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A town of 6,785, settled in 1941.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Lackland AFB grades B+ overall, 74th among Texas's 640 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 88% of the country. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about , years of the San Antonio metro’s $76K median household income. Lackland AFB’s mean commuting time is 11 minutes, below both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Only 1 of Texas’ 998 towns score lower on cost of living.
Where Lackland AFB beats most towns.
Where Lackland AFB’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Lackland AFB is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 1%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 19,141 in 1970, 9,467 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1951 and 4 maps from 1953 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lackland AFB. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaAlamodome
8 mi LandmarkAlamo Mission
11 mi Stadium & arenaFrost Bank Center
8 mi LookoutTower of the Americas
7 mi Theme parkSeaWorld San Antonio
15 mi Theme parkSix Flags Fiesta TexasAlamodome: Billy Hathorn, CC BY 3.0 · Alamo Mission: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Frost Bank Center: Atristan 77, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tower of the Americas: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · SeaWorld San Antonio: TheConduqtor, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Six Flags Fiesta Texas: Chris Hagerman, CC BY-SA 3.0
Lackland AFB 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Lackland AFB.
Lackland AFB carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Texas (mostly inland flooding), has less heart disease than most of Texas and draws workers from San Antonio and beyond.
Only 0% of households own their home, against 62.6% across Texas.
In Lackland AFB, just over two in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Only 4 of the 642 Texas towns we compare have a lower median age than Lackland AFB.
| Lackland AFB | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 8.9% | 26% | 22% |
| Median age | 21.2 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 23% | 29% |
Somewhere between 20% and 51% women
The Census survey reached too few of Lackland AFB’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±15.5 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Lackland AFB | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.3% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.7% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 69.9% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 5.2% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 1.5% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 0.2% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 0% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.2% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 9.2% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.3% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 20.1% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.7% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The largest public high school is Virginia Allred Stacey Jr./Sr. H S, with 395 students. Lackland ISD runs its public schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lackland ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 615 | B+ |
| Virginia Allred Stacey Jr./Sr. H SLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 395 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
For Lackland AFB, the trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile.
| Lackland AFB | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2,854 jobs are based in Lackland AFB, 2.2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 10.8 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
The median commute is under 96 miles. Jobs in Lackland AFB grew by 1,433 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 2,854. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Austin (16%), San Antonio (12%) and Houston (9%).
| Lackland AFB | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 12% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Texas is heart disease: 0.8% of its 8,775 adults have heart disease, against 5.6% statewide.
Among 641 Texas towns, just one has a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Lackland AFB. For adults here, the share who have obesity is 23%. Against the Texas average, Lackland AFB comes out ahead on 16 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 9.
| Lackland AFB | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 1.9% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 18% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 7.8% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lackland AFB | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 0.8% | 5.6% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 0.9% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 24.2% | 74.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $320 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Expected losses in Lackland AFB break down as 38% from inland flooding and 28% from tornadoes. For Lackland AFB, the FEMA risk score is 12 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1983: one.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The San Antonio/seaworld weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 123 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 40.9°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 95.7°.
Snow is a rarity. The peak summer temperature for Lackland AFB comes to 96°F.
| Lackland AFB | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 41°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
17 within 15 miles of the center of Lackland AFB
About 11 of every 100 Lackland AFB residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
US Air Force base near San Antonio, Texas
Lackland Air Force Base (IATA: SKF, ICAO: KSKF, FAA LID: SKF) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located in Bexar County, Texas, United States. The base is under the jurisdiction of the 802d Mission Support Group, Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and an enclave of the city of San Antonio. It is the only site for USAF and United States Space Force enlisted Basic Military Training (BMT). Lackland AFB is part of Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), an amalgamation of Fort Sam Houston, Randolph AFB and Lackland AFB, which were merged on 1 October 2010. JBSA was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Clo…
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For most people who can afford it, yes. Lackland AFB grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #74 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
