Living in Cibolo, TX
Guadalupe County
Cibolo is a Guadalupe County suburb in the greater San Antonio area, immediately adjacent to Schertz and near Randolph AFB (part of Joint Base San Antonio) -- named directly, alongside Schertz, Universal City, and Converse, in a regional growth-driver figure that attributes substantial local population growth to the base's presence (that specific figure -- 70,085 to 103,755 residents collectively across all four cities, 2011-2016 -- is old and combined across cities, not a current, Cibolo-specific population count; see the header note). Cibolo shares its school district, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD (SCUCISD), directly with Schertz and Universal City -- SCUCISD earned an overall B rating (scaled score 81/100) in the Texas Education Agency's 2024-25 accountability cycle, a genuine, recent improvement (up from 79 the prior year), with particular strength in the School Progress domain. On taxes, Cibolo sits in Guadalupe County, whose effective property tax rate is cited around 1.69% -- and within that same county, Cibolo itself is specifically cited as carrying the HIGHEST median property tax bill of any city in the county, at $6,226, a genuine, if not independently cross-checked, Cibolo-specific figure. This record is honest about a real limitation: Cibolo's own current population, median home sale price, crime data, and cost-of-living index could not be independently confirmed this session due to a research-tool access limitation (see the file header for the full disclosure), so those fields are left unstated rather than guessed. What can be said with real, sourced grounding is the regional hazard picture Cibolo shares with its Guadalupe County neighbors: hot Central Texas summers, no meaningful hurricane exposure this far inland, and a real, documented hail/severe-thunderstorm risk pattern -- distinct from the flash-flood-and-hurricane framing that applies to this build wave's Hill Country markets further west.
Explore Cibolo in depth
- Moving to Cibolo: Pros, Cons & What to Know
- Cost of Living in Cibolo
- Housing in Cibolo
- Taxes & Insurance in Cibolo
- Climate in Cibolo
- Schools & Families in Cibolo
- Healthcare & Safety in Cibolo
- Pros and Cons of Living in Cibolo
- Best Areas to Live in Cibolo
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Taxes
Not independently sourced at the Guadalupe County level this session. Texas carries no income tax statewide. See the Texas hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Cibolo-specific.
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Pros
Genuine military-employment proximity via Randolph AFB (cited at over 5,700 military and 6,500 civilian personnel, a $350 million-plus annual payroll), a shared school district (SCUCISD) with a real, recent B-rating improvement, and an established, growing San Antonio-area suburb identity distinct from a brand-new, unproven exurb; no state income tax, consistent statewide.
Cons
Guadalupe County's property tax rate (cited around 1.69%) runs well above the national average, and Cibolo itself is specifically cited as carrying the county's highest median property tax bill ($6,226) -- a real, meaningful cost; several genuinely important figures for evaluating this market (Cibolo's own current population, median home price, crime data, and cost-of-living index) could not be verified this session and are disclosed as open gaps rather than filled with a guess; Cibolo's own specific hazard exposure (versus the Cibolo Creek flood history documented for neighboring Schertz and Boerne, which should not be assumed to describe Cibolo itself without direct confirmation) was not independently confirmed this session -- see the climate topic for how that distinction is handled.
Who this fits
Best for: Military families connected to Randolph AFB / Joint Base San Antonio, and families drawn to an established, growing San Antonio-area suburb with a shared, recently-improving school district (SCUCISD), who can tolerate a research pass still confirming this market's specific pricing and safety data directly.
Maybe not for you if: Buyers who need firm, currently-verified pricing, crime, or population data before evaluating a market should treat this record as a starting point, not a finished picture, and independently verify Cibolo-specific figures directly (Redfin, local police department crime statistics, and the U.S. Census Bureau) until this record receives a full research-pass update.
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