Another notable thing is that Bandera is a major vacation destination. Much of the city’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Bandera’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
Being a small city, Bandera does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Bandera with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.80% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bandera in 2022 was $24,814, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,256 for a family of four. However, Bandera contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bandera is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bandera home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bandera residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bandera also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 40.23% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bandera include English, German, Irish, South African, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Bandera is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
