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Hondo, Texas. Hondo is the county seat of Medina County. It is located forty-one miles west of mid-town San Antonio. The Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway was built through the county from the east in 1881, and the first sale out of its Hondo City plat was made on October 1, 1881. The community had twenty-five residents in 1884 and 2,500 in 1915. A post office designated Hondo City began operation in 1882.
The courthouse was completed in 1893, built on a block of land the railroad president had donated ten years earlier for a courthouse lot. The name of the post office was changed to Hondo in 1895. The town quickly became a trade and shipping center for the area's agricultural and ranching economy. During its heyday in the early 1900s most of the downtown business buildings were built, chiefly of D'Hanis brick.
Hondo was incorporated on May 14, 1942. That year Hondo Army Airfield was built on 3,675 acres of land in Hondo. The base was shut down in 1946, but civilian contract flight training and pilot screening programs for Air Force cadets continued operations; the town owns the base. In July 1971 Hondo became the location of a radar weather station. In 1989 the community had 200 businesses. The population in 1980 was 6,057, and today it is listed as having 11,388 community residents.
Elementary
Mc Dowell School
(830) 426-2261
1602 27th St S
Hondo, TX
Meyer Elementary School
(830) 426-3161
2502 Avenue Q
Hondo, TX
Middle
Mc Dowell School
(830) 426-2261
1602 27th St S
Hondo, TX
Newell E Woolls Intermediate
(830) 426-7666
2802 Avenue Q
Hondo, TX
High
Hondo High School
(830) 426-3341
2603 Avenue H
Hondo, TX
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Demographics |
zip code: 78861 |
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State Average |
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| Neighborhood type | Small Town | |||
| Population | 11,388 | 41,553 | 22,118,509 | 290,809,777 |
| Pop. density | 23.4 | 49.0 | 79.6 | 79.6 |
| Percent male | 53.9% | 53.0% | 49.6% | 49.1% |
| Percent female | 46.1% | 47.0% | 50.4% | 50.9% |
| Median age | 35.7 | 34.6 | 34.0 | 36.5 |
| People per household | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Median household income | $34,171 | $31,864 | $39,927 | $41,994 |
| Average income per capita | $14,495 | $16,444 | $19,617 | $21,587 |
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Crime |
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| Violent crime risk index | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Property crime risk index | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
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Housing |
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| Median home value | $81,738 | $102,100 | $94,300 | $170,800 |
| Median age of homes | 35.7 | 19.1 | 23.4 | 27.8 |
| Home appreciation | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 7.7% |
| Homes - owned | 65.6% | 71.1% | 57.8% | 63.4% |
| Homes - rented | 20.4% | 15.2% | 32.8% | 21.7% |
| Homes - vacant | 14.0% | 13.7% | 9.4% | 14.8% |
| Commuting by bus | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| Commuting by carpool | 18.4% | 15.8% | 14.5% | 14.6% |
| Commuting by auto | 73.4% | 74.2% | 77.8% | 71.6% |
| Working at home | 2.6% | 6.3% | 2.8% | 5.6% |
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Family Facts |
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| Currently married | 60.0% | 63.4% | 56.5% | 58.3% |
| Never married | 21.8% | 21.1% | 25.6% | 23.8% |
| Divorced | 6.7% | 6.4% | 9.8% | 7.7% |
| Widowed | 8.6% | 6.6% | 5.7% | 7.4% |
| Separated | 2.9% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Married - w/ children | 32.6% | 34.2% | 38.1% | 28.5% |
| Married - no children | 30.6% | 33.5% | 37.9% | 31.3% |
| Single - w/ children | 11.2% | 8.9% | 13.8% | 9.3% |
| Single - no children | 25.6% | 23.4% | 10.2% | 30.7% |
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Education |
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| High school graduates | 68.3% | 71.3% | 75.7% | 80.4% |
| College degree - 2 year | 3.6% | 6.6% | 5.2% | 8.2% |
| College degree - 4 year | 7.9% | 14.2% | 15.6% | 14.9% |
| Graduate degree | 2.7% | 6.2% | 7.6% | 7.0% |
| Expenditures per student | $4,952 | $4,824 | $6,218 | $5,896 |
| Students per teacher | 13.0 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 16.0 |
| Students per librarian | 717 | 1,397 | 995 | 934 |
| Students per guidance counselor | 425 | 1,397 | 995 | 560 |
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Economy |
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| Unemployment rate | 5.3% | 3.9% | 6.0% | 5.7% |
| Recent job growth | -0.2% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Future job growth | 21.2% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 10.5% |
| Sales tax | 7.75% | 7.47% | 7.77% | 5.63% |
| Income tax | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 5.02% |
| Cost of living index | 76.0 | 79.3 | 80.0 | 100.0 |
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Health |
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| Air quality | 60 | 60 | 63 | 48 |
| Watershed quality | 90 | 90 | 71 | 54 |
| Physicians per capita | 45.7 | 45.7 | 81.7 | 168.5 |
| Health cost index | 87.9 | 89.6 | 96.1 | 100.0 |
| Superfund site index | 100 | 99 | 93 | 71 |
| UV index | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 4.3 |
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Climate |
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| Altitude | 876 | 889 | 1,371 | 1,058 |
| Rainfall (inches annually) | 32.4 | 31.1 | 31.3 | 38.8 |
| Snowfall (inches annually) | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 24.4 |
| January avg. low temp | 39.4 | 39.8 | 33.0 | 21.6 |
| July avg. high temp | 96.3 | 95.5 | 94.6 | 86.4 |
| Days of precipitation annually | 82 | 82 | 77 | 112 |
| Days mostly sunny annually | 224 | 224 | 235 | 205 |
| Comfort index (during hot weather) | 18 | 21 | 27 | 44 |