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New Braunfels, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for New Braunfels, TX: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 78,685. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet NEW-BRAUNFELS-TX · New Braunfels, TX 2 ZIPs · 78,685 pop · #3169/25278 · Comal County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $109,190
  • RANK-TOP #3169/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Spring Branch
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-SMALL 78,685
  • SPREAD-MOD 78130→78132
  • HOME-HIGH $471,750

Nearest income peer: Spring Branch, TX (+ $5,985 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around New Braunfels

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest New Braunfels on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, New Braunfels, TX sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
78,685
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$109,190
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $109,190 and home value $471,750 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 45.3%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating New Braunfels as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Georgetown is the closest lower-income city and Tuscola the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 3 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for New Braunfels.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside New Braunfels differ

New Braunfels's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $83,064 in ZIP 78130 to $135,315 in ZIP 78132, while home values span $323,200 in 78130 to $620,300 in 78132. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.6×

78130 to 78132

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.9×

78130 to 78132

Poverty-rate spread
3.1 points

78132 to 78130

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

ZIP 78130 swallows New Braunfels's short list

Across only 2 ZIPs, 78130 still holds about 76% of New Braunfels's 78,685 residents. The secondary codes are thin edges; treat the city average as a near-reprint of the lead ZIP.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in New Braunfels

Citywide ZBP: 3,451 establishments, 48,216 employees , annual payroll $2,392,672k (~44 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 78130 (2,526 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (422) · also Construction · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in New Braunfels, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Comal County, which covers 7 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in New Braunfels. See the Comal County roll-up →

New Braunfels sits in the lower half of Comal County on income: San Antonio, Spring Branch and Bulverde report more, and only Canyon Lake reports less. San Antonio marks the far end of that range at $146,792, 34% above New Braunfels.

Side-by-side: Compare 78130 vs 78132 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
78130 59,546 $83,064 2,526 249
78132 19,139 $135,315 925 40
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New Braunfels roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving New Braunfels, .