Burnet County, Texas

• White (non-Hispanic) 37,239 70.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,318 23.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 656 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 359 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,852 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 71 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 129 0.2%

• Under 18 10,775 20.5%
• 18–24 3,860 7.3%
• 25–44 12,112 23.0%
• 45–64 13,479 25.6%
• 65 and over 12,426 23.6%

Median household income

$78,699

90% interval $72,179–$85,219

−$1,024 vs TX · 49th of 254

Below poverty line

9.2%

90% interval 7.2%–11.2%

−4.2 pp vs TX · 230th of 254

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.45 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.7B

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,381

Establishments

1,720

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,797 22.2%
• Education & health services 3,627 21.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,174 12.7%
• Construction 1,903 11.1%
• Professional & business services 1,278 7.5%
• Financial activities 898 5.3%
• Public administration 780 4.6%
• Other services 577 3.4%

The sectors listed cover 88.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.3%

+13.7 pp vs TX · 107th of 254

Median gross rent

$1,319

−$84 vs TX · 28th of 254

Owner-occupied

16,000

Renter-occupied

4,969

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.3× the lowest ($68,984 vs $29,601/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 21,795 77.4%
• Democratic 6,114 21.7%
• Other / third-party 238 0.8%

• Spanish 7,500 15.0%
• Korean 103 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 101 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 81 0.2%
• Vietnamese 59 0.1%
• Chinese 24 0.0%
• Tagalog 11 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2 0.0%

Households

20,969

Family households

15,106

72.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,246

28.1% of families

Single-mother families

685

4.5% of families

Veterans

3,482

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,086 22.6%
• Catholic 10,608 21.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,270 6.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,223 2.5%
• Black Protestant 202 0.4%

Health insured

81.1%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

18.9%

±1.9 pp

74th of 254

With a disability

16.2%

±1.2 pp

112th of 254

Bachelor's or higher

28.5%

±2 pp

−5.3 pp vs TX · 45th of 254

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

22.7%

90% interval 21.0%–24.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

33rd District Court

Judges

1 (Total District Court judges with venue over this county; vintage 2026 txcourts.gov directory + Tex. Gov't Code § 24. Texas's court structure is unusual: each urban county has dozens of numbered District Courts (Harris ~60, Dallas ~45, Travis ~25, Bexar ~25, Tarrant ~20) with trial assignments random across the full bench. Rural counties typically have 1-2 District Court judges sitting on a multi-county district. County Court at Law judges (limited jurisdiction) and Constitutional County Court judges (presided over by the elected County Judge) are separately allocated and not counted here. TX has ~474 District Court judges statewide.)

Court seats

Burnet, Johnson City, Llano, San Saba

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

13

31.04 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11