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10,569people live here $174,962median household income▲ 117% above US $1,835median rent per month▲ 30% above US $563,100median home value▲ 69% above US

Scenic Oaks is an unincorporated community in Bexar County, TX. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Scenic Oaks

Scenic Oaks is an unincorporated community in Texas with household incomes running above the national average, a highly educated workforce, and schools with smaller class sizes than the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Scenic Oaks deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, and a rent burden that leaves many renters stretched thin.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes
Highly educated workforce
Low student-teacher ratio

The not so good

Rent well above the national average
High home prices
Air quality concerns
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers

How Scenic Oaks compares

Median household income

Scenic Oaks$174,962

Texas avg$78,476

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Scenic Oaks$1,835

Texas avg$1,403

US$1,413

Median home value

Scenic Oaks$563,100

Texas avg$283,800

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Scenic Oaks

Based on Scenic Oaks's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,670

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $73,400 a year
68% of Scenic Oaks renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$112,620

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $56,310
Homes cost 3.2× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 30% above US

$1,835/mo median rent

Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,835 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices are steep, with a median around $563,100. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $563,100 · 68% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.0% county unemployment

Unemployment in Bexar County is 4.0%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Bexar County (county-wide)

Safety

201 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Scenic Oaks doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Bexar County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1257/100k · Policed by Bexar County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

28 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 27.7 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 23% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

60%

Work from home

23%

Carpool

15%

Other

2.2%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 92°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 38°F.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▲ 73% above US

62% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a highly educated city, with over half the adult population holding a college degree. That tends to shape the job market and the broader culture, and it's a solid indicator of a strong professional scene.

Schools

1 public school inside the boundary

There is 1 public school inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15:1, well below the national average of 16:1. Smaller class sizes are generally a positive sign for a district.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (29 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Scenic Oaks's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and a highly educated workforce; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($1,835/mo) equals 13% of the median household income here, less than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (23% of workers here already work from home) and college-educated professionals. It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget.

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