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Buda city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Buda city is a Census city of 15,859 people across 9.61 square miles of land, in Hays County. Median household income is $123,766, 76.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 69 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $46.8 m.
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Buda
What Buda is
- Census place typecity
- Land area9.61 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,649
- County holding the largest share of its areaHays County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buda
How many people live in Buda
- Population15,859
- Median age37.2
- Population under 184,418
- Share under 1827.9 percent
- Population 65 and over1,080 plus or minus 308
- Share 65 and over6.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Households6,058
- Family households4,469
- Share of households that are families73.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buda
Income and work in Buda
- Median household income$123,766
- Per capita income$50,848
- Civilian labor force9,309
- Employed8,990
- Unemployed319 plus or minus 205
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Adults 25 and over10,482
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher50.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.0 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buda
Housing in Buda
- Housing units6,242
- Occupied units6,058
- Vacant units184 plus or minus 203
- Vacancy rate2.9 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied4,640
- Renter occupied1,418 plus or minus 361
- Ownership rate76.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$446,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,852
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.0 percent
- Single family units5,431
- Share single family87.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more811 plus or minus 318
- Share in buildings of two or more13.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built2012
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buda
How Buda gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute6,978
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,003 plus or minus 369
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.4 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,722
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.3 percent
- Drove alone73.9 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home21.3 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buda
SBA 7(a) lending to Buda borrowers
- Approvals69
- Gross approval$46,759,900
- Average approval$677,680
- Median approval$304,200
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,740,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported795
- Jobs per approval11.5
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full9
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.4 percent
- Share to franchises15.9 percent
- Distinct lenders32
- Distinct industries by NAICS45
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Buda
SBA 504 lending to Buda borrowers
- Approvals28
- Gross approval$30,822,000
- Average approval$1,100,786
- Median approval$790,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported371
- Loans with a final outcome11
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs7
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Buda
Flood programme status in Buda
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number481640
- Currently effective map date01/17/25
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Hays County, not Buda
Hays County context, not Buda figures
These are Hays County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Buda measurements.
- Establishments in Hays County5,891
- Employment at those establishments, Hays County76,995
- Covered employment, Hays County95,598
- Average annual pay, Hays County$54,838
- Average weekly wage, Hays County$1,055
- Housing units permitted, Hays County5,405
- Of those, single family, Hays County3,918
- County product, 2024, Hays County$15,303,461,000
- County product change over the prior year, Hays County8.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Hays County$104,368
Every figure in this section is published for Hays County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buda. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Buda questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buda, Texas?
15,859, in 6,058 households. Buda city covers 9.61 square miles of land, which is 1,649 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buda in?
Hays County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Buda?
$123,766. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $446,600. Median gross rent is $1,852 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Buda businesses?
69 7(a) approvals totalling $46.8 m, across 32 lenders, median approval $304,200, plus 28 504 approvals worth $30.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buda, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buda borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 9 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 10.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Buda in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Buda appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 481640, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Buda figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Hays County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Buda.
Is zoning published for Buda?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.