Kerr County, Texas Eviction Risk: Very Low

Kerr County carries an average eviction-risk score of 2.1/10 (Low), placing it 80th out of 254 Texas counties on the risk index. That rank means 79 counties in Texas carry higher risk, but 174 are less risky, putting Kerr County in the higher-risk third of the state overall. For landlords, the practical read is a market with modest tenant-side pressure: average rent runs $1,043, rent burden sits at 28.4% of income, and the renter share is 40.2% of households. Those figures point to a functional but not frictionless operating environment.

Intra-county, the spread is narrow: city scores run from 2.1 to 2.3, a 0.2-point range across all three tracked cities. Conditions are relatively uniform, though even small score differences can reflect meaningful on-the-ground differences in tenant turnover, local vacancy, and payment behavior. Investors considering Kerr County should treat the county average as a starting point and drill down to the city level before committing.

The cities inside Kerr County

Center Point carries the highest risk in the county at 2.3/10. With a population of 1,733, it is the smallest of the three tracked cities and often sees less competitive rental demand than the county seat, which can translate to longer vacancy windows when a unit turns over.

Ingram comes in at 2.2/10 with a population of 1,917. Like Center Point, it is a smaller rural community where the pool of qualified applicants for a given unit may be thinner than in the county's urban core. Landlords operating in either of these smaller towns should plan for that dynamic when underwriting acquisitions.

Kerrville, the largest city in the county at 24,755 residents, scores 2.1/10, matching the county average. Its relative size provides more rental demand depth than the two smaller communities, making it the most operationally stable choice for landlords and investors focused on tenant continuity. Risk in this county is genuinely hyper-local: a fraction of a point separates a rural hamlet from the county seat, and city-level data should drive your decisions.

State-level laws that apply here

Under Texas state law, specifically Tex. Prop. Code § 24.005, landlords are required to serve a 3-day notice to vacate for non-payment of rent, lease violations, holdovers, and end-of-term situations. Squatters and unauthorized occupants can be removed without a prior notice period under Tex. Prop. Code § 24.011 as amended by SB-38. Texas does not require just cause to terminate a tenancy and, under TX Local Gov Code § 214.902, state law preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so no city in Texas, including those in Kerr County, can cap rent. Source-of-income protection is also not in effect statewide.

Understanding the Texas eviction process matters because even in a low-risk county the costs add up quickly: court filing fees run $54 to $125, sheriff lockout fees add another $50 to $175, and attorney fees typically range from $500 to $3,500 depending on whether the case is contested. An uncontested case resolves in roughly 21 to 30 days; a contested one can stretch to 45 to 90 days. Landlords should also review Texas eviction costs and Texas tenant protections before setting lease terms, since both habitability obligations under Tex. Prop. Code § 92.052 and retaliation prohibitions under § 92.331 carry real exposure if ignored.

With a poverty rate of 12.3% and renters making up 40.2% of households, Kerr County's risk profile is shaped by a population that is cost-sensitive but not severely distressed; see the city grid above for how that pressure distributes across Kerrville, Ingram, and Center Point.