Best PlacesSonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sonterra-Stone Oak, 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.
Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio ranks 536th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sonterra-Stone Oak, 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.
Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- School gradeA, better than 95% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 30% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 31% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $154,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $108,852, 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 Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio's effective rate of 1.98%, 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 Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio
Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio.
Who works in Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio, and how
Work in Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio
Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio, month by month
Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio sees roughly 152 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 Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 6 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 Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio
Schools across Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio average an A, better than 95% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Wilderness Oak ElA · 65% proficient
- Stone Oak ElB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lopez MiddleA+ · 71% proficient
- Bush MiddleA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- Reagan H SA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sonterra-Stone Oak, 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 Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio
Is Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio ranks 536th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on cell coverage, good schools, and low crime, and lowest on summer heat and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $508,516. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $108,852 median income, cost of living beats 90% of neighborhoods.
Is Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio safe?
Yes, Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio is safer than 94% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sonterra-Stone Oak, 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.
Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sonterra-Stone Oak, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sonterra-Stone Oak, 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.
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