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Fischer, Texas.

Typical home $468,110 (-1.3% in a year). San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro.

What it costs per month · Fischer $2,457/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,271 (+107%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $6,189 -1%
$474,299$468,110 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $24,644 +6%
$443,466$468,110 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Fischer $2,457 Texas $1,556 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Fischer$2,457
  • Texas$1,556
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 64 years.

Typical home values in Fischer, TX fell 1.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Living in Fischer, Comal County, Texas

The Census does not count Fischer on its own, so the figures here are Comal County's. Half the county's households earn more than $101,889 a year and half less; 6% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 77% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 23% are rented. Unemployment in Comal County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Comal County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 184,000 about, in Comal County: the Census does not count Fischer on its own
Household income $101,889 the median in Comal County, give or take $2,995
Unemployment 4.3% Comal County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 77% lived in by their owners; 23% rented

Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Fischer sits in Comal County, in the Texas Hill Country, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Residents are generally in middle age, and household incomes run above the national typical, while far fewer families fall below the poverty line than across the country. Homes are valued well above the national typical, so the area suits those who can afford to buy here. Summers are hot, with the warmest weather in August, and winters are mild by northern standards, though January is the coldest month. The area gets a good deal of rain over the year.

Work. Many adults in Comal County hold a degree, more than across the country as a whole. Most residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in shops, or in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Jobs grew slightly last year, and unemployment is a little higher than it was a year earlier. Commutes tend to be longer than the national typical, though a sizable share of residents work from home.

Things to do. Canyon Lake, a reservoir, is a short drive away and makes a pleasant outing for those who enjoy the water. The Comal River, a longer drive off, is another good option for a relaxed afternoon by moving water. Hamilton Pool Preserve, a waterfall set in a protected area, is a longer drive away but well worth the trip.

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  • 71,354households
  • 41.8median age
  • 43%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 19%work from home

What people in Comal County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Comal County had 77,346 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 40°; warmest in August, 96° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 61° 40° F M A M J J A 96° 73° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 61° and 40°; warmest in August, 96° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 61° 40° F M A M J J A 96° 73° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 61° and lows near 40°; warmest in August, with highs near 96° and lows near 73°. About 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Canyon Dam weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Comal County

  1. Comal ISDSchool district3,597FTE
  2. Six Flags EntertainmentAmusement parks2,113
  3. New Braunfels ISDSchool district1,175FTE
  4. Mondelez Global Mountain South - SalesGeneral-line groceries merchant wholesalers1,169
  5. Sysco Central TexasGroceries, general-line, merchant wholesalers727
  6. H-E-BRetail657
  7. H-E-BRetail581
  8. H-E-BRetail531

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 151 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 20,059 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingRelatively high
  2. HailRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. LightningRelatively high
  6. WildfireRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Comal County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Comal County and the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro.

Fischer home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Fischer $468,110 Texas $296,424 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Fischer$468,110
  • Texas$296,424
  • United States$366,157

When this market ran hot

Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.

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Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Fischer address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Fischer — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.