Boerne is a Kendall County, TX city just off Interstate 10, settled in 1849, with a historic downtown along Cibolo Creek and a short drive to San Antonio. If you are moving to Boerne, TX, the practical questions are usually the commute, the property-tax stack, and which part of town or nearby Fair Oaks Ranch fits the way you actually live.
Updated November 2026
Devan Bonahoom, REALTOR® | Luxury Real Estate Advisor, is based in Boerne, and she specializes in helping clients relocating to Boerne, Greater San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country.
The City of Boerne's About page describes the city as “only a few minutes north of San Antonio, off Interstate 10,” and lists “25 min from San Antonio” among its at-a-glance figures. That number is the city's published glance figure, not a guaranteed drive time. Actual time depends on your exact addresses, the hour you travel, and conditions along I-10, especially where the highway meets Loop 1604. TxDOT's Loop 1604 project pages have documented ongoing interchange work and intermittent lane and ramp closures in this corridor. The most reliable test is to drive your real route at the hours you would actually travel.
Your bill is the sum of every taxing unit that applies to the parcel, not a single city rate. For tax year 2026, the City of Boerne's Current Tax Rates page lists these rates per $100 of taxable value:
Those figures do not include every possible district, and exemptions (including the residence homestead exemption) change what you actually pay. Confirm the stack for a specific address with the appraisal district and the tax bill.
Downtown Boerne is organized around Main Plaza and the Hill Country Mile. The city's Cibolo Trail follows Cibolo Creek for a little over 3 miles of paved walking, biking, and running, from the Waterworks Terrace trailhead behind Main Plaza toward City Park and Herff Falls, with hours posted as 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The city also notes that German immigrants settled the town in 1849 and that more than 140 historic structures remain. Newer neighborhoods and homes on larger lots sit farther from Main Street, and Fair Oaks Ranch is a separate city a short drive southeast along the same I-10 corridor. For a closer look at housing types, see the Boerne, TX homes guide.
Boerne Independent School District serves the city. This page names the district as a fact only and does not rate or rank schools.
Most people moving to Boerne, TX are weighing a San Antonio job or airport against Hill Country space, and a city lot against acreage. If acreage is on the list, read the guide to wells, septic, ag exemptions, and easements. If you are selling a home somewhere else at the same time, Devan can coordinate a sale from out of state while you look here.
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The City of Boerne publishes “25 min from San Antonio” as a glance figure on its About page (reviewed November 2026). Your real time will vary by destination, time of day, and conditions on I-10 and Loop 1604, so drive the route at the hours you would actually use it.
For tax year 2026, the City of Boerne lists a city rate of 0.479, a Kendall County rate of 0.373, a Boerne ISD rate of 1.0065, and a Cow Creek rate of 0.005, each per $100 of taxable value. The total for a given property also depends on other taxing units, exemptions, and appraised value.
Yes. Devan Bonahoom specializes in helping clients relocating to Boerne, Greater San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country. She personally coordinates local vendors and the transaction details so you can make decisions from wherever you are now.
