People QuickFacts Comal County Texas Population, 2012 estimate 114,384 26,059,203 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 108,472 25,145,561 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 5.5% 3.6% Population, 2010 108,472 25,145,561 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.6% 7.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.2% 27.1% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 16.1% 10.5% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.9% 50.4%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.6% 80.9% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.1% 12.2% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.8% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 4.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 1.7% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 25.6% 38.1% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 70.3% 44.8%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 82.9% 82.1% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 6.2% 16.2% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 17.3% 34.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.9% 80.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 32.6% 26.1% Veterans, 2007-2011 12,507 1,618,413 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.9 24.8  Housing units, 2011 47,901 10,098,750 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 75.6% 64.5% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 11.7% 24.0% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $196,300 $126,400 Households, 2007-2011 40,119 8,667,807 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.61 2.79 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $33,181 $25,548 Median household income, 2007-2011 $65,521 $50,920 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 9.5% 17.0%     Business QuickFacts Comal County Texas Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 2,806 522,146 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 35,340 8,785,238 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 41.5 9.5 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 10,951 1,934,472  Total number of firms, 2007 12,349 2,164,852 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 7.1% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.9% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.3% 20.7% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.8% 28.2%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,093,683 593,541,502 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 960,633 424,238,194 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,539,740 311,334,781 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,632 $13,061 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 184,420 42,054,592 Building permits, 2011 1,016 97,450     Geography QuickFacts Comal County Texas Land area in square miles, 2010 559.48 261,231.71 Persons per square mile, 2010 193.9 96.3 FIPS Code 091 48 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area   (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts