What should you know before moving to Scenic Oaks?
Scenic Oaks’s grades pull in different directions. Where it falls short is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $563K, 7.4 years of the San Antonio metro’s $76K median household income. Incomes are its strong suit (A) — the median household earns $175K. Health is another plus (A) — CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 88% of the country. Put together, the subjects come to a C+ overall, ranking 262nd of 640 in Texas. It comes out better than 38% of U.S. towns. The town has 1 place on the National Register. 62% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, against 23% in Texas’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
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 →
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
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.
17% of Scenic Oaks adults binge drink. The town beats the Texas average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. In Scenic Oaks, nearly one in ten adults smoke cigarettes, and 11% report frequent physical distress.
| 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 one school is below. Enrollment at Scenic Oaks’s public school: 530 students.
| 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.
In Scenic Oaks, 7.8% of residents live below the poverty line. Most people who work leave Scenic Oaks to do it: just 2% work in town. Jobs in Scenic Oaks grew by 461 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 741. Also worth knowing: for Scenic Oaks, the average commute is 28 minutes.
| Scenic Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $175,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 23% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Scenic Oaks, with inland flooding at the top
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 69% of U.S. communities. 63% of Scenic Oaks’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 17%. This Texas town has had 10 paid flood insurance claims since 1987.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Scenic Oaks: mild winters and hot summers
Scenic Oaks’ July high stands at 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0% of Scenic Oaks is conserved land
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 Scenic Oaks, the density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Scenic Oaks sells for about $585K
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.
Scenic Oaks’ typical rent comes in at $1,835 a month. For households in the town, the share who live in a home they own is 83%. Homes sold in Scenic Oaks spent a median 55 days on the market.
| Scenic Oaks | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,835 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 83% | 69% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Scenic Oaks
Alamodome and 38 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
23 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 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Frost Bank Center: Atristan 77, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tower of the Americas: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
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.
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
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.
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.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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−.
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