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Bandera County TX Land & Ranches for Sale
About Bandera County
Bandera County sits in the Texas Hill Country northwest of San Antonio, in the Austin-Waco-Hill Country land-market region tracked by the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M. The county seat, Bandera, is known as the Cowboy Capital of the World. Around it lie about 791 square miles of limestone hills, live oak and cedar, the Medina River, the north end of Medina Lake and the canyons of the upper Sabinal River. The county is a good fit if you want working ranch country, recreational and hunting tracts, horse property close to some of the best public trails in Texas, or a few acres with a long view, all about an hour from San Antonio. Legacy Broker Group's Boerne office serves land and ranch buyers and sellers across Bandera County.
Legacy Broker Group listings in Bandera County
Search homes, land & ranches in Bandera County
$1,400,000
3 Beds 2 Baths 3,960 SqFt
225 Arrowhead Ln, Pipe Creek, TX 78063
$1,650,000
3 Beds 2 Baths 20.12 Acres
526 CHEYENNE TRL, Pipe Creek, TX 78063
$1,400,000
3 Beds 2 Baths 18.31 Acres
225 Arrowhead Ln, Pipe Creek, TX 78063
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Bandera County on the map
Each marker is a Legacy Broker Group listing in Bandera County — click for details; a sold one links to Significant Transactions.
Living in Bandera County
- Bandera Independent School District — Official site of the main public school district for the eastern county, including Bandera, Pipe Creek, Lakehills and Tarpley.
- Bandera County, Texas (official county site) — County government site with offices, services, public notices, budgets, tax-rate notices and burn registration.
- Bandera County Convention & Visitors Bureau — The county's official visitor guide and events calendar for Bandera, Lakehills, Medina, Pipe Creek and Tarpley.
- Frontier Times Museum — Bandera's museum of over 90 years, preserving the heritage of Bandera County and the Texas frontier, with exhibits and community events.
- Bandera Kronkosky Public Library — Public library in a historic WPA limestone building on Main Street, with free weekly programs, computers and fiber internet.
The vibe
Bandera County still looks and acts like ranch country. Settlers came in 1853, drawn by the cypress along the Medina River, which they milled into shingles. Two years later sixteen Polish families arrived, and St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Bandera is recognized as the second-oldest Polish Catholic church in the United States. In the 1870s the town became a gathering point for cattle drives heading north on the Western Trail to Dodge City. By 1880, sheep and Angora goats paid better than farming. Guest ranching started in 1920, when Cora and Ed Buck began taking boarders, and dude ranches, rodeo and live music have been part of local life ever since.
The land changes as you cross the county. Around Bandera and Pipe Creek you'll see rolling cedar and oak hills cut by creeks, and the 1890 limestone courthouse anchors a small downtown. To the southeast, Lakehills follows the shore of Medina Lake, with homes on smaller lots and lake-view tracts. Out west past Medina and Tarpley toward Vanderpool, the country turns steep and remote, with high canyon walls along the Sabinal. Homes run from modest places on a few acres to ranch houses on large holdings, and many tracts come with barns, pens and wildlife fencing.
Life here is unhurried and plainspoken. Highway 16 and Highway 173 are the main roads through Bandera, and traffic is more likely to be trucks and horse trailers than commuters. The western heritage is lived, not staged: monuments to champion ropers stand downtown, rodeo and honky-tonks are a weekend habit, and private ranches next to the state natural area still lead trail rides into the hills. The county's population was estimated at 22,876 in 2025, which still works out to plenty of room per person.
Market snapshot
As of October 2026, Land.com showed about 531 properties listed as land for sale in Bandera County TX. The median asking price was $27,042 per acre, the median tract was 25.5 acres, and the median time on market was 45 days. Those are asking prices, not closed sales, and small tracts pull the per-acre figure up. Listing sites don't agree: LandSearch put the average asking price at $49,232 per acre across its own smaller set of listings. Treat any single per-acre number as a starting point, not an appraisal. Ranches for sale in Bandera County TX with live water, frontage on the Medina or Sabinal, or room to hunt still ask well above upland tracts of the same size.
For closed rural sales, the Texas Real Estate Research Center's second-quarter 2026 report put the median for Region 7, which includes Bandera County, at a record $8,040 per acre. That was up 8.63 percent year over year, on 1,062 sales with a typical tract of 199 acres. The Center credits demand for recreational and homesite properties with keeping the region healthy even at high prices. Statewide, it described the market as moving into a stable-to-soft phase. Bigger tracts trade for far less per acre than the small listings above, which is why the regional median and the county's asking prices sit so far apart. We couldn't find reliable county-level home price, price-per-square-foot or days-on-market figures to quote here. Our Boerne office can pull current comparable sales for any tract or home you're considering.
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Amenities
Public schools in the county are run mainly by Bandera ISD, which covers Bandera, Pipe Creek, Lakehills and Tarpley, and Medina ISD. The Texas Education Agency gave Bandera ISD an overall C (73 out of 100) for 2025 and Medina ISD a B for 2024-25. The outdoors is the main draw. Hill Country State Natural Area, about 11 miles southwest of Bandera, protects 5,369 acres with roughly 40 miles of multi-use trails for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, plus equestrian campsites. Lost Maples State Natural Area covers 2,906 acres about five miles north of Vanderpool. Its bigtooth maples draw visitors from across Texas for fall color, usually from late October into November. Medina Lake is an 18-mile-long reservoir shared with Medina County. Bandera County runs Medina Lake Park at the end of Park Road 37 in Lakehills, and the lake holds largemouth bass, white bass, hybrid striped bass and catfish. In town, the Medina River runs through Bandera City Park.
Restaurants and shops center on Bandera's Main Street, with more options in Boerne, Kerrville and northwest San Antonio. Bandera is about 50 miles northwest of San Antonio by Highway 16, about 24 to 25 miles from both Boerne and Kerrville, and about 13 miles from Medina. Bandera Pass, the historic gap the county is named for, is about 12 miles north of town on Highway 173. From the Lakehills side of the county, Park Road 37 runs east to Highway 16 near Helotes, which is the quickest way into San Antonio.
Bandera County FAQs
Where is Bandera County, Texas, and what is its county seat?
Bandera County is in the Texas Hill Country northwest of San Antonio, and its county seat is the city of Bandera. The county is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area but is mostly rural ranch land.
Why is Bandera called the Cowboy Capital of the World?
Bandera was a staging area for cattle drives heading north in the late 1800s, and later became known for dude ranches and rodeo champions. Monuments downtown honor its world champion ropers.
What kinds of land for sale in Bandera County TX can I expect to find?
Listings include small homesite lots, mid-size acreage, larger ranches, and recreational and hunting land. Some tracts have river or creek frontage, and some carry an agricultural tax valuation.
Is there Bandera County TX hunting land for sale?
Yes, many listings in the county are marketed for hunting and recreation, often with wildlife fencing or livestock and wildlife use. A broker can help you check access, water, game history and any ag or wildlife valuation before you make an offer.
What should I check before I buy land in Bandera County TX?
Check legal access, whether the tract has well water and room for septic, how far it is to electric service, the deed restrictions, and whether any part of it floods. In the canyon country out west, also look at the road conditions and how long it takes to reach town.
How far is Bandera County from San Antonio, Boerne and Kerrville?
Bandera is about 50 miles northwest of San Antonio by Highway 16, and about 24 to 25 miles from both Boerne and Kerrville. Lakehills, on Medina Lake, is closer to northwest San Antonio by way of Park Road 37.
What parks and water are in Bandera County?
Hill Country State Natural Area has about 40 miles of trails shared by riders, hikers and mountain bikers, and Lost Maples State Natural Area is known for its fall maple color. Medina Lake and the Medina River offer boating, fishing, swimming and tubing.
Is Bandera County good horse country?
Many buyers come here for horse property, partly because Hill Country State Natural Area offers miles of equestrian trails and campsites. Riding is a big part of the county's ranching and dude-ranch heritage.
Which school districts serve Bandera County?
Bandera ISD and Medina ISD serve most of the county. The Texas Education Agency rated Bandera ISD a C for 2025 and Medina ISD a B for 2024-25.
How do I find acreage for sale in Bandera County TX that isn't on the big listing sites?
Some ranches change hands quietly through local relationships. A brokerage that works the area, like Legacy Broker Group's Boerne office, can tell you about off-market and coming-soon properties.
What should I know before I sell my ranch in Bandera County TX?
Buyers here pay close attention to water, access, improvements, wildlife and any agricultural valuation, so gather your survey, well records and tax details early. Pricing should rest on recent sales of similar tracts, since asking prices online vary widely.
Why work with a ranch broker for Bandera County TX property?
A local ranch broker knows how creek frontage, terrain, access and ag valuation affect value in each part of the county. They can also market a property to recreational, hunting and homesite buyers, the three groups driving demand in the region.
Market and community sections reviewed 2026-10-27.