Measured commute

New Braunfels apartments and the drive to JBSA-Randolph

Ranked by the clock rather than by opinion. Every community below has a measured drive to the base beside its current starting rent, so the trade between the two is visible in one row.

60
Communities measured
31 min
Median drive
22 min
Closest
$500
Cheapest under 30 min

Refreshed daily from a rental data service we subscribe to, community websites and our team's own checks. Last update November 7, 2026.

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The spread

What the drive costs you, and what it buys back

Renting in this town and working at Randolph is a trade between two numbers, and most listings only show one of them. Below, the drive is banded so the trade is legible: how many communities sit in each band, and what the cheapest start in that band is.

Drive to the baseCommunitiesCheapest startMedian start
Under 30 minutes22$500$1,003
30 to 35 minutes31$799$1,010
35 minutes or more7$800$1,090

Measured drive times, banked with the rest of the data. Rents from our daily update.

The gap between the closest community and the furthest is 23 minutes each way. Driven five days a week, that is roughly 184 hours a year in the car. Worth putting against whatever the rent difference turns out to be.

The list

Closest to the gate first

CommunityDrive to RandolphStarting rentCurrent specialArea
Riverbend24 min$946none todayI-35 South Corridor
The Sage24 min$1,075none todayI-35 South Corridor
Solstice Springs25 min$1,6954.3 weeks freeI-35 South Corridor
Compass Flats26 min$825none todayCreekside & Freiheit Village
Vista del Sol26 min$500none todayI-35 South Corridor
Braunfels Place27 min$1,062none todayI-35 South Corridor
Gruene Pointe27 min$950none todayCreekside & Freiheit Village
RiverStone27 min$1,0114.3 weeks freeI-35 South Corridor
Tacara Westpointe Village27 min$9466 weeks freeVeramendi & the West Side
Alexan Gruene Crossing28 min$1,199up to 10 weeks freeLoop 337 & the FM 306 Corridor
Cypress Edge28 min$799none todayCreekside & Freiheit Village
LakeHaus at Dunlap28 min$575none todayI-35 South Corridor
Mission Hill28 min$1,075up to 8 weeks freeVeramendi & the West Side
West End Estates28 min$1,5998 weeks freeI-35 South Corridor
Westshore Colony28 min$1,085up to 10 weeks freeI-35 South Corridor

A row appears only when our bank carries that community's rent today. None today in the special column means nothing is advertised, not that nothing is negotiable.

Under half an hour to the base

See these on the map

Live from the same bank the map reads, shortest drive first.

Communities we work with

These are our picks, and we're paid a fee by many of them when someone leases. Everything below is ordered by the deal math, not by that.

Inside a home at Cypress Edge, Creekside & Freiheit Village, New Braunfels, TX

Creekside & Freiheit Village

Class C+

Cypress Edge

1565 North Business IH 35, New Braunfels, TX

8 min to Main Plaza · 39 min to downtown San Antonio

Partner

$799 – $1,099/mo base rent

1 Bed – 2 Beds

Checked Nov 7

$500 off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease

Inside a home at The Sage, I-35 South Corridor, New Braunfels, TX3.9 (68)

I-35 South Corridor

Class A

The Sage

2515 W San Antonio St, New Braunfels, TX

6 min to Main Plaza · 35 min to downtown San Antonio

Partner

$1,075 – $1,300/mo base rent

1 Bed – 3 Beds

Checked Nov 6

Waived App & Admin

Street view outside Reserve at Engel RoadStreet view

I-35 South Corridor

Class B+

Reserve at Engel Road

135 Engel Road, New Braunfels, TX

10 min to Main Plaza · 32 min to downtown San Antonio

Accepts Section 8

Contact for pricing

1 Bed – 3 Beds

Inside a home at Riverbend, I-35 South Corridor, New Braunfels, TX4.8 (129)

I-35 South Corridor

Class B

Riverbend

453 North Business I-35, New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 35 min to downtown San Antonio

$946 – $1,860/mo base rent

1 Bed – 2 Beds

Checked Nov 6

Street view outside Solstice SpringsStreet view

I-35 South Corridor

Class A

Solstice Springs

2997 Rosenholz St, New Braunfels, TX

7 min to Main Plaza · 36 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,695/mo base rent

3 Beds

Checked Nov 7

100% off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | 1 month free

4.3 wks free applied: from $1,554/mo net effective

Street view outside Compass FlatsStreet view

Creekside & Freiheit Village

Class A-

Compass Flats

1051 S I-35 North, New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 37 min to downtown San Antonio

Accepts Section 8

$825 – $1,900/mo base rent

Studio

Checked Nov 7

Look & Lease: Apply upon tour and get up to $1900 off on 12 month or longer lease terms, admin fee waived (ends 11/18/2026)

Aerial view of Vista del SolAerial view · © Mapbox © Maxar

I-35 South Corridor

Class C-

Vista del Sol

795 S IH 35, New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 37 min to downtown San Antonio

Accepts Section 8

$500/mo base rent

1 Bed – 2 Beds

Checked Nov 7

Inside a home at Braunfels Place, I-35 South Corridor, New Braunfels, TX4.8 (65)

I-35 South Corridor

Class B-

Braunfels Place

1231 Huisache Ave., New Braunfels, TX

6 min to Main Plaza · 38 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,062 – $1,600/mo base rent

1 Bed – 3 Beds

Checked Nov 6

$500 off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | $500 off the first month rent on selected units…

Street view outside Gruene PointeStreet view

Creekside & Freiheit Village

Class B

Gruene Pointe

1533 South I-35 South Frontage Road, New Braunfels, TX

6 min to Main Plaza · 38 min to downtown San Antonio

Accepts Section 8

$950 – $1,900/mo base rent

Studio

Checked Nov 7

$1,900 off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | Look & Lease: $1900 off all floorplans on 12-15 month leases…

Aerial view of RiverStoneAerial view · © Mapbox © Maxar

I-35 South Corridor

Class C-

RiverStone

845 S Business IH-35, New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 38 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,011 – $1,175/mo base rent

Studio – 2 Beds

Checked Nov 7

100% off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | 1 month free for all floor plans on 12-15 month leases…

4.3 wks free applied: from $944/mo net effective on a 15 mo lease

Street view outside Tacara Westpointe VillageStreet view

Veramendi & the West Side

Class A

Tacara Westpointe Village

2215 Independence Dr, New Braunfels, TX

9 min to Main Plaza · 38 min to downtown San Antonio

$946 – $2,099/mo base rent

Studio – 3 Beds

Checked Nov 6

6 Weeks Free + $500 E-gift Card Look and Lease

6 wks free applied: from $837/mo net effective

Street view outside Alexan Gruene CrossingStreet view

Loop 337 & the FM 306 Corridor

Class A

Alexan Gruene Crossing

2349 IH-35 N, New Braunfels, TX

7 min to Main Plaza · 39 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,199 – $1,704/mo base rent

1 Bed – 2 Beds

Checked Nov 6

100% off rent for 2.5 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | Move in today and receive up to 10 weeks free rent…

Up to 10 weeks free on some homes or leases, not taken off the rent shown

The allowance

Why there is no BAH table on this page

Every rental site that serves a base wants to print a housing allowance figure, since it converts. We do not. The number is set per rank, per dependency status and per duty zip, and it is reset every year. A figure that looks official and is a year stale costs a renter real money.

What we can do is the other half: tell you what the rent actually is this morning, what the concession is worth as a monthly number, and how long the drive takes. Bring your own allowance figure and those three make the decision.

Every community we have measured to Randolph (60)

The full roster behind the numbers above, cheapest rent first.

Questions renters actually ask

How long is the drive to Randolph from New Braunfels?+

The median measured drive across every community we have pinned is 31 min. The closest sits at 22 min and the furthest at 45 min, so where you rent inside this one town changes the drive by roughly 23 minutes each way.

Are these drive times measured or estimated?+

Measured, community by community, from each community's pin on our map to the gate, for a Tuesday 8:30 AM Central departure, banked September 9, 2026. They are not a straight-line distance converted into minutes, which is what makes the spread between communities worth reading.

What will my housing allowance cover?+

We do not publish that and you should be careful with any rental site that does. The allowance varies by rank, by dependency status and by duty zip, and it is reset annually. Your finance office and the official rate tables are the source; we can tell you what the rent actually is once you know your number.

Is it cheaper to rent closer to the base?+

Not reliably. On our bank the cheapest starting rents are spread across all of the drive bands rather than clustering at the far end, which means a shorter drive here is often available without paying for it.

Does traffic change these numbers?+

Yes, and the figures above are one banked reading rather than a guarantee. What the reading is good for is comparing communities against each other, since every one of them was measured the same way at the same time.

Do any of these communities offer a military discount?+

Several in this market do, and the terms vary by community and by month rather than being a standing policy we can publish. It is one of the things a locator confirms by phone before you tour, alongside the current special.

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Keep reading

Commuting to San Antonio

The same arithmetic, other destinations.

Moving to New Braunfels

Rent, drives and areas in one place.

The I-35 corridor

Where the southbound drive starts shortest.

What is running a special

Weeks free, as a monthly number.

True cost calculator

Concession and fees worked into the rent.

The live map

Filter by drive time and see for yourself.