Census County Division · Hays County
Kyle and Buda
- Neighbors
- 132,671
- Active churches
- 57
- Residents per church
- ~2,330
About 2,330 residents per church here. Across the fifteen divisions it is about 1,980.
2026 edition, ACS 2020-2024 · Our church database, 2026-10-10
If you pastor here, pray here, or have given your years to this place, this page is for you.
We count 57 active congregations in Kyle and Buda today, and about 132,671 neighbors, which is roughly one church for every 2,330 of them. That is not a scorecard. It is a description of the ground you share, and of how much of it none of you can reach alone.
The others who serve here
You share Kyle and Buda with congregations across 11 denominational families. Some of them you know. Most of them you probably do not, and that is the ordinary condition of a city, not a failure. We put the list here so you can start.
Drawing the churches of Kyle and Buda
57 congregations across 11 denominational families.
- A Fountain of Life Worship CenterNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleFounded 2008WebsiteSuggest a correction
About
A Fountain of Life Worship Center is a non-denominational church in Kyle that held its first service in 2008 and moved to its current Millennium Drive building in 2014. It gathers for Sunday morning services, a midweek Wednesday service, and a Friday youth service, describing its focus as 'Gospel. Truth. Worship.'
- Abundant ChurchNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Abundant Church is a non-denominational, multi-campus family of churches whose Kyle campus gathers at Gemstone Palace on Bunton Creek Road on Sunday mornings. In its own words, its mission is 'to introduce you to Jesus and His love for you, empowering you to live a life of faith and purpose to make a difference in your community.'
- BudaFounded 2015WebsiteSuggest a correction
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ACTS Church Hays is a Lutheran congregation in the Sunfield neighborhood of Buda, launched in 2015 as part of the ACTS Church Network. It gathers in homes for worship and connection and describes its mission as sending changed people into a changing world to multiply followers of Jesus, leaders, and churches.
- Apostolic Christian TabernacleNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaSpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Apostolic Christian Tabernacle is a bilingual Spanish and English congregation that gathers on Dacy Lane in Buda, Texas.
- Bannockburn Buda-KyleBaptistBudaWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Bannockburn Buda-Kyle is the Buda-Kyle campus of Bannockburn Church, a Southern Baptist congregation with three Austin-area locations, and it gathers for Sunday worship at 10:00 a.m. in Elm Grove Elementary School on Farm to Market 1626. The church states that it "exists to glorify God, fulfilling His Great Commission by living out His Great Commandment."
- Brushwood Cowboy ChurchNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleFounded 2018WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Brushwood Cowboy Church is an independent cowboy church on Niederwald Strasse near Kyle, Texas, incorporated in 2018. It describes itself as 'a western heritage fellowship' that functions non-denominationally, with an emphasis on reaching 'all who find comfort in western culture.'
- Buda United Methodist ChurchMethodistBudaFounded 1880WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Buda United Methodist Church is a United Methodist congregation in downtown Buda dating to 1880, with its historic chapel on Elm Street and Sunday worship in its Worship Center on San Antonio Street. Its ministries include a community food pantry and a children's learning center.
- Buda-Kyle Church of ChristChurch of ChristBudaFounded 1987WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Buda-Kyle Church of Christ is an a cappella Church of Christ congregation in Buda, part of the community since 1987, gathering for Bible study and worship on Sundays and Wednesdays.
- Camino Al ReyNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleSpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Camino Al Rey is a Spanish-language congregation in Kyle, meeting on Goforth Road with Sunday services at 9:30 a.m. and prayer and gathering services on Tuesday and Friday evenings. In its own words it is "un lugar en donde puede venir a Adorar A DIOS", a place where you can come to worship God, and it invites visitors to feel like family.
- Centro Cristiano Nueva VidaPentecostalKyleSpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
About
Centro Cristiano Nueva Vida is a Spanish-language congregation on High Road in Kyle, Texas. Its published beliefs hold the Bible to be the inspired, infallible and authoritative Word of God, and it offers Sunday school alongside its worship services.
- Centro De Liberacion EsmirnaPentecostalKyleSpanishSuggest a correction
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Centro De Liberacion Esmirna is a Spanish-language Pentecostal congregation in Kyle, Texas, gathering at 727 Marks Way.
- Church of St MichaelCatholicUhlandFounded 1924SpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
About
St. Michael Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish of the Diocese of Austin in Uhland, Texas. Founded in 1924 and reopened in 1981 after years of closure, the parish worships in a church dedicated in December 2015; only the bell tower of the original building was preserved. Mass is offered in Spanish and English.
- Driftwood Community ChurchNon-Denominational/IndependentDriftwoodFounded 1880WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Driftwood Community Church is a non-denominational congregation on Ranch to Market Road 150 in Driftwood, Texas, in the Hill Country southwest of Austin, with a history dating to 1880. In its own words it is a community of Christians from across the Hill Country who gather weekly for fellowship, worship and Scripture, learning to follow Jesus through lives of love, mercy and hope.
- Faith Assembly of GodPentecostalBudaWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Faith Assembly of God is an Assemblies of God congregation at 1030 Main Street in Buda, Texas, with Sunday morning and Wednesday evening services and ministries for children, youth and adults.
- Faith Bible ChurchNon-Denominational/IndependentDriftwoodFounded 2018WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Faith Bible Church is a non-denominational congregation on Ranch to Market Road 1826 in Driftwood, Texas, founded in 2018. It names Scripture-ruled, meaningful worship and global vision among its published values, describing itself as committed to living, teaching, preaching and protecting the truths found in God's Word and actively involved in local and global efforts to reach the unreached.
- Faith Builders Worship CenterNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaFounded 2005WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Faith Builders Worship Center is a non-denominational congregation in Buda, established in 2005 and now meeting on a three-and-a-half-acre property on Hatters Cove after growing through five previous locations. In its own words it "was founded with a heart for community" and is "committed to connecting with people and building relationships." It holds Sunday morning and Wednesday evening services and streams its Sunday gathering online.
- Fellowship Church at Plum CreekNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Fellowship Church at Plum Creek is a non-denominational congregation on Grace Street in Kyle, Texas. In its own words it is a church dedicated to making disciples of Jesus Christ, staying faithful to biblical truths while directing its mission toward the world around it.
- First Baptist Church - BudaBaptistBudaFounded 1882WebsiteSuggest a correction
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First Baptist Church - Buda is a Southern Baptist congregation founded in 1882, when the community was known as DuPre, and in its own account has been in continual existence ever since, meeting monthly with circuit-riding pastors in its earliest years. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, the Baptist General Convention of Texas, the Austin Baptist Association and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, and holds Sunday morning and evening worship with a midweek prayer service.
- First Baptist Church KyleBaptistKyleFounded 1872WebsiteSuggest a correction
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First Baptist Church Kyle is a Southern Baptist congregation on West Center Street in Kyle, Texas. Its published beliefs are, in its own words, "a brief summary and overview of our faith" adopted from the Baptist Faith and Message 2000, and it gathers for weekend services, small groups and a weekly prayer meeting alongside kids and youth ministries.
- Friendship Creekside FellowshipNon-Denominational/IndependentAustinFounded 1856WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Friendship Creekside Fellowship is a non-denominational congregation on Ranch to Market Road 1826 in southwest Austin, near Dripping Springs, with a history dating to 1856. In its own words it is a church that loves Jesus and strives to live like him, committed to connecting people with Jesus, helping them heal spiritual wounds, training them in the truth, and sending them out to do the same for others.
- Gateway Church, BudaNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaFounded 2020WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Gateway Church, Buda is a campus of Gateway Church, an independent non-denominational church that began in Austin in 1998 and is not affiliated with the similarly named Gateway Church in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In its own words, the church "is about helping people explore God and become a unified community of growing, multiplying Christ followers." The Buda campus launched in January 2020 on Main Street and holds Sunday services at 9:15am and 11:15am.
- Grace Community Fellowship HaysNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaFounded 2013WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Grace Community Fellowship of Hays is a non-denominational congregation on Farm to Market Road 967 in west Buda, Texas, founded in 2013, with Sunday services at 9am and 11am. It states its mission in its own words as transformed lives for Christ, names authentic living among its core values, and is associated with Grace Ministries International.
- Hays County OPCPresbyterian/ReformedBudaWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Hays County OPC is a mission work of South Austin Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and gathers at Comfort Suites Buda. The church describes itself as Reformed, Presbyterian and confessional, holding that Scripture alone is the ultimate authority and subscribing to the Westminster Confession and Catechisms, with Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
- Hays Hills Baptist ChurchBaptistBudaFounded 1882WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Hays Hills Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation on FM 1626 in Buda that gives through the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Convention. It states its purpose as bringing life-changing hope to an ever-changing people through the unchanging Gospel, and worships with both contemporary songs and hymns in modern arrangements. Two Sunday services are held at 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. with Bible study classes for all ages during each, and the church commits at least twenty percent of its budget to supporting missionaries.
- Heirloom ChurchBaptistKyleFounded 2024WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Heirloom Church is a Baptist congregation in Kyle that gathers Sunday mornings at Negley Elementary School rather than in a building of its own. Its stated mission is loving and leading people to become faithful followers of Jesus, and its published values name Jesus as its pursuit, people as its passion, and generosity, authenticity, and prayer alongside them. It runs a children's ministry from six weeks through fifth grade with a background-checked team, plus student, small-group, and serve-team ministries.
- High Road Community ChurchNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleFounded 2001WebsiteSuggest a correction
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High Road Community Church is a non-denominational congregation on High Road near Kyle and Uhland, Texas, founded in 2001. In its own words it describes itself as the perfect place for imperfect people, where members love God, serve others and build community.
- KyleFounded 2019SpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Hope Church is a bilingual Baptist congregation in Kyle, Texas, and a member of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, sharing the confession of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. It holds an English service on Sunday mornings at 9:30 and a Spanish-language service at 11. Its statement of faith affirms one God eternally existing as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Bible as the verbally inspired Word of God without error, and Jesus Christ as God incarnate whose atoning death and resurrection are the only ground for salvation.
- KyleSpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Iglesia Adventista de Kyle is a Spanish-language Seventh-day Adventist congregation on Goforth Road in Kyle. In its own words, it is 'una comunidad Cristiana' that invites others to join its family for Bible study, worship, and prayer.
- CreedmoorSpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Iglesia Biblica Bautista Sendas Antiguas is a Spanish-language Baptist congregation on Turnersville Road in Creedmoor, Texas. It shares a building with another congregation, which in its own account welcomed it as a sister church in December 2018. In its own words its purpose is to bring the knowledge of the Gospel of salvation to every person, and to contribute to the spiritual growth of each individual by leading them to the knowledge of the purposes of the true God through study of his word, the Bible.
- Iglesia Cristiana Puerta Del CieloNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleSpanishSuggest a correction
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Iglesia Cristiana Puerta Del Cielo is a Spanish-language congregation on Niederwald Strasse east of Kyle, Texas, in Hays County, gathering in a church building completed in 2024. It publishes no website of its own.
- Immanuel Baptist ChurchBaptistKyleFounded 1886WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Immanuel Baptist Church began in 1886 as a German Baptist church formed by farmers and merchants who had immigrated to Texas, and it continues on Farm to Market Road 150 east of Kyle. The congregation states that it is a member of Texas Baptists and of the North American Baptist Conference. Its published beliefs affirm the preeminence of Christ, the Scriptures as the supreme rule of faith and practice, and a worldwide program of missionary evangelism.
- Kyle United Methodist ChurchMethodistKyleFounded 1880WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Kyle United Methodist Church is a United Methodist congregation in downtown Kyle that has worshiped in its sanctuary since 1880, before the city itself was established. It describes itself as a welcoming and inclusive church family growing and working together to serve its community in Christ's love.
- Living Word Lutheran ChurchLutheranBudaFounded 1999WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Living Word Lutheran Church is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in Buda, founded in 1999, and gathers for Sunday worship in the Mission Hall at St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church on FM 967. In its own words, it invites 'all to worship with us in God's loving presence.'
- BudaFounded 2008Suggest a correction
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Mission Fellowship Church is a non-denominational congregation in Buda, Texas, founded in 2008. It publishes no website of its own and no street address of its own.
- Monte Del Olivar Christian Center (MDOCC)Non-Denominational/IndependentKyleFounded 1960SpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Monte Del Olivar Christian Center, also published as Mount Olive Christian Center, is a bilingual Spanish and English congregation on Farm to Market Road 150 east of Kyle, Texas, founded in 1960 and gathering on Sundays at 9:00 and 11:00. Its published statement of faith affirms the Bible as "the inspired and authoritative Word of God"; "one true and living God, eternally existing as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit"; and Jesus Christ as "the Son of God, fully God and fully man" whose "sinless life, sacrificial death on the cross, and victorious resurrection" made the way to forgiveness and eternal life. In its own words its desire as a church family is to encourage and uplift one another while reflecting God's love every day rather than only on Sundays.
- New Life Christian ChurchNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaSuggest a correction
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New Life Christian Church is an independent Christian congregation in Buda, Texas, gathering at the Mission Hall of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church on FM 967.
- New Life Sanctuary, Kyle, TXPentecostalKyleFounded 2012WebsiteSuggest a correction
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New Life Sanctuary is an Apostolic Pentecostal congregation on Windy Hill Road in Kyle, affiliated with the United Pentecostal Church International and begun in 2012. It gathers for Sunday school and Sunday morning worship and a Wednesday evening service, with age-graded classes from infants through adults.
- Primera Iglesia BautistaBaptistKyleSpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Primera Iglesia Bautista is a Spanish-language Baptist congregation on South Main Street in Kyle, south of Austin, listed by the Southern Baptist Convention's own church directory and by the Bluebonnet Baptist Association. It has no website of its own; its public presence is its own Facebook page, which it uses to communicate church information and activities and where it streams its services.
- Radical ChurchNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleFounded 2020WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Radical Church is a non-denominational congregation on Bunton Creek Road in Kyle, Texas, established in 2020, with Sunday services at 8:15, 9:45, 11:15 and 12:55 and online. It describes itself in its own words as a life-giving church.
- Real Life (Austin Campus)Non-Denominational/IndependentAustinFounded 2005WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Real Life Austin is the Austin campus of Real Life, a multi-campus non-denominational church based in Austin with a further campus in Corpus Christi. In its own words the church exists to reflect Jesus, changing the world one community at a time, and is dedicated to loving people wherever they are in their journeys.
- Santa Cruz Catholic ChurchCatholicBudaFounded 1941SpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Santa Cruz Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish of the Diocese of Austin on Main Street in Buda, with more than 3,750 registered families and a parish school. Mass is celebrated in English and Spanish.
- KyleSuggest a correction
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Sledge Chapel Missionary Baptist Church is a Missionary Baptist congregation on Sewell Street in Kyle, Texas, in Hays County south of Austin. It publishes no website of its own.
- Southern Hills Church of ChristChurch of ChristBudaFounded 1999WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Southern Hills Church of Christ is a Church of Christ congregation at 3740 FM 967 in Buda, serving the Buda, Kyle, and south Austin area with a cappella worship. Sunday services are interpreted for the deaf and translated into Spanish.
- Sozo Church Kyle-BudaNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaFounded 2026WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Sozo Church Kyle-Buda is a non-denominational charismatic congregation meeting at the Onion Creek Senior Center on Bartons Crossing in Buda, gathering Sunday evenings at 5:00 and moving to Sunday mornings at 10:00 from 30 August 2026. It takes its name from the Greek word it glosses as "to save, heal, deliver," and describes itself as "a New Covenant people passionate about hosting God's Presence and advancing His Kingdom."
- St Stephen's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopalWimberleyFounded 1973WebsiteSuggest a correction
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St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is a parish in Wimberley, in the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, begun in 1973 as an outreach of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Marcos. It shares its Hill Country campus with St. Stephen's Episcopal School (PreK-3 through 8th grade) and holds Sunday services at 8:00 and 10:30 am.
- KyleFounded 1909SpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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St. Anthony Marie de Claret Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish of the Diocese of Austin in Kyle, founded by the Claretian missionaries in 1909. The parish worships in English and Spanish, and its current church was dedicated in 2004.
- St. Elizabeth's Episcopal ChurchEpiscopalBudaFounded 1985WebsiteSuggest a correction
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St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church is a mission congregation of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas that has served the Buda area for about 40 years. It gathers for Holy Eucharist Rite II on Sunday mornings at 725 FM 967 and describes itself as an open, inviting, and inclusive community serving Buda, Kyle, and surrounding areas.
- St. John Lutheran ChurchLutheranUhlandFounded 1889WebsiteSuggest a correction
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St. John Lutheran Church is a congregation in Uhland that traces its beginnings to 1889 and joined the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in 2011; it gathers for Divine Worship on Sunday mornings, and its Christian Fellowship Center opened in 2023 to serve the church and community.
- St. Patrick's Anglican ChurchAnglicanAustinFounded 2018WebsiteSuggest a correction
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St. Patrick's Anglican Church, formerly Good Shepherd Anglican Church, is a congregation in South Austin affiliated with the Anglican Church in North America. It describes itself as a church rooted in South Austin that takes the Scriptures and the historic faith as its foundation and gathers as a worshiping community on mission for the city. It celebrates a Eucharistic liturgy Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Veritas Academy on Escarpment Boulevard.
- Summit Church BudaNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Summit Church Buda is a non-denominational congregation on Buda Sportsplex Drive in Buda, Texas. Its published statement of faith holds that God has spoken in the Scriptures of both Old and New Testaments through the words of human authors, and that God created humanity in his image.
- DriftwoodFounded 1884WebsiteSuggest a correction
About
The Baptist Church of Driftwood is a Baptist congregation on FM 150 West in Driftwood, Texas, in Hays County, founded in 1884 and affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. It describes itself as "a small Church with a big heart for God and a wonderful Church family" and takes "Loving God, loving our neighbors" as its motto. It gathers for Sunday morning Bible study and worship and for Wednesday evening Bible study.
- The Connection ChurchNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaFounded 2010SpanishWebsiteSuggest a correction
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The Connection Church is a non-denominational church that began in the Kyle area in 2004, with campuses in Buda and San Marcos and an online campus. In its own words, "At The Connection Church, we want to help you connect with God, connect with others, and connect others with God." The Buda campus opened in 2010 on South Loop 4 and holds four Sunday services, including a Spanish-language service.
- The Door Church KyleOtherKyleWebsiteSuggest a correction
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The Door Church in Kyle is a congregation of the Christian Fellowship Ministries network that describes itself as a Bible-based, Spirit-filled, non-denominational Christian ministry, with Sunday morning and evening services and a midweek Wednesday service.
- The Vine Community ChurchBaptistBudaFounded 2024WebsiteSuggest a correction
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The Vine Community Church is a Southern Baptist congregation in Buda, Texas, which launched on September 8, 2024 out of the Onion Creek Senior Center and now gathers on Sunday mornings at 10 a.m. at Sunfield Elementary School on Vista Gardens Drive. It was planted through Send Network SBTC, the church planting partnership of the North American Mission Board and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, and its sending church is The Well Community Church of San Marcos, itself a Send Network plant. Life groups are forming. The congregation describes itself in its own words with the phrase "Buda as in Heaven," and its published teaching centres on why a church gathers: in its own account it gathers "to seek his presence," "to find strength for the journey, even when the road runs straight through dry and difficult places," and "because, as the psalmist declares, one day in his courts is better than a thousand anywhere else."
- Unity of WimberleyOtherWimberleyFounded 2003WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Unity of Wimberley is a Unity congregation on White Wings Road in Wimberley, with a Sunday service at 11:00 AM offered in person and online.
- Vertical ChapelNon-Denominational/IndependentKyleFounded 2014WebsiteSuggest a correction
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Vertical Chapel is a non-denominational congregation on Old Post Road in Kyle, Texas, founded in 2014. In its own words it is a community of believers who want people to know God, experience freedom and discover purpose so they can live on mission, and it records that it is a partner of the Next Level Relational Network.
- Word Of Life Christian Faith CenterNon-Denominational/IndependentBudaWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Word Of Life Christian Faith Center is a non-denominational congregation on Trademark Drive in Buda, Texas.
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The people you are praying for
These are your neighbors, described as honestly as public data allows. Nothing here tells you what to do about them. It tells you who they are, so your prayers can be specific.
- Hispanic or Latino47.6%
- Non-Hispanic White42.7%
- Non-Hispanic Black4.5%
- Two or more races2.6%
- Non-Hispanic Asian1.7%
- Some other race0.7%
Metro share, for comparison
Population
Kyle and Buda132,671Austin metro2,426,5922026 edition, ACS 2020-2024
Median age
Kyle and Buda34.8Austin metro36.02026 edition, ACS 2020-2024
Median household income
Kyle and Buda$104,875Austin metro$100,4312026 edition, ACS 2020-2024
Hispanic or Latino
Kyle and Buda47.6%Austin metro32.2%2026 edition, ACS 2020-2024
Non-Hispanic White
Kyle and Buda42.7%Austin metro48.7%2026 edition, ACS 2020-2024
Active churches
Kyle and Buda57Austin metro1,196 (metro total)Our church database, 2026-10-10
Residents per church
Kyle and Buda~2,330Austin metro~1,980 (fifteen divisions)Both sources
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The languages of this division
What is spoken at home here, other than English, and how many congregations record worshipping in it.
Spanish
Speak it at home33,076 ± 2,450Share of residents 5 and over26.8%Congregations worshipping in it14Other Indo-European languages
Speak it at home988 ± 455Share of residents 5 and over0.8%German or other West Germanic
Speak it at home440 ± 222Share of residents 5 and over0.4%Tagalog, including Filipino
Speak it at home348 ± 219Share of residents 5 and over0.3%Congregations worshipping in it0Other Asian and Pacific Island languages
Speak it at home252 ± 151Share of residents 5 and over0.2%
Languages from the American Community Survey, 2026 edition, ACS 2020-2024, as a share of residents five and over. Congregations from the Society database as of 2026-10-10: a language recorded on a congregation is a language it worships in, not a count of its members. A congregation number appears only where the survey names a single language our records also name. How we read these two sources
Ministries at work here
Alongside the congregations, 3 organizations serve this division. On the map above they are the open rings; the filled dots are churches.
- Ancora Ministriesnot mappedFood SecurityWebsiteSuggest a correction
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Ancora Ministries is a Kyle-based Christian nonprofit that describes itself as a mission organization working to bring nutrition and health programs to vulnerable populations in Guatemala and in its local community. Its Central Texas work centres on weekend food backpacks for schoolchildren across Hays County and neighbouring districts, alongside preschool and elementary nutrition, clean water and cooking-stove programs in Guatemala.
- BudaChristian schoolTraditional ChristianWebsiteSuggest a correction
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A Pre-K3 through 8th grade parish school of Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Buda, founded in 2007 and, in its own words, "the only Catholic Elementary School in Hays County." Its stated mission is to "educate students to be lifelong learners and the next generation of Catholic leaders, following Christ's message of Service, Compassion, Courage, and Spirit." Accredited by the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops Education Department.
- Switchboardnot mappedInternational MissionsWebsiteSuggest a correction
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A global technology platform connecting skilled Christian professionals with missions organizations and cross-cultural workers who need their expertise, enabling virtual volunteer service without requiring overseas travel. Its partners include Christar and Pioneers. Established in 2020.
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Read more about Kyle and Buda
The narrative on this page is from the July 2026 edition. Its figures were fixed when it was written, so they can differ from the charts and lists around it, which rebuild monthly from the live database.
Portrait
The Kyle and Buda Census County Division is the fast-growing I-35 corridor on the northern edge of Hays County, anchored by the cities of Kyle and Buda and stretching east into the small farming community of Uhland. Its population is 132,671, making it one of the larger CCDs in the Austin MSA outside of Austin itself, and the largest of the three CCDs that share Hays County. The division has grown from a pair of late-nineteenth-century rail towns into one of the most active suburban growth fronts in Greater Austin, with new subdivisions filling the ground between the historic squares of Kyle and Buda and the eastern ranchland still in production.
The population is young, family-oriented, and rooted in homeownership. Median age is 34.8, meaningfully below the MSA median of 36, and the male and female medians track closely at 34.2 and 35.7. Households average 2.79 persons per household, slightly above the MSA figure of 2.5, and family households make up 71.2 percent of all households. Married-couple families are 53.5 percent of all households, well above the MSA share. The CCD contains 47,492 households and 48,625 housing units, with a median owner-occupied home value of $367,800. That figure sits about 21 percent below the MSA median of $465,000 and is one of the more accessible points of homeownership in Greater Austin. Owner-occupied housing is 75.2 percent of occupied units, well above the MSA figure of 58.3 percent. Roughly 80.5 percent of the housing stock has been built since 2000, and 54.0 percent has been built since 2010.
Race and ethnicity in Kyle and Buda make this one of the most demographically distinctive CCDs in the metro. Hispanic or Latino residents are 47.6 percent of the population, Non-Hispanic White residents are 42.7 percent, Non-Hispanic Black residents are 4.5 percent, residents of two or more races are 2.6 percent, and Non-Hispanic Asian residents are 1.7 percent. Hispanic residents form the largest single group and have grown into a plurality of the CCD. Foreign-born residents are 11.6 percent of the population, somewhat below the MSA figure of 16.2 percent, with Latin America by far the largest origin region. The Spanish that fills classrooms, kitchens, and pews across this corridor is not a recent arrival to Hays County. It is the long Tejano inheritance of South Central Texas, deepened in the past two decades by new families settling into Plum Creek, Bunton Creek, the Buda ETJ, and the Uhland farmland that runs east to Caldwell County.
Economically, the CCD is an affluent commuter region. Median household income is $104,875, a touch above the MSA's $100,431, and per capita income is $45,190. The poverty rate is 7.6 percent, below the MSA's 9.8 percent. Bachelor's degree or higher attainment is 37.9 percent, below the metro rate of 45 percent, and high school or higher attainment is 91.2 percent. The most telling number in Kyle and Buda's economic picture is the commute. Mean travel time to work is 35.6 minutes, more than 8 minutes longer than the MSA average and one of the longest commutes of any CCD in the region. Roughly 30.2 percent of workers travel 45 minutes or more each way. The labor force participation rate is 73.8 percent, with 72,111 employed civilian workers and an unemployment rate of 3.2 percent. All figures in this section are from the 2024 five-year ACS release.
What makes this division distinct
Among the fifteen CCDs in the Greater Austin MSA, Kyle and Buda is one of only two CCDs where Hispanic residents form the largest single ethnic group, alongside its sister CCD of San Marcos to the south. Compared to Austin proper, Kyle and Buda is meaningfully more Hispanic, less White, dramatically higher in homeownership, and significantly more affordable on a per-household basis. Compared to Round Rock and Georgetown across the MSA, Kyle and Buda is younger, more Hispanic, less educated by bachelor's-degree attainment, and carries a longer commute. Compared to its closest CCD neighbor, Dripping Springs and Wimberley to the west, Kyle and Buda is younger, denser, more diverse, and sits squarely on the I-35 growth axis rather than along the Hill Country edge.
The deltas from the MSA tell the story. Hispanic population share is 47.6 percent, up from 32.2 percent at the MSA level. Non-Hispanic White share is 42.7 percent, well below the MSA figure of roughly 49 percent. Median home value is $367,800, compared with $465,000 for the metro. Homeownership is 75.2 percent, well above the MSA's 58.3 percent. Persons per household are 2.79, compared with 2.5. Mean commute is 35.6 minutes, up from 27.3 minutes. Bachelor's degree attainment is 37.9 percent, below the metro rate of 45 percent. Median household income is $104,875, a touch above the MSA's $100,431. Roughly 80.5 percent of housing has been built since 2000. The composite portrait is of a CCD functioning as the metro's southern affordability release valve, absorbing young, Hispanic-plurality, family-anchored households who work in Austin, San Marcos, North Austin, and the Tesla and tech corridors that ring the metro.
Kyle and Buda also carries a specific cultural layering that no other CCD in the metro shares in quite the same way. The region holds two distinct historic small-town centers, both founded along the International-Great Northern Railroad in the early 1880s. Buda was platted in 1881 and incorporated in 1948, with First Baptist Church Buda since 1882, Buda United Methodist Church since 1880, and Hays Hills Baptist Church since 1882 forming the Anglo Protestant spine of the old town. Kyle was founded in 1880, with First Baptist Church Kyle since 1872 even predating the town itself, Kyle United Methodist Church since 1880, and Immanuel Baptist Church since 1886 anchoring the Anglo Protestant corner of the city. The Catholic presence is older still in many family lines, carried forward today by Santa Cruz Catholic Church in Buda since 1941, St. Anthony Marie de Claret Catholic Church in Kyle since 1909, and the Church of St Michael in the Uhland farmland since 1924, all of which serve bilingual English and Spanish congregations. St John's Lutheran Church in Uhland has been present since 1889, originally as an independent German Lutheran congregation and now affiliated with the LCMS. The Church in Kyle and Buda is not a single story. It is two old town stories overlaid with one of the largest Spanish-language congregational footprints in the metro.
Church density and the mission need
Research on gospel saturation suggests that church density is a meaningful proxy for a region's spiritual health. In his book Center Church, Tim Keller notes that a region with one church per 10,000 people sees roughly 1 percent of residents attending regularly. At one church per 1,000 people, that figure rises to 15 to 20 percent, and at one per 500, more than 40 percent attend.
These numbers matter because of what tends to happen in populations. One rough model of this, the diffusion of innovation, describes a kind of tipping point. An idea often struggles to be accepted until somewhere around 16 percent of a population has taken it up, after which it can begin to sustain and spread on its own. The analogy to the gospel is inexact, and the human heart is not a product to be adopted, so we hold the model loosely. But the concept is worth consideration and used often in gospel movements around the world. A region where regular gospel engagement sits far below that threshold may simply lack the critical mass for a movement to take hold, while a region approaching it has the numeric reality from which one can grow. When compared with Keller's ratios, church density becomes a rough way of asking whether a region sits above or below that line, and gives us a guide to how we can pray.
Kyle and Buda has 53 active churches (figure from the July 2026 edition) serving approximately 132,671 residents, for a ratio of roughly 1 church per 2,503 residents (figure from the July 2026 edition). That figure sits close to the metro-wide average of one church per 2,161 residents (figure from the July 2026 edition), though it still trails the pace of a region whose housing has grown faster than its gospel footprint, where new subdivisions have filled in along the I-35 frontage roads and FM 1626 corridor. Among these active churches, a substantial number carry too little public information to be known well, so the count says more about presence than about health. We believe the primary missional needs in Kyle and Buda are threefold. First, this region needs many more gospel-preaching churches, planted with care and built for the long haul, to meet the gospel deficit created by two decades of explosive housing growth on both sides of I-35. Second, the existing congregations of Kyle and Buda need deeper relational connection to one another across denominational, ethnic, and language lines. Third, the unusually large cluster of Spanish-language and bilingual congregations in this CCD needs both strengthening in its own right and deeper bonds of shared mission with the English-speaking churches that share its streets.
A kingdom ecosystem
And yet the church was never meant to carry the whole work alone, and the nonprofits and Christian institutions listed on this page are evidence of it. A region is rarely reached by strong congregations acting in isolation. The same Tim Keller whose density research framed the mission need earlier in this guide also described, in Center Church, what he called a gospel ecosystem, the observation that lasting gospel movements grow not from isolated churches but from a whole interdependent web of gospel work in which churches and the ministries around them each supply something the others need. At the center of that ecosystem are two movements the church herself carries, the planting of new congregations and the renewal of existing ones. Around them grows a wider set of callings that no single church can hold on its own: intercession that keeps the whole work dependent on God, evangelism to those the church has not yet reached, mercy and justice among the poor and vulnerable, faith and work that sends disciples into every corner of the economy, Christian institutions like schools that form the next generation, and leadership development that raises up the pastors and planters still to come.
None of this becomes a movement, though, until the leaders carrying these callings actually know and trust one another. The connective tissue of a kingdom ecosystem is relational, pastors and ministry leaders across traditions who pray together, share what they are learning, and labor toward a common mission rather than guarding their own corner. Where that trust is real, the parts begin to feed one another, and where it is absent, even well-resourced ministries work at cross purposes. Unity here is not a program to be launched but the fruit of a shared mission held long enough for friendship to grow.
The wider Austin kingdom ecosystem
Kyle and Buda does not carry the whole mission alone. Around every congregation in this CCD sits a citywide gospel ecosystem that any church here can draw on, organized below by the same Keller categories. These are metro-wide ministries whose service area is the region rather than a single division, so the names that follow are illustrative highlights rather than a full directory.
Church networks knit congregations together across the metro, among them the Austin Baptist Association and the Diocese of Austin. Intercessory ministries keep the whole work dependent on God, including the House of Intercession, HOPE Prayer Ministry, and the Lake Travis Prayer Room. Specialized evangelism is the largest category in the metro and reaches particular fields, with campus and athletic ministries like Cru City Austin, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes across every county, Campus Renewal Ministries, and Launch Global. Justice and mercy ministries carry the poor and vulnerable, among them World Relief, Habitat for Humanity Austin, Unbound Now, and Texas Alliance for Life. Faith and work ministries send disciples into the economy, including the Faith and Work Movement, Faith Driven Entrepreneurs, the National Christian Foundation Austin, and C12 Central Texas. Christian institutions steward long-term formation, such as the Texas Methodist Foundation. Leadership development raises up the next generation of pastors and planters, through the Colson Fellows Program, New Canaan Society Austin, PastorServe, and Mission Increase. And unifying networks connect leaders across congregations, traditions, and sectors for the good of the whole city, among them Christ Together Greater Austin, the Church Ambassador Network of Texas, and the Greater Austin Mission Society.
For Kyle and Buda, much of this ecosystem sits a drive north in Austin or south in San Marcos rather than inside the corridor itself. A young, fast-growing, heavily Hispanic bedroom community can reach the metro's campus, mercy, and church-planting networks along the I-35 spine, and the deep Spanish-language congregational cluster here is a strength that citywide bilingual and family ministries could help resource. The gaps worth praying toward are local, because almost no mercy, foster-care, recovery, or family ministry is based inside the CCD, so pray for planting to keep pace with the rooftops and for bilingual mercy and family ministry to take root on this ground rather than remaining a commute away.
If you want to go further
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The full Census Reporter profile for Kyle and Buda. How this data is gathered and verified.
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