Best PlacesOak Haven Heights, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Haven 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.
Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio ranks 1,530th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Haven 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.
Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 32% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,992, 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 Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio's effective rate of 1.81%, 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 Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio
Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio runs younger than the country, 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 Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio.
Who works in Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio, and how
Work in Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 37%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio.
What the weather is like in Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio, month by month
Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio sees roughly 153 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 67, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67° | 53° | 40° |
| April | 84° | 70° | 58° |
| July | 98° | 85° | 76° |
| October | 86° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 5 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 Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio
Schools across Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio average a B−, better than 66% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hidden Forest ElA− · 58% proficient
- Thousand Oaks ElC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bradley MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Churchill H SB+ · 51% proficient
- Macarthur H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Haven 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 Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio
Is Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio ranks 1,530th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and few empty homes, and lowest on property taxes and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $368,104. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $76,992 median income, cost of living beats 63% of neighborhoods.
Is Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio safe?
Yes, Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio is safer than 90% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $276 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Haven 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.
Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Haven Heights, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Haven 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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