Sell your house in Buda: 16,166 residents, not a principal city, Central in Hays County

The city and the county

The Census name for this place is Buda city. It is an incorporated city. The resident population estimate for July 1, 2025 is 16,166 (column POPESTIMATE2025, level 162, file sub-est2025_48.csv; the file layout dates that column July 1, 2025).

The July 1, 2025 county part (level 157) is:

• Hays County: 16,166 residents in that part of the place (level 157). The July 2023 delineation labels it Central in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

Most of that estimate, 16,166 residents, is in Hays County. That county is labeled Central in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (CBSA 12420).

OMB Bulletin 23-01 does not name Buda as a principal city of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

Among the 11 incorporated places whose largest population share is in Hays County, Buda ranks 3 by the July 1, 2025 estimate.

The next smaller place is Dripping Springs city, with 11,167.

The counties in this metropolitan area in the July 2023 delineation file are: Bastrop County, Texas, labeled Outlying; Caldwell County, Texas, labeled Outlying; Hays County, Texas, labeled Central; Travis County, Texas, labeled Central; Williamson County, Texas, labeled Central.

The principal cities Bulletin 23-01 names for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX are: Austin, Georgetown, Round Rock, San Marcos. Source: list 2, July 2023 and Bulletin 23-01.

The Hays County appraisal-district record is on the Texas Comptroller county directory. That section says Last Updated: 07/02/2026. It names Laura Raven as chief appraiser. The phone on that record is 512-268-2522. That is not Cash Home Advisors' phone. The record links to https://hayscad.com/.

The same facts in Spanish are on compramoscasastx.com.

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