Best PlacesOak Park-Northwood, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio ranks 365th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Oak Park-Northwood, 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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Short commute17.5 minutes each way, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 28% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 34% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $145,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $135,639; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio's effective rate of 1.69%, 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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio
Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio runs older 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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio.
Who works in Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio, and how
Work in Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio
Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio, month by month
Oak Park-Northwood, 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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 2 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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio
Schools across Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio average a B+, better than 79% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Woodridge ElB+ · 52% proficient
- Northwood ElB · 50% proficient
- Regency Place ElD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- Alamo Heights J HA− · 52% proficient
- Garner MiddleC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Alamo Heights H SA · 68% proficient
- Macarthur H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Oak Park-Northwood, 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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio
Is Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio ranks 365th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on what local pay buys, short commutes, and an educated workforce, 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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $493,539. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $135,639 median income, cost of living beats 96% of neighborhoods.
Is Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio safe?
Yes, Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio is safer than 81% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $351 per resident a year.
Compare Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Oak Park-Northwood, 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 Park-Northwood, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Oak Park-Northwood, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Oak Park-Northwood, 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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