Best PlacesDowntown San Antonio, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Downtown San Antonio, 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.
Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio ranks 4,890th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Downtown San Antonio, 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.
Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $203,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $46,017, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio's effective rate of 2.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio
Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio.
Who works in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio, and how
Work in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio
Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 92% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio, month by month
Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 68, with lows near 43. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68° | 54° | 43° |
| April | 85° | 72° | 61° |
| July | 99° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 87° | 74° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 8 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 Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio
Schools across Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio average a D, better than 12% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Bonham AcademyD+ · 21% proficient
- Douglass ElD− · 13% proficient
- Bowden AcademyD− · 11% proficient
Top middle schools
- Tafolla MiddleF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Cast Tech H SB− · 42% proficient
- Fox Technical H SC− · 29% proficient
- Brackenridge H SD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Downtown San Antonio, 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 Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio
Is Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio ranks 4,890th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, biking, and a strong job market, and lowest on crime and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $626,382. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $46,017 median income, cost of living beats 13% of neighborhoods.
Is Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio safe?
Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio is safer than 0% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $2,295 per resident a year.
Compare Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Downtown San Antonio, 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.
Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Downtown San Antonio, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Downtown San Antonio, 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.