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Median House Value:

Balcones Heights, TX

Found within zip codes: 78201, 78213
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NEIGHBORHOOD COST DETAILS
MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE $122,459
  • medium cost relative to Texas
  • low cost relative to the nation
HOUSE VALUE RANGE
COST
$1,839,000+  6%
$1,379,001-$1,839,000  0%
$920,001-$1,379,000  0%
$736,001-$920,000  0%
$552,001-$736,000  0%
$367,001-$552,000  0%
$184,001-$367,000  3%
$92,001-$184,000  56%
$0-$92,000  35%
% OF HOMES
RENTAL PRICE medium cost relative to TX, low cost relative to the nation


NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL,
& CHARACTER
DETAILS
THE SETTING Urban (based on population density)
TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Complexes/high rise apartments, some Single-family homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Mobile homes, a few Rowhouses & attached homes
SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms)
AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later)
HOME OWNERSHIP Mostly Renters
SPECIAL CHARACTER mostly Artsy/funky, Walkable


THE NEIGHBORS DETAILS
AGE & LIFESTYLE mostly Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some College students (people currently attending college)
EDUCATION LEVEL Rating: 4 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated)
INCOME Lower middle income (somewhat below average income for America)
OCCUPATIONS mostly Sales & Service workers, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Executive, managerial & professional
ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY mostly Hispanic, some Mexican, some White (non-Hispanic), some Black, some Irish ancestry
LANGUAGES mostly Spanish speaking, some English speaking

School Rating Information


Balcones Heights Educational Rating



This town is served by two school districts:



NORTH EAST ISD School District




59,817 Students enrolled in District

73 Schools in District

DISTRICT RATING
COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best)
8
Better than:
of TX school
districts
73.8%
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COMPARED TO U.S.
(10 is best)
7
Better than:
of US school
districts
64.6%
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM
15
STATE AVERAGE 15

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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

88%
80%
93%
86%
83%
73%
DISTRICT
STATE
PROFICIENT IN
READING & MATH
PROFICIENT IN
READING
PROFICIENT IN
MATH
SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT GRADES
ACADEMY OF CREATIVE ED
10333 BROADWAY ST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78217
(210) 657-8970
10-12
ADOLESCENT INTERVENTION CTR
3736 PERRIN CENTRAL, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78217
(210) 637-4958
06-08
ALTER H S
103 W RAMPART, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216
(210) 442-0609
09-12
ALTER MIDDLE
103 W RAMPART, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216
(210) 442-0609
06-12
ALTERNATIVE EL
519 PIKE RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78209
(210) 805-5150
04-04
BERNARD HARRIS MIDDLE
8961 TESORO DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78217
(M) -
N-N
BRADLEY MIDDLE
14819 HEIMER RD, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232
(210) 491-8300
06-08
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School district enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 41.1 36.5
BLACK (%) 9.5 14.7
HISPANIC (%) 45.5 45.3
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 3.6 3.1
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 0.3 0.3
ECONOMIC GROUPS THIS DISTRICT THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 39.0 48.2
Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT PER STUDENT TOTAL % OF TOTAL
INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $4,614 $275,986,000 42.2
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT $408 $24,404,000 3.7
STAFF $433 $25,894,000 4.0
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION $68 $4,040,000 0.6
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION $409 $24,453,000 3.7
OPERATION $710 $42,462,000 6.5
TRANSPORTATION $211 $12,639,000 1.9
OTHER $191 $11,424,000 1.7
TOTAL SUPPORT $2,429 $145,316,000 22.2
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES $3,885 $232,390,000 35.6
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $10,928 $653,692,000 100.0
Balcones Heights EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
ADULTS IN Balcones Heights WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) 13.3
CHILDREN IN Balcones Heights LIVING IN POVERTY (%) 23.1

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Balcones Heights Appreciation Rates Click for help

PERIOD TOTAL APPRECIATION AVG. ANNUAL RATE COMPARED
TO TX*
COMPARED
TO AMERICA*
Since 1990 79.84% 4.20% 4 2
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About Balcones Heights

Balcones Heights is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,111 people and just one neighborhood, Balcones Heights is the 459th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Balcones Heights is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Balcones Heights is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Balcones Heights who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.80%), sales jobs (14.98%), and food service (7.12%).

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Balcones Heights. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Balcones Heights.

Balcones Heights is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Balcones Heights Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Balcones Heights rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.29% of adults 25 and older in Balcones Heights have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Balcones Heights in 2000 was $13,529, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $54,116 for a family of four.

Balcones Heights is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Balcones Heights home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Balcones Heights is White, followed by African-American. Balcones Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 67.76% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Balcones Heights include German and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Balcones Heights is Spanish. Some people also speak English.

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