Housing in Medical Center at a glance
- Population
- about 66,149
- Housing units
- about 35,285
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $232,000San Antonio: $235,700 (-2%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,300 a monthSan Antonio: $1,324 (-2%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 13.9%San Antonio: 52.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 30.2%
- Median year built
- 1986
Medical Center is a renters' sector near the population centre of San Antonio: only 13.9% of households own, the lowest share among ten sectors and 38.3 points short of San Antonio's 52.2%. Prices, meanwhile, hug the citywide level. Owners estimate $232,000 and tenants pay $1,300, each 2% below San Antonio, and both rank seventh. Typical construction dates to 1986, and 30.2% of the housing predates 1980. Around it, ownership is the norm: Northwest has a 66.2% owner share, West Northwest has 64.8%, and Far North has 54.7%. Far North also values homes at $427,000, far above Medical Center, so the sector stands out for tenure rather than for price, and a buyer here would be in a neighbourhood of mostly renters, which is a rare profile in a city where owners are the larger group.
Questions about Medical Center
What is the median home value in Medical Center, San Antonio?
$232,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $235,700 for San Antonio as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Medical Center?
$1,300 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,324 in San Antonio (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Medical Center own or rent?
Most rent: 13.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 52.2% in San Antonio (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 11 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Medical Center is one of the 10 most populous of 30 SA tomorrow sub-areas (regional centers and community areas) of San Antonio: estimated population about 66,149 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of San Antonio GIS, SA Tomorrow sub-area plans (SATomorrow_SubAreas_Updated), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for San Antonio as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Medical Center
The closest sectors of San Antonio, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of San Antonio
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Medical Center. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Medical Center? Ask for your spot.