Scenic OaksTX
A town of 10,569.
What should you know before moving to Scenic Oaks?
Homes are expensive, about $563K for a typical one and 7.4 times the San Antonio metro’s $76K median household income. Overall it grades C+, 262nd among Texas's 640 graded towns. The median household earns $175K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 88% of the country. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 69% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 62% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Scenic Oaks, against 23% in Texas’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Scenic Oaks has 1 place on the National Register. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 83% of U.S. towns.
Scenic Oaks has grown 111% from 2010 to 2020
4,957 counted in 2010 and 10,458 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Scenic Oaks grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Scenic Oaks is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 93% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Alamodome and 37 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Scenic Oaks. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaAlamodome
22 mi LandmarkAlamo Mission
8 mi Theme parkSix Flags Fiesta Texas
40 mi CaveJacob's Well (Texas)
24 mi Stadium & arenaFrost Bank Center
17 mi Theme parkSeaWorld San AntonioPhoto 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 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Frost Bank Center: Atristan 77, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SeaWorld San Antonio: TheConduqtor, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Scenic Oaks: who provides what
Scenic Oaks 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 Scenic Oaks.
Scenic Oaks has less tooth loss than most of Texas, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Texas and has little public open land.
Scenic Oaks’ grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Texas is tooth loss: 4.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.5% statewide. Against the 1,538 U.S. towns with household incomes like Scenic Oaks’s, it is less healthy than 75%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Scenic Oaks. Scenic Oaks beats the Texas average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 9.1% of adults smoke cigarettes in Scenic Oaks.
| Scenic Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Scenic Oaks | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.4% | 12.5% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 19.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.8% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Scenic Oaks’ schools beat 51% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Northside ISD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aue ElLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 530 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
More than half of Scenic Oaks’ working residents commute to San Antonio
Scenic Oaks has 741 jobs for its 4,329 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 23.4% of workers work from home, against 14.4% across Texas.
Most working residents leave Scenic Oaks for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Scenic Oaks grew to 741 in 2023, 461 more than in 2013. Scenic Oaks’ average trip to work is 28 minutes.
| Scenic Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $175,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Scenic Oaks, with inland flooding at the top
Since 1987, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Scenic Oaks.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Scenic Oaks has mild winters and hot summers
Scenic Oaks has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Scenic Oaks is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Scenic Oaks has set aside 0% of its land for conservation
Just 0 of its 5,044 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Scenic Oaks itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.2 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Scenic Oaks sells for about $520K
At 7.4 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 D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $8,723, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Scenic Oaks
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Scenic Oaks
About 7 of every 100 Scenic Oaks residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
98% of working residents leave Scenic Oaks for work
Where Scenic Oaks’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Scenic Oaks
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Scenic Oaks is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,458 at the 2020 census, up from 4,957 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 7.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,325 ft
Scenic Oaks’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Scenic Oaks.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenic Oaks | #262 | C+ | D− | — | B− | A |
| Cross Mountain | #78 | B+ | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| San Antonio | #526 | D | C− | D− | B− | C |
Scenic Oaks and Cross Mountain report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Scenic Oaks with a neighbor →
Questions about Scenic Oaks
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Scenic Oaks, TX a good place to live?
Scenic Oaks grades C+ overall, better than 38% of U.S. towns and #262 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Scenic Oaks, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $563,000, 90% above the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.