The population of Hays county is estimated at 204,345. In 2017 there were 2,637 births and 1,066 deaths in Hays county. Hays county has 27,288 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 8,884 that are owned free and clear and 19,073 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Hays County filed 91,900 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Texas filings and 0.062% of the entire nation. Hays had a combined total federal tax liability of $974,280,000 on earned income of $6,033,288,000. Other notable statistics from Hays County were 1,990 unemployment claims which collected a total of $10,573,000 and 19,720 charitable contributions valued at $113,063,000. 24,020 filings from Hays County paid a combined total of $165,693,000 in property taxes and 21,610 filings paid $178,275,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Hays county had 124 religious congregations with an estimated 76,673 members.
36.6% of the Hays population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 35% of Hays County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 12,716 votes.
At $66,525 the median income is 112.4% of the Texas average. An estimated 3,378 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Hays, the equivalant of around 3.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Hays County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
10,400	Retail trade
7,110	Accommodation and food services
6,514	Food services and drinking places
5,948	Restaurants and other eating places
5,778	Health care and social assistance
3,908	Manufacturing
3,467	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
3,270	Full-service restaurants
2,814	Clothing stores
2,424	Limited-service restaurants
1,870	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,851	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,779	Administrative and support services
1,650	Ambulatory health care services
1,516	Food and beverage stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.36% in Hays County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 78640, 78676, 78610, 78620 and 78666).

In 2018 19.28% of listings in Hays County (averaging across 6 zip codes a sample of which are; 78676, 78610, 78619, 78666 and 78620) dropped their price.

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