Best PlacesSan Antonio, NM Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around 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.
San Antonio ranks 47,184th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 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.
San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where San Antonio ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 175 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of towns
- Cheap childcare$629 a month, better than 76% of towns
- BikingBetter than 70% of towns
Where San Antonio ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $50,800, 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 San Antonio's effective rate of 0.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in San Antonio
San Antonio runs older 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 San Antonio.
Who works in San Antonio, and how
Work in San Antonio centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in San Antonio
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across San Antonio.
What the weather is like in San Antonio, month by month
San Antonio sees roughly 175 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 38° | 27° |
| April | 78° | 61° | 44° |
| July | 95° | 80° | 67° |
| October | 77° | 60° | 47° |
Flying in and out of San Antonio
Albuquerque International Sunport sits about 81 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 69 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around San Antonio
Schools across San Antonio average a C−, better than 28% of towns.
Top high schools
- Socorro HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
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 San Antonio against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in San Antonio
Is San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Antonio ranks 47,184th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on noise and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $163,272. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $50,800 median income, cost of living beats 12% of towns.
Is San Antonio safe?
San Antonio is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,074 per resident a year.
Compare San Antonio with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 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.
San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.