Kerrville, TX

Kerrville’s median value of owner-occupied housing was $272,700 in the latest Census QuickFacts release for the city, while the median household income was $59,431 (Census QuickFacts^[1]). Texas has no state individual income tax, and Kerrville’s local sales tax rate is not reported in the city’s Census profile, so it should be verified directly before budgeting a move. BLS publishes CPI only at metro or city-average levels, not for Kerrville itself, so any cost-of-living comparison has to be made at the San Antonio metro level rather than as a city-specific CPI figure (BLS CPI^[2]).

Peterson Regional Medical Center is the main hospital in Kerrville, and Medicare Care Compare identifies it as an acute care hospital in Kerrville (Medicare Care Compare^{[3?] (unconfirmed source)}). For post-acute care, Kerrville also has Medicare-listed nursing facilities such as Avir at Kerrville and Arbor View Nursing & Rehabilitation, which helps with rehab and longer-term support (Medicare Care Compare^[4]). For specialty-heavy care, residents often look to the larger San Antonio medical market because the city itself does not have a major tertiary academic medical center.

NOAA climate normals for the Kerrville station show annual precipitation of 32.42 inches (NOAA normals via station summary^[5]). The same normals show mean daily maximum temperatures rising from 59.1°F in January to 92.8°F in August, while mean daily minimums range from 33.8°F in January to 69.8°F in July (NOAA normals via station summary^[5]). In practice, the most comfortable outdoor season is roughly late fall through spring, with summer heat limiting peak midday activity (NOAA normals via station summary^[5]).

County-level FBI-derived estimates show Kerr County’s average violent crime rate at 69.0 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 40.2 per 100,000, both below the national average in the source’s five-year view (Crime Explorer^[6]). The same source says Kerr County is served by 7 law enforcement agencies and aggregates 2019 to 2024 data, which is useful because FBI reporting can be incomplete after 2021 in some places (Crime Explorer^[6]). City-level Kerrville FBI crime figures are not given here; county-level figures are the safest published numbers to use here.

Kerrville’s median list price was reported at $454,900 on Zillow for the city, with homes going to pending in around 67 days and a year-over-year home value change of -1.7% (Zillow^[7]); Realtor.com’s Kerrville market page showed a median listing price of $463K and median days on market of 77 days (Realtor.com^[8]). At the county level, Zillow put Kerr County’s median list price at $498,300 and median days to pending at 70 days, while Redfin reported a median sale price of $364K and homes selling after 61 days on market over the last three months (Zillow^[9], Redfin^[10]). Kerrville has higher-end single-family options in the target price band, but 55+ or active-adult communities there remain unconfirmed.

Kerrville is served by Kerrville-Kerr County Airport, a public-use general aviation airport, but it is not a commercial airline airport (City of Kerrville Airport^[11]). The nearest major commercial option is San Antonio International, which is typically the practical airport for scheduled service; search results also show Austin-Bergstrom as another nearby choice for longer-haul or backup travel (Kerrville airport page^[11]). For frequent East Coast or Midwest travel, San Antonio is the main departure point rather than a true local hub.

Kerrville has a notable local golf scene anchored by public and semi-private options rather than a large private club cluster, which suits an active retiree who wants frequent play without a luxury-club commitment. The area also benefits from Hill Country recreation, including river access and nearby hiking-oriented scenery, with the Guadalupe River corridor and surrounding terrain giving the town more outdoor variety than a typical small Texas city. Current green-fee schedules for Kerrville are not given here, so any fee estimate should be treated as locally variable and course-specific.

Kerrville’s population estimate was 25,141 in July 2024, and 28.1% of residents were age 65 and over in the Census QuickFacts profile (Census QuickFacts^[1]). The same profile puts the median age at 41.7 in the Census Reporter ACS snapshot, with median household income at $59,431 and a homeownership rate of 57.9% (Census Reporter^[12], Census QuickFacts^[1]). Downtown Kerrville is compact and river-oriented rather than urban, which tends to suit retirees who want manageable scale, local dining, and a quieter civic feel.

Kerr County’s overall score is 77.2, and the county is described as relatively low overall but still with major hazard contributors (Risk by County^[13]). Kerr County’s hazard profile includes inland flooding and wildfires, and the EPA says annual AQI reports count good-air days at the county or CBSA level rather than the city level (EPA AirData Reports^[14]). The exact good-air-day count for Kerr County is not given here.