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SheetTX-SAN-ANTONIO-TX · San Antonio, TX 1,458,954 pop · income 40th pct · 375 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around San Antonio
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest San Antonio on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
El Paso · lowest
58,734
El Paso · lowest
58,734 median HH income
41.5% of the leader · rank #1
San Antonio · this city
62,917
San Antonio · this city
62,917 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #2
Minto · near
62,917
Minto · near
62,917 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #3
Smithville · near
62,917
Smithville · near
62,917 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #4
Thornton · near
62,917
Thornton · near
62,917 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #5
Kiowa · near
62,917
Kiowa · near
62,917 median HH income
44.4% of the leader · rank #6
San Jose · highest
141,565
San Jose · highest
141,565 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for San Antonio on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,458,954.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
San Antonio - the verdict
San Antonio ranks in the 40th percentile for household income and the 3rd percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
40th
percentile, household income
48th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
3rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: San Antonio, TX
Texas's San Antonio is a major U.S. city, with 1,458,954 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. San Antonio households earn a median of $62,917 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 13.2%. Home values in San Antonio run a median of $219,700, and the median resident age is 34.6 years. About 28.7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 60.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 6,258 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 32% from five years earlier. San Antonio's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 5217.8 crimes per 100,000 residents, above the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). NOAA puts San Antonio's yearly average temperature at 69.6°F with 32.4 inches of precipitation per year and 0.2 inches of snowfall.
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,149 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $223 across Texas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 21.7 minutes, with 70.5% driving alone and 11.8% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 49.0 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of San Antonio's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from within-city variation to reported crime to population change to housing and income to climate and hazard context to work and mobility to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For San Antonio, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
1. Within-city variation
What can 375 Census tracts reveal inside San Antonio?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 375 Census tracts to this city.
What can the FBI record say about safety in San Antonio?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 5217.8 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 129% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Is San Antonio growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +110,112 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +7.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 6,258 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for San Antonio?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Dallas (1,299,553 residents, $67,760 income); Austin (967,862 residents, $91,461 income); Fort Worth (941,311 residents, $76,602 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are San Diego, CA (1,385,061 residents); Philadelphia, PA (1,582,432 residents); Phoenix, AZ (1,624,832 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in San Antonio?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 13.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Household income
$62,917
Home value
$219,700
Value / income
3.5×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What physical conditions frame life in San Antonio?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 69.6°F, with 32.4 inches of precipitation and 0.2 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Texas is 49.0 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
69.6°F
Annual precipitation
32.4 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
49.0
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the journey to work look like in San Antonio?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 70.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.7 minutes.
Public transit
2.1%
Work from home
11.8%
Drive alone
70.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 699,316 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for San Antonio?
The NCES join finds 552 public schools within the city match. 28.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
552
Bachelor's degree+
28.7%
Poverty estimate
13.2%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 13.2% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.1 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Texas average
F
City profile score · San Antonio, TX
36/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share C
28.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$62,917
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
13.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
594 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
San Antonio profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 56/100 (C) · 28.7%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Household income: 39/100 (F) · $62,917
Poverty rate: 27/100 (F) · 13.2%
Violent crime: 10/100 (F) · 594 /100k
Where San Antonio sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
San Antonio's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - San Antonio highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
San Antonio, TX (this city): home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Arlington, TX : home $276,400, crime 2,896/100k
How does San Antonio compare to other US cities?
Where San Antonio sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income40% higher than other cities
Home value48% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety3% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Texas and the picture shifts: San Antonio ranks #610 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares San Antonio against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places San Antonio near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, San Antonio ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares San Antonio only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#777 of 1,520
49th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#486 of 1,505
68th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#581 of 1,663
65th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#407 of 1,663
75th percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
40th percentile nationally for median household income · 3rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
San Antonio's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
San Antonio's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How San Antonio's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$219,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 52% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
San Antonio's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,939 of 15,516
More affordable than 42% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1 of 9
Major cities (1 million+)
At 3.5×, San Antonio sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,939 of 15,516 and #1 of 9major cities (1 million+).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$62,917San Antonio, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context San Antonio, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for San Antonio, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)13.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,458,954
Median Income
$62,917
Median Home Value
$219,700
Median Age
34.6
Poverty Rate
13.2%
Labor force participation
60.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
28.7%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
5217.8
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
594.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
4623.6
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
69.6°F
Annual Precipitation
32.4"
Annual Snowfall
0.2"
Schools
Total Schools
552
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
San Antonio's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,438,310 residents
2021
1,453,435 residents
2022
1,476,463 residents
2023
1,505,047 residents
2024
1,534,063 residents
2025
1,548,422 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
6,258
housing units authorized
Single-Family
5,000
detached homes
Multifamily
1,258
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
4.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
9,196
3,890
5,306
$1506.0M
2020
9,225
4,275
4,950
$1561.0M
2021
11,158
6,567
4,591
$2315.6M
2022
14,182
4,686
9,496
$2334.2M
2023
9,159
4,299
4,860
$1838.3M
2024
6,258
5,000
1,258
$1616.5M
Permit volume decreased 32% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.7 minutes
Drive Alone
70.5%
Carpool
12.1%
Public Transit
2.1%
Walk
1.7%
Work from Home
11.8%
Other
1.8%
Based on 699,316 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for San Antonio. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around San Antonio is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county San Antonio sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How San Antonio compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.