City safety & data profile

BudaTX

Buda, TX is a 14K-resident city in Hays County with a median household income of $123,766.

Hays County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Buda, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Buda has a population larger than 22% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $446,600, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 23%
By size
$123,766
Median income (place)
$446,600
Median home (place)
6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Buda

Buda posts a median household income higher than 84% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Buda area.

Top 16%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Buda

Where Buda income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$123,766 Top 16% higher than 84% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Buda $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Buda, TX beyond the headline numbers

Buda sits inside Hays County, Texas, at roughly 30.09°N, -97.84°W. Population 13,705, $123,766 median household income. Median home value $446,600, median rent $1,852. Poverty rate 6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Buda, 0 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6% of Buda, TX residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Buda costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

21.3% of Buda workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 19.3% in Buda, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Buda workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Buda from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,705
Buda · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$123,766
+38% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$446,600
+8% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Hays County): Buda's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
269K+64%
Median Income
$89,097+52%
Median Home Value
$399,800+128%
Poverty Rate
12.1%-29%
Unemployment
4.4%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Buda, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,852/mo
Poverty Rate
6% -52% vs avg
Unemployment 3.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 50.1%
Work From Home 21.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 72.5%
African American 1.4%
Asian 0.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
33.9%
Short Sleep Duration
32.9%
High Blood Pressure
28.6%
Physical Inactivity
20.8%
Binge Drinking
19.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
14%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.1%
Current Smoking
10.3%
Diabetes
9.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 66.2%
Annual Checkup 72.6%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.2%
Stroke
2.3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Buda?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Buda right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-BUDA · Buda

Buda: 1 tagged alert; lead category USGS earthquake report.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • QUAKE-LED 100% earthquakes
  • DESK-MIX USGS
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Buda

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Buda.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Buda; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Earthquake Magnitude Explained

What USGS magnitude numbers mean for Buda
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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Buda, TX? ▼
Buda, TX has a population of 13,705 people, located in Hays County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Buda? ▼
The median household income in Buda, TX is $123,766 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6%.
What is the median home value in Buda? ▼
The median home value in Buda, TX is $446,600. Median rent is $1,852/month.
What are the top health concerns in Buda? ▼
The top health indicators in Buda include Obesity (33.9%), Short Sleep Duration (32.9%), High Blood Pressure (28.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Buda? ▼
Buda has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Buda? ▼
The median age in Buda, TX is 37.2 years. 50.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Buda, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (6% here).

Meridian, ID 6% Arlington Heights, IL 6% Palo Alto, CA 6% Des Plaines, IL 6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($123,766 here).

Lone Tree, CO $123,741 Oswego, IL $123,792 Hasbrouck Heights, NJ $123,734 Wake Forest, NC $123,802

Compare Buda with another city

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Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Kyle, TX 36K Austin, TX 974K University of Texas, TX 53K San Marcos, TX 61K Lockhart, TX 13K Lakeway, TX 14K Jollyville, TX 16K Wells Branch, TX 12K
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Using Buda's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Buda area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Buda against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Hays County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.