Cross MountainTX
This town in Texas has a population of 3,752.
Is Cross Mountain a good place to live?
The picture is mixed. Overall, Cross Mountain earns a B+: better than 70% of U.S. towns, and 78th of 640 in Texas. Where it does best is incomes — the median household earns $205K. Health is another plus (A−): it is healthier than 84% of U.S. towns. What counts against it is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than just over two thirds of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. At about $581K, a typical home costs 7.6 years of the San Antonio metro’s $76K median household income. Only 99 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on history. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for schools and B for walkability.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · schools, state test and graduation results · National Register of Historic Places.
Cross Mountain has grown 26% from 2010 to 2020
3,124 counted in 2010 and 3,944 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Cross Mountain grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Cross Mountain is from typical.
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Alamodome and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cross Mountain. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaAlamodome
19 mi LandmarkAlamo Mission
5 mi Theme parkSix Flags Fiesta Texas
21 mi Stadium & arenaFrost Bank Center
13 mi Theme parkSeaWorld San Antonio
19 mi LookoutTower of the AmericasPhoto credits
Alamodome: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Alamo Mission: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Fiesta Texas: Chris Hagerman, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frost Bank Center: Atristan 77, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SeaWorld San Antonio: TheConduqtor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tower of the Americas: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
Moving to Cross Mountain: who provides what
Cross Mountain is unincorporated, so Bexar County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cross Mountain.
Cross Mountain has less tooth loss than most of Texas and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas.
Cross Mountain earns an A− for health
Its widest gap with Texas is tooth loss: 4.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.5% statewide. Against the 960 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cross Mountain’s, it is less healthy than 91%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
In Cross Mountain, 12% of adults report frequent physical distress, below both Texas’ towns (15%) and U.S. towns (14%). 29% of Cross Mountain adults have obesity. Of 31 CDC measures, Cross Mountain beats the Texas average on 17 and trails it on 2.
| Cross Mountain | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 37% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cross Mountain | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.9% | 12.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 10.7% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cross Mountain stands out in Texas and nationally, with the median household income higher than most
1.6% of residents live below the poverty line here. In Cross Mountain, the mean commuting time is 27 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Cross Mountain dropped by 112, to 865.
| Cross Mountain | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $205,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.6% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
0% of Cross Mountain is conserved land
Just 1 of its 3,906 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Cross Mountain itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.8 miles of trail. The density of trails in Cross Mountain is 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
High risk in Cross Mountain, with inland flooding at the top
Paid flood insurance claims in Cross Mountain since 2002: 9. Compared with 68% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage here is higher.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Cross Mountain, expect mild winters and hot summers
The San Antonio Intl Ap weather station, 13 miles away, records that about 122 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. July afternoons average 94°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 40°.
For Cross Mountain, the January low is 40°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Cross Mountain | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 40°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Cross Mountain sells for about $770K
At 7.6 years of the San Antonio metro’s $76K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 95% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
Homes sold in Cross Mountain spent a median 149 days on the market. The share of households in Cross Mountain who live in a home they own: 95%. Sellers in Cross Mountain got 96.1% of the asking price, typically.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Cross Mountain
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Cross Mountain
About 9 of every 100 Cross Mountain residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Cross Mountain for work
Where Cross Mountain’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Cross Mountain
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Cross Mountain is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,944 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 3,124 tabulated in 2010. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 6.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,398 ft
Cross Mountain’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Cross Mountain.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | #78 | B+ | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| San Antonio | #526 | D | C− | D− | B− | C |
| Scenic Oaks | #262 | C+ | D− | — | B− | A |
Cross Mountain and Scenic Oaks report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cross Mountain with a neighbor →
Questions about Cross Mountain
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cross Mountain, TX a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Cross Mountain grades B+ overall, better than 70% of U.S. towns and #78 of 640 in Texas. It grades A− for health and C+ for schools.
Is Cross Mountain, TX expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.