Best PlacesMemorial Heights, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Memorial Heights, 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.
Memorial Heights, San Antonio ranks 5,502nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Memorial Heights, 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.
Memorial Heights, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Memorial Heights, San Antonio ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Memorial Heights, San Antonio ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Household income$33,480 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Memorial Heights, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $32,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Memorial Heights, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $33,480, 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 Memorial Heights, San Antonio's effective rate of 0.76%, 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 Memorial Heights, San Antonio
Memorial Heights, 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 Memorial Heights, San Antonio.
Who works in Memorial Heights, San Antonio, and how
Work in Memorial Heights, San Antonio centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Memorial Heights, San Antonio
Memorial Heights, San Antonio has more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Memorial Heights, San Antonio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Memorial Heights, San Antonio, month by month
Memorial Heights, 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 Memorial Heights, 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 Memorial Heights, San Antonio
Schools across Memorial Heights, San Antonio average a D, better than 16% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Roosevelt ElF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Gus Garcia MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Memorial H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Memorial Heights, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Memorial Heights, 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 Memorial Heights, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Memorial Heights, San Antonio
Is Memorial Heights, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Memorial Heights, San Antonio ranks 5,502nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, quiet, and a stable housing market, and lowest on a weak job market and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Memorial Heights, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $123,580. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $33,480 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Memorial Heights, San Antonio safe?
Memorial Heights, San Antonio is safer than 53% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $492 per resident a year.
Compare Memorial Heights, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Memorial Heights, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Memorial Heights, 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.
Memorial Heights, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Memorial Heights, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Memorial Heights, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Memorial Heights, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Memorial Heights, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Memorial Heights, 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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