Editing Universal City, Texas

{{Short description|City in Texas, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = City of Universal City
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = "The Gateway to Randolph AFB"

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| image_caption            = Universal City Municipal Building and City Hall
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = <!-- Maps -->
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| map_caption              = Location of Universal City, Texas
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| map_caption1             = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Texas]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Texas|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar]] and [[Guadalupe County, Texas|Guadalupe]]

<!-- Government -->| government_footnotes     = 
| government_type          = [[Council–manager government|Council–manager]]
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Tom Maxwell
| leader_title2            = [[City Council]]
| leader_name2             = Christina Fitzpatrick <br/> Ashton Bulman <br/>Bear Goolsby <br/> Bernard Rubal <br/> Phil Vaughan <br/> Lori Putt <br/>
| leader_title3            = [[City Manager]]
| leader_name3             = Kim Turner<ref name="Universal City Website Mayor and Council Page">{{cite web|title=Universal City Website Mayor and Council Page|url=https://www.universalcitytexas.gov/2/Mayor-Council|access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref>
| established_title        = 
| established_date         = 
| website                  = {{URL|https://www.universalcitytexas.gov}}

<!-- Area -->| unit_pref                = Imperial
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_48.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 7, 2020}}</ref>
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_km2           = 14.49
| area_land_km2            = 14.43
| area_water_km2           = 0.06
| area_total_sq_mi         = 5.59
| area_land_sq_mi          = 5.57
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.02

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 19720
| population_density_km2   = 1448.12
| population_density_sq_mi = 3750.45

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| utc_offset               = -6
| timezone_DST             = CDT
| utc_offset_DST           = -5
| elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft             = 764
| coordinates              = {{coord|29|33|10.381|N|98|18|27.274|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code              = 78148, 78154
| area_code                = [[Area code 210|210]], [[Area code 726|726]]
| blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info               = 48-74408<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
| blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info              = 1349101<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|1349101}}</ref>
| footnotes                = 
}}

'''Universal City''' is a city in [[Bexar County, Texas|Bexar County]], [[Texas]], United States, with a small portion in [[Guadalupe County, Texas|Guadalupe County]]. It is a suburb of [[San Antonio]] to the northeast, and is adjacent to [[Randolph Air Force Base]]. The city also borders [[Schertz, Texas]] to its east, [[Selma, Texas|Selma]] to its north, [[Live Oak, Texas|Live Oak]] to its west, and [[Converse, Texas|Converse]] to its southwest. The population was 19,720 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is part of the San Antonio [[Greater San Antonio|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
The earliest portion of what would later become Universal City, Texas was platted on January 30, 1931.<ref name="Bexar County Clerk Land Records Vol. 908 Pg. 302">{{cite web|title=Bexar County Clerk Land Records|url=https://bexar.tx.publicsearch.us/doc/16369331|publisher=Bexar County Clerk's Office|access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref> Universal City was later incorporated as a home-rule city  on April 20, 1960.<ref name="Bexar County Clerk Land Records Vol. 4443 Pg. 374">{{cite web|title=Bexar County Clerk Land Records|url=https://bexar.tx.publicsearch.us/doc/10820838|publisher=Bexar County Clerk's Office|access-date=June 19, 2024}}</ref> The main transportation corridor running through Universal City is Pat Booker Road (State Highway 218), the commercial thoroughfare of the city.

==Geography==
The mean center of Universal City is located at {{Coord|29|33|10.381|N|98|18|27.274|W|type:city}} (29.552883698, –98.307576166).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> This is approximately {{convert|15|mi|km}} northeast of [[downtown San Antonio]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|5.7|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

A portion of the property of [[Randolph Field]] extends beyond the limits of the titular [[census-designated place]], into the Universal City city limits.<ref name=RAFBCDPmap>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/place/p4874408_universal_city/DC20BLK_P4874408.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Universal City city, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-29}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/place/p4860608_randolph_afb/DC20BLK_P4860608.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Randolph AFB CDP, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-29}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{stack|{{US Census population
|1970= 7613
|1980= 10720
|1990= 13057
|2000= 14849
|2010= 18530
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|2020=19720}}}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Racial Composition !! Number <ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4874408&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=June 19, 2024 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]]
|8,121
|41.18%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]]
|1,880
|9.53%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]]
|71
|0.36%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|677
|3.43%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|104
|0.53%
|-
|Some Other Race
|109
|0.55%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/Multi-Racial]]
|949
|4.81%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|7,809
|39.6%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''19,720'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 19,720 people, 7,233 households, and 5,159 families residing in the city.

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2010,  18,530 people, 7,575 households, and 4,973 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|3,321.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The 8,036 housing units averaged 1,120.5 per square mile (432.6/km{{sup|2}}). The [[Race (United States Census)|racial makeup]] of the city was 75.4% White, 10.1% African American, 0.70% Native American, 2.9% Asian, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 6.3% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 32.3% of the population.<ref name="factfinder.census.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=January 23, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Of the 7,575 households, 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47% were married couples living together, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.3% were not families. About 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals living alone, and 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.00.<ref name="factfinder.census.gov"/>

In the city, the population was distributed as 27.1% from age 0 to 19, 7.5% from 20 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 98 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $51,900, and for a family was $61,066. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $26,019. About 13.7% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 25.3% of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Universal City is divided between the [[Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District|Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District]]<!--UNI 39480--> and the [[Judson Independent School District]]<!--UNI 24990-->.<ref name=BexarCoSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48029_bexar/DC20SD_C48029.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48029_bexar/DC20SD_C48029.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Bexar County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2025-02-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st48_tx/schooldistrict_maps/c48029_bexar/DC20SD_C48029_SD2MS.txt Text district list]</ref> [[Randolph Field Independent School District]]<!--UNI 36450--> has a Universal City postal address,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rfisd.net/|title=Home|publisher=[[Randolph Field Independent School District]]|access-date=2025-02-11|quote=PO Box 2217; Bldg 1225 Randolph AFB, Universal City, TX 78148}}</ref> but does not actually include any part of the Universal City city limits; that district covers the [[Randolph Air Force Base]] [[census-designated place]].<ref name=BexarCoSDMap2020/>

Universal City is also home to two private K–12 schools: First Baptist Academy of Universal City (FBA); and Calvary Chapel Christian Academy (CCCA), a tuition-free institution.

The Universal City Public Library is in the city.<ref>"[http://www.universalcitytexas.com/index.aspx?NID=396 Library]." City of Universal City. Retrieved on March 25, 2010.</ref>

Northeast Lakeview Community College, a campus of the [[Alamo Colleges]], is located in Universal City.

==See also==
{{portal|Texas}}
* [[List of municipalities in Texas]]

==References==
{{reflist|22em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Universal City, Texas}}
{{official|https://www.universalcitytexas.gov}}


{{Bexar County, Texas}}
{{Greater San Antonio}}

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[[Category:Cities in Bexar County, Texas]]
[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
[[Category:Greater San Antonio]]