Best PlacesThousand Oaks, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thousand Oaks, 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.
Thousand Oaks, San Antonio ranks 1,421st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Thousand Oaks, 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.
Thousand Oaks, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thousand Oaks, San Antonio ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where Thousand Oaks, San Antonio ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 8% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 32% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than only 34% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Thousand Oaks, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thousand Oaks, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $82,775, 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 Thousand Oaks, San Antonio's effective rate of 1.95%, 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 Thousand Oaks, San Antonio
Thousand Oaks, 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 Thousand Oaks, San Antonio.
Who works in Thousand Oaks, San Antonio, and how
Work in Thousand Oaks, San Antonio centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Thousand Oaks, San Antonio
Thousand Oaks, San Antonio has more parkland per resident than 90% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Thousand Oaks, San Antonio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Thousand Oaks, San Antonio, month by month
Thousand Oaks, 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 Thousand Oaks, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 4 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 Thousand Oaks, San Antonio
Schools across Thousand Oaks, San Antonio average a B−, better than 65% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Thousand Oaks ElC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bradley MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Macarthur H SB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thousand Oaks, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thousand Oaks, 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 Thousand Oaks, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Thousand Oaks, San Antonio
Is Thousand Oaks, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thousand Oaks, San Antonio ranks 1,421st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a strong job market, fast internet, and a stable housing market, 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 Thousand Oaks, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $353,785. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $82,775 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is Thousand Oaks, San Antonio safe?
Yes, Thousand Oaks, San Antonio is safer than 87% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $285 per resident a year.
Compare Thousand Oaks, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thousand Oaks, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thousand Oaks, 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.
Thousand Oaks, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thousand Oaks, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thousand Oaks, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thousand Oaks, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thousand Oaks, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thousand Oaks, 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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