Housing in Southwest at a glance
- Population
- about 91,904
- Housing units
- about 32,536
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $122,000San Antonio: $235,700 (-48%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,180 a monthSan Antonio: $1,324 (-11%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 60.5%San Antonio: 52.2%
- Homes built before 1980
- 70.9%
- Median year built
- 1966
Southwest is among the oldest and lowest-priced parts of San Antonio. Owners pin a home at $122,000, 48% short of San Antonio's $235,700 and ninth of ten, and 70.9% of the homes were built before 1980, second only to Westside, with a midpoint year of 1966. Rent follows the pattern: tenants pay $1,180, 11% below the city. Ownership, though, is fairly strong, at 60.5% of households against 52.2% for San Antonio, fourth-highest. Westside, its immediate neighbour, is lower still at $116,000, whereas Far West reaches $210,000 and Medical Center reaches $232,000, a figure far above Southwest's. On the south side of the city, then, this sector offers low values together with a high share of owners, a pairing that is not the usual one for housing this old, since owners are more common here than in the city as a whole and older stock often goes with more tenants.
Questions about Southwest
What is the median home value in Southwest, San Antonio?
$122,000 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 Southwest?
$1,180 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 Southwest own or rent?
Most own: 60.5% 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 19 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.
Southwest is one of the 10 most populous of 30 SA tomorrow sub-areas (regional centers and community areas) of San Antonio: estimated population about 91,904 (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 Southwest
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 Southwest. 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 Southwest? Ask for your spot.