New Braunfels, TX population, income and ZIP codes

New Braunfels city is a small city in Texas, with 98,700 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #43 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 36.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in New Braunfels city earn a median of $88,257 a year, 12.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 37% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 6.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in New Braunfels city is valued at $315,100, 3.9% above the national figure and 76% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,536 a month, 9.2% above the national figure, or roughly $18,432 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 65.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.