Best In Texas Real Estate™: Hill Country
2026-09-24
🏆 Ranked #1 in Rent-to-Income Ratio — Texas Hill Country 2024 — ALEX Intelligence, 2024.
Marble Falls isn’t just the most expensive place to rent in the Hill Country—it’s the most intentional. With 28.2% of local income going to rent, it’s not a market for affordability, but for exclusivity. This isn’t a crisis—it’s a signal. The same community that hosts a $50,000 Lions Club grant for environmental restoration and a boutique 200-person music festival also attracts investors who value privacy, sustainability, and cultural capital. This is the new real estate logic: price isn’t a barrier—it’s a filter.
Highest Rent-to-Income Ratios in Texas Hill Country (ALEX Intelligence — 2024)
#1 Marble Falls — Bandera County, Texas <- this market
#2 Fredericksburg — Gillespie County, Texas
#3 Boerne — Kendall County, Texas
#4 Kerrville — Kerr County, Texas
#5 Granite Shoals — Kendall County, Texas
#6 Kingsland — Kendall County, Texas
#7 Burnet — Burnet County, Texas
#8 Lakehills — Kerr County, Texas
Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-09-24-hill-country-tx-rent-to-income-place-mkt
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Diane Hart Alexander, MBA, MHA
Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies
Designated Broker, Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC dba ALEX.realestate, et.al.
Texas License #574877-B · Broker License #565194-BB
[email protected] · +1 713.591.9902
Source data: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2024 · ALEX Intelligence computation
Licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission. Broker: Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC · License #565194-BB.
Diane Hart Alexander, Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies · Designated Broker · #574877-B · George Arnold Alexander III, Director, ALEX Companies · Associate Broker · #574878-B
Texas Real Estate Commission Information About Brokerage Services · TREC Consumer Protection Notice · trec.texas.gov
Diane Hart Alexander, Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies · Designated Broker · #574877-B · George Arnold Alexander III, Director, ALEX Companies · Associate Broker · #574878-B
Texas Real Estate Commission Information About Brokerage Services · TREC Consumer Protection Notice · trec.texas.gov



