Kerrville
Moving to a great place means finding a place to live!
Kerrville and Kerr County offer some of the finest neighborhoods in the Texas Hill Country. We have custom built homes on golf courses, large homes, small homes, starter homes, apartment homes, riverside condominiums, ranches, and cabins; in fact, we continue to offer more choices of places to live than most communities our size.
One visit and you’ll see why when it comes to housing, It’s All Right Here!
The climate for Kerrville is mild; relative humidity ranges from 20-40% for most of the year as compared to Houston or Dallas where relative humidity can be 70-90% most of the year.
The weather in Kerrville is pleasant—year-round! Mid-summer highs go up to 95 while winter lows go only as low as 35. Spring and fall both have more rain than summer and winter. In the spring, thunderstorms are common, as well as the occasional hail storm. The summers are warm, but the nights cool down nicely. Fall comes with mild days and cool nights giving way to winter usually the middle of December. Cold spells come along, but rarely last more than a few days at a time. Early morning clouds are frequent, but burn off to sunshine by mid-day.
- The average annual rainfall is 31.5 inches per year
- The average annual precipitation is 31.50 inches per year
- The average temperature is 68 degrees F
- The average low temperature is 33 degrees F
- The average high temperature is 94 degrees F
- The average winter temperature is 47 degrees F
- The average summer temperature is 81 degrees F
With the recent opening of the new Peterson Regional Medical Center, Kerrville has excellent facilities to treat and care for almost every patient, from wellness programs to the latest and most advanced birthing facilities.
When you factor in the wide range of specialty physicians who call Kerrville home, you’ll realize that there is more here than meets the eye. From family practice to cancer care and from ophthalmology to obstetrics, Kerrville is leading the charge in rural health care excellence.
And when it comes to staying healthy and fit, Kerrville offers a range of options, including several large, well-equipped fitness centers, and the soon to be completed Salvation Army Kroc Center, the only Kroc Center to be constructed in Texas.
It’s just one more reason why people tell us once they move to Kerrville they don’t need to go anywhere else for health care!
Kerrville and the Hill Country offer patrons ample opportunities to experience the arts in almost every format.
The Museum of Western Art is dedicated to the appreciation, presentation and promotion of the Western American heritage as expressed through art, artifacts, sculptures and others that capture the spirit of individual courage, character and achievement. It is a showcase for Western art and artists. The museum provides an art and history education for all ages and is housed in a spectacular facility on beautifully landscaped grounds.
The Kerr Arts & Cultural Center, housed in the old post office building in downtown Kerrville, provides a location for artists, sculptors, painters, crafters, quilters, furniture makers and so much more. The KACC experience is enhanced by ongoing workshops and exhibits from local and regional artists; educational programs for young and old alike and a gift shop that includes only items made by members of the center! Numerous art galleries and design studios dot the landscape in and around Kerrville. In fact, many visitors over the years have dubbed our community as the Heart of the Arts in the state of Texas.
James Avery Craftsman has been a part of the Kerrville landscape for over 50 years. Mr. Avery’s talent goes far beyond designing and creating jewelry as his artistic talents have been showcased in and around the Hill Country for years. One stop at their campus-setting offices in Kerrville and you’ll be hooked on the beauty and artistry of James Avery…and speaking of jewelry design, Jim Morris is a designer and crafter of handmade, original jewelry in gold, silver and platinum…in fact, Jim was commissioned to design and craft the Bishop’s Ring and Pectoral Cross for the National Cathedral in Washington D.C.
Playhouse 2000 is a local theater company that produces high quality theatrical shows throughout the year…drawing on the immense talent pool in the Kerrville and Kerr County area, P2K offers family entertainment that has been compared to some of the best theaters in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio. Along the same lines, the outdoor stage of The Point Theater in Ingram has been drawing families to the banks of the Guadalupe River for nighttime theatrical performances for over 50 years. Whether it’s an indoor experience at the dramatic Cailloux City Center for the Performing Arts or an outdoor evening at The Point, Kerrville and Kerr County offers more entertainment than most communities twice our size. In fact, when you include the Kerrville Performing Arts Society, Symphony of the Hills, the Hill Country Chorale, the Hill Country Youth Orchestra and other performing arts organizations, Kerrville and Kerr County provide cultural entertainment options typically reserved only for metropolitan areas.
When we say it’s all right here, we don’t just say it, we mean it!
