Best PlacesCollins Gardens, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Collins Gardens, San Antonio, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Collins Gardens, San Antonio ranks 5,610th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Collins Gardens, San Antonio
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Collins Gardens, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Collins Gardens, San Antonio ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where Collins Gardens, San Antonio ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Household income$37,854 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 6% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Collins Gardens, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $25,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Collins Gardens, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $37,854, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Collins Gardens, San Antonio's effective rate of 0.91%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Collins Gardens, San Antonio
Collins Gardens, San Antonio runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Collins Gardens, San Antonio.
Who works in Collins Gardens, San Antonio, and how
Work in Collins Gardens, San Antonio centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Collins Gardens, San Antonio
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Collins Gardens, San Antonio.
What the weather is like in Collins Gardens, San Antonio, month by month
Collins Gardens, San Antonio sees roughly 141 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| April | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Collins Gardens, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 10 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.3 million passengers in 2025, with 87 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Collins Gardens, San Antonio
Schools across Collins Gardens, San Antonio average a D−, better than 6% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Collins Garden ElF · 6% proficient
- David Barkley/francisco Ruiz ElF · 6% proficient
- J T Brackenridge ElF · 6% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harris MiddleD− · 16% proficient
- Lowell MiddleF · 11% proficient
- Tafolla MiddleF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Burbank H SD− · 17% proficient
- Lanier H SD− · 12% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Collins Gardens, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Collins Gardens, San Antonio measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Collins Gardens, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Collins Gardens, San Antonio
Is Collins Gardens, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Collins Gardens, San Antonio ranks 5,610th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Collins Gardens, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $95,581. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $37,854 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Collins Gardens, San Antonio safe?
Collins Gardens, San Antonio is safer than 31% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $663 per resident a year.
Compare Collins Gardens, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Collins Gardens, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Collins Gardens, San Antonio represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Collins Gardens, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Collins Gardens, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Collins Gardens, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Collins Gardens, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Collins Gardens, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Collins Gardens, San Antonio detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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