Best PlacesHighland Hills, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Highland Hills, 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.
Highland Hills, San Antonio ranks 5,185th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on affordable childcare by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Highland Hills, 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.
Highland Hills, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Highland Hills, San Antonio ranks high
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 168 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of neighborhoods
Where Highland Hills, San Antonio ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Highland Hills, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Highland Hills, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $48,467, 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 Highland Hills, San Antonio's effective rate of 1.39%, 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 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Highland Hills, San Antonio
Highland Hills, San Antonio runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Highland Hills, San Antonio.
Who works in Highland Hills, San Antonio, and how
Work in Highland Hills, San Antonio centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Highland Hills, San Antonio
Highland Hills, San Antonio has more parkland per resident than 66% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Highland Hills, San Antonio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Highland Hills, San Antonio, month by month
Highland Hills, San Antonio sees roughly 168 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 Highland Hills, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 12 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 Highland Hills, San Antonio
Schools across Highland Hills, San Antonio average a D−, better than 10% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Schenck ElD+ · 23% proficient
- Mission AcademyD+ · 21% proficient
- Charles C Ball ElD · 19% proficient
Top middle schools
- Legacy MiddleD− · 19% proficient
- Rogers MiddleF · 8% proficient
Top high schools
- East Central H SC− · 26% proficient
- Highlands H SD · 22% proficient
- Brackenridge H SD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Highland Hills, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Highland Hills, 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 Highland Hills, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Highland Hills, San Antonio suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 8% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 82% of neighborhoods and it is quieter than 57%.
Common questions about living in Highland Hills, San Antonio
Is Highland Hills, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Highland Hills, San Antonio ranks 5,185th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on affordable childcare, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on summer heat and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Highland Hills, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $147,415. The overall cost of living runs about 19% below the national average. Set against a $48,467 median income, cost of living beats 21% of neighborhoods.
Is Highland Hills, San Antonio safe?
Highland Hills, San Antonio is safer than 40% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $656 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Highland Hills, San Antonio?
July highs average about 99 degrees, and January highs near 68 with lows near 43. That works out to about 168 pleasant days a year, more than 82% of neighborhoods.
Is Highland Hills, San Antonio good for families?
Schools beat 10% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 40%, and childcare runs $783 a month.
Compare Highland Hills, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Highland Hills, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Highland Hills, 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.
Highland Hills, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Highland Hills, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Highland Hills, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Highland Hills, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Highland Hills, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Highland Hills, 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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