56th Fastest Growing County In the Nation
Comal County, Texas
Seat: New Braunfels
Comal County is the 56th fastest growing county in America
based on percent of growth between January 2000 and July 2006
for all counties that began the period with more than ten
thousand residents, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau
estimates.
Comal County which was founded in 1846, grew in population to
78,021 by the year 2000. In the six years that marked the
beginning of the 21st Century, the county increased the number
of inhabitants by 29.7 percent bringing the estimated
total population in July 2006 to 101,181.
The outstanding growth of the last six years has made Comal
County the ninth fastest growing county in the Lone Star State
of Texas and the 56th fastest in the nation.
It is difficult to determine how the growth may have affected
the value of homes in the area but in 2000 the median cost for
a home within the 562 square mile jurisdiction of Comal County
was $117,000.
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