Best PlacesLone Star, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lone Star, San Antonio, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Lone Star, San Antonio ranks 3,900th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lone Star, 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.
Lone Star, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lone Star, San Antonio ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- 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
- BikingBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Lone Star, San Antonio ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD−, better than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Lone Star, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lone Star, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $73,282, 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 Lone Star, San Antonio's effective rate of 1.74%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Lone Star, San Antonio
Lone Star, 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 Lone Star, San Antonio.
Who works in Lone Star, San Antonio, and how
Work in Lone Star, San Antonio centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Lone Star, San Antonio
Lone Star, San Antonio has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Lone Star, San Antonio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lone Star, San Antonio, month by month
Lone Star, San Antonio sees roughly 162 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 Lone Star, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 9 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 Lone Star, San Antonio
Schools across Lone Star, San Antonio average a D−, better than 8% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Kipp Esperanza PriF · 8% proficient
- Briscoe ElF · 8% proficient
- Hillcrest ElF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- Harris MiddleD− · 16% proficient
- Kipp Aspire AcademyD− · 15% proficient
- Tafolla MiddleF · 9% proficient
Top high schools
- Kipp University Prep H SD · 22% proficient
- Brackenridge H SD · 21% proficient
- Burbank H SD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lone Star, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lone Star, 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 Lone Star, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Lone Star, San Antonio
Is Lone Star, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lone Star, San Antonio ranks 3,900th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on empty homes and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lone Star, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $355,554. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $73,282 median income, cost of living beats 54% of neighborhoods.
Is Lone Star, San Antonio safe?
Lone Star, San Antonio is safer than 40% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $602 per resident a year.
Compare Lone Star, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lone Star, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lone Star, 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.
Lone Star, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lone Star, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lone Star, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lone Star, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lone Star, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lone Star, 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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