Best PlacesThunderbird Hills, San Antonio, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thunderbird Hills, 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.
Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio ranks 4,600th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Thunderbird Hills, 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.
Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$783 a month, better than 90% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $55,922; 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 Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio's effective rate of 1.38%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio
Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio.
Who works in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio, and how
Work in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio
Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio, month by month
Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio sees roughly 140 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 53° | 42° |
| April | 83° | 71° | 61° |
| July | 97° | 85° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 62° |
Flying in and out of Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio
San Antonio International sits about 9 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 Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio
Schools across Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio average a D+, better than 23% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Powell ElC− · 27% proficient
- Esparza ElD+ · 23% proficient
- Sst DiscoveryD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Ross MiddleD · 21% proficient
- Neff MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Premier High School-san Antonio IngramB · 45% proficient
- Holmes H SC · 34% proficient
- Memorial H SD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thunderbird Hills, 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 Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio
Is Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio ranks 4,600th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, affordable childcare, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $201,686. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $55,922 median income, cost of living beats 37% of neighborhoods.
Is Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio safe?
Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio is safer than 31% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $760 per resident a year.
Compare Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thunderbird Hills, 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.
Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thunderbird Hills, San Antonio: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thunderbird Hills, 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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