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Hornsby Bend, Texas.

A community in Travis County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Travis County’s.

Living in Hornsby Bend, Travis County, Texas

Hornsby Bend, in Travis County, had 12,168 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $89,614 a year and half less, against $99,611 across Travis County; 15% of its people live below the poverty line. 73% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 27% are rented. Unemployment in Travis County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 3.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then shops.

People 12,168 in the 2020 census; median age 34.5
Household income $89,614 the median, give or take $13,209 · Travis County: $99,611
Unemployment 3.9% Travis County, August 2026; 3.7% a year before
Homes 73% lived in by their owners; 27% rented
  • 4,535households
  • 32%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 34 mintypical commute
  • 23%work from home

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services18%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care12%
  • Building trades12%
  • Government11%
  • Manufacturing9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Travis County had 934,650 jobs in 2025, 3.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 38°; warmest in August, 97° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 62° 38° F M A M J J A 97° 73° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 38°; warmest in August, 97° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 62° 38° F M A M J J A 97° 73° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 38°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 73°. About 36 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

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

Largest workplaces in Travis County

  1. The University of Texas at AustinUniversity or college18,190
  2. TeslaAutomobile manufacturing13,620
  3. Austin ISDSchool district10,467FTE
  4. Samsung Austin SemiconductorSemiconductor devices manufacturing5,016
  5. Internal Revenue ServiceFederal government · Department of the Treasury4,819
  6. Applied MaterialsSemiconductor making machinery manufacturing4,325
  7. Rosendin ElectricElectrical contractors4,291
  8. Facility Solutions GroupElectric contracting4,087

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1,054 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 195,095 people in all across the county; Hornsby Bend has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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. TornadoesVery high
  2. HailRelatively high
  3. Heat wavesRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hornsby Bend’s census tracts, 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 Travis County.