Comal County, Texas Eviction Risk: Very Low

Comal County earns an average eviction-risk score of 2.3/10, placing it in the Low risk tier and ranking it 88th of 254 Texas counties, where rank 1 is highest risk. That means 87 counties are riskier than Comal, and 166 are less risky, situating the county squarely in the middle third of the state. For landlords and investors, a 2.1 average signals a market where tenant-default pressure is relatively contained, the renter share sits at a modest 27.8%, and average rent runs $1,577 per month, supporting consistent cash flow without the volatility common in higher-risk Texas metros.

That county average, however, masks meaningful variation across its 5 tracked cities. Local scores range from 1.8 to 2.7, a spread that matters for portfolio placement. Operating conditions differ enough between communities that a city-level read is essential before committing capital to any specific submarket within Comal County.

The cities inside Comal County

The county seat, New Braunfels, is by far the largest city at a population of 104,643 and scores exactly at the county average of 2.3/10. Canyon Lake, the second-largest city at 33,883 residents, scores even lower at 2/10, making it one of the most landlord-favorable submarkets in the county. Garden Ridge, with 4,332 residents, posts the lowest risk score in Comal County at 1.8/10, representing the most stable operating environment tracked here.

On the other end of the spectrum, Bulverde scores 2.6/10 and Spring Branch registers the county high at 2.7/10. Both remain well within the Low tier on an absolute basis, but investors specifically targeting the lowest-friction submarkets will note that the risk gap between Spring Branch and Garden Ridge is nearly a full point. That kind of intra-county variance reinforces why aggregate county scores are a starting point rather than a final answer.

State-level laws that apply here

Texas landlord-tenant law under Tex. Prop. Code SS 91 and SS 92 (Residential Tenancies) is among the more landlord-favorable statutory frameworks in the country. For nonpayment of rent, lease violations, holdover tenancies, and end-of-term situations, Texas requires only a 3-day notice before filing, with no cure period mandated for habitually delinquent tenants. Squatters and unauthorized occupants can be served with a 0-day notice under Tex. Prop. Code SS 24.011 as added by SB-38. Understanding these notice requirements is central to the Texas eviction process, which moves from notice to judgment in 21 to 30 days for uncontested cases and 45 to 90 days for contested ones.

Texas eviction costs in Comal County run from a court filing fee of $54 to $125, a sheriff lockout fee of $50 to $175, and attorney fees typically ranging $500 to $3,500 depending on complexity. There is no just-cause requirement to terminate a tenancy, and Texas state law explicitly preempts any local rent control ordinance under TX Local Gov Code SS 214.902, so no city in Comal County can impose rent caps. Source-of-income is not a protected class under state law.

With a poverty rate of just 6.3% across the county, the underlying economic profile in Comal County supports relatively low default risk, though city-level scores in the grid above show where that stability is strongest and where landlords should look more carefully before adding units.