Jury Pool Profile

Comal County, Texas

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 174,552
Median household income: $99,015
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 130,460 74.7%
Black or African American alone 4,415 2.5%
Asian alone 2,765 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 634 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 72 0.0%
Some other race alone 8,516 4.9%
Two or more races 27,690 15.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 48,664 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 38,791 22.2%
18–24 12,847 7.4%
25–44 42,903 24.6%
45–64 47,626 27.3%
65 and over 32,385 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.1B; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,057
Establishments: 5,146

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 19,531 25.6%
Leisure & hospitality 11,569 15.1%
Professional & business services 9,545 12.5%
Education & health services 9,034 11.8%
Construction 8,173 10.7%
Manufacturing 4,206 5.5%
Financial activities 2,769 3.6%
Other services 2,363 3.1%
Public administration 1,505 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 861 1.1%
Information 661 0.9%
Unclassified 57 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.9%
Median gross rent: $1,460
Owner-occupied: 51,991
Renter-occupied: 15,660

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 103,465 votes cast

Republican 74,756 72.3%
Democratic 27,680 26.8%
Other / third-party 1,029 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 21,660 13.1%
Other Indo-European 671 0.4%
German 612 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 522 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 423 0.3%
Tagalog 294 0.2%
Other 289 0.2%
Korean 211 0.1%
Slavic languages 129 0.1%
Arabic 65 0.0%
Vietnamese 48 0.0%
Chinese 42 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 67,651
Family households: 49,016; 72.5% of households
Married w/ children: 40,901
Single-mother households: 2,803
Veterans: 15,369; 11.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 54,542 33.8%
Evangelical Protestant 26,365 16.3%
Mainline Protestant 9,641 6.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,913 4.3%
Black Protestant 202 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.1%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd District Court
Judges: 2 (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: Lockhart, New Braunfels, San Marcos

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Texas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 33; 24.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 25

NHTSA FARS 2023