.7/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	−0.8%	−6.9%
2015	−7.3%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.8%	+4.7%
2018	+12.5%	+7.5%
2019	+18.7%	+14.0%
2020	+15.2%	+16.9%
2021	+20.1%	+21.0%
2022	+42.7%	+29.7%
2023	+57.9%	+34.9%
2024	+68.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	12.0%	15.5%
2015	10.9%	14.7%
2016	10.7%	14.0%
2017	10.6%	13.4%
2018	10.1%	13.1%
2019	8.6%	12.3%
2020	9.8%	11.9%
2021	9.0%	12.8%
2022	8.4%	12.6%
2023	8.5%	12.5%
2024	8.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	3.7%	6.2%
2015	3.2%	5.3%
2016	3.7%	4.9%
2017	3.3%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	4.5%	8.1%
2021	4.0%	5.4%
2022	3.3%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	3.5%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	−13.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−3.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+9.2% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+17.3% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+26.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+43.1% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+82.8% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+102.3% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+105.1% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+102.7% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+96.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	24.4%	13.5%
2015	21.5%	10.9%
2016	22.4%	10.0%
2017	21.5%	10.2%
2018	22.0%	10.4%
2019	21.7%	10.8%
2020	22.0%	10.4%
2021	20.0%	10.2%
2022	18.2%	9.5%
2023	18.8%	9.5%
2024	17.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Blanco County, Texas	United States
2014	8.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	10.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	11.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	11.2/1k	9.8/1k
2018	12.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	16.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.7/1k	15.1/1k
2023	15.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	15.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	14.8/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Blanco County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.2 points	+1.5 points	+0.9 points to +2.0 points
Year −2	+0.7 points	+1.1 points	+0.9 points to +1.5 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.1 points	+0.0 points	0.0 points to +0.1 points
Year +1	+0.2 points	−0.1 points	−0.3 points to +0.2 points
Year +2	+0.2 points	+0.0 points	−0.1 points to +0.1 points

Year	Blanco County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−19.3%	−15.2%	−16.6% to −14.1%
Year −2	−15.8%	−5.5%	−11.2% to +1.2%
Year −1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0% to 0.0%
Year 0	+10.7%	0.0%	−11.3% to +8.9%
Year +1	+18.3%	+7.1%	+0.3% to +12.8%

Year	Blanco County, Texas	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	+1.4 points	+1.0 points	−0.4 points to +1.8 points
Year −2	+0.6 points	+0.5 points	−0.8 points to +2.0 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	+0.1 points	+0.6 points	−0.1 points to +1.2 points
Year +1	−0.4 points	−0.5 points	−1.4 points to +0.2 points

Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined1

Counties like Blanco County, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Public money & outcomes

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 15 similar counties

Representation in Congress

House

Senate

Cities and towns in Blanco County

Neighboring counties

Similar counties

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined1

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

Senate

Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 15 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

By type

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Compared with 15 similar counties

Jumps not compared

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought