Hobson, Texas.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$751 (+93%) since Jan 2020.
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.
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Living in Hobson, Karnes County, Texas
The Census does not count Hobson on its own, so the figures here are Karnes County's. Half the county's households earn more than $60,214 a year and half less; 19% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 62% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 38% are rented. Unemployment in Karnes County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Karnes County work in schools and health care, then construction.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Hobson is a town in Karnes County, Texas, where most homes are lived in by their owners. The typical resident is of middle age, and a noticeable share of people live below the poverty line. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country, and winters are cool while summers are hot.
Work. Schools, hospitals and social care, building trades, government, and farming, forestry and mining employ many residents. Jobs in the county were slightly fewer last year than the year before, and unemployment has edged up over the past year. Few people work from home, and most commutes are fairly short.
Things to do. The Wilson County Courthouse and Jail is a museum a longer drive away. Medio Creek and Kicaster Creek are rivers, also a longer drive away.
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- 4,730households
- 38.1median age
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 19%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Karnes County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Karnes County had 6,162 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 65° and lows near 43°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 73°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Karnes City 2N weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Karnes County
- Karnes City ISDSchool district230FTE
- CK NewberryOverpass construction176
- Otto Kaiser Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital146FTE
- Kenedy ISDSchool district138FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters138
- H-E-BRetail119
- Devon Energy - Panna Maria (Karnes City)Petroleum, crude, production94
- Karnes Electric CooperativeDistribution of electric power86
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 934 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Karnes County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Karnes County.
Hobson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
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 Hobson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Hobson — 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.