What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Whispering Oaks?
Whispering Oaks is ranked #59 of 338 eligible neighborhoods in San Antonio; #147 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #1,873 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Whispering Oaks
San Antonio, TX | Bexar County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
67.6
Stability and Strength
75.1
Value Opportunity
73.4
Momentum
47.3
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | San Antonio, TX |
| County | Bexar County |
| National rank | #1,873 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #147 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #59 of 338 |
| County rank | #59 of 339 |
| National percentile | 87.5 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $392,277 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -0.5% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.25% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.38 |
| Median household income | $115,954 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 70.4% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 94.7% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 5.7% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 1.0% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Whispering Oaks
Is Whispering Oaks one of the best neighborhoods in San Antonio?
Whispering Oaks has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 67.6 and a city ranking of #59 of 338 eligible neighborhoods in San Antonio.
How much are homes worth in Whispering Oaks?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Whispering Oaks is approximately $392,277.
Are home values rising or falling in Whispering Oaks?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.5% year over year and 0.25% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Whispering Oaks?
Whispering Oaks has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 47.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Whispering Oaks?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $115,954.
How affordable is Whispering Oaks relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.38. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Whispering Oaks primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 94.7%.
What is the unemployment rate in Whispering Oaks?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.7%.
How educated are residents of Whispering Oaks?
Approximately 70.4% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Whispering Oaks face high rent burden?
Approximately 1.0% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Whispering Oaks?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications53
Estimated originations27
Home-purchase applications29
Origination rate51.2%
Home-purchase share55.7%
Average application loan$304,288
Total application loan amount$16,056,839
National application rank#7,022 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 16.9% YoY; originations 3.7% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in Whispering Oaks
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
11
Active listings observed
$474,990
Median asking price
$221.40
Median asking price / sq. ft.
58.0
Median days on market
2,168 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $389,900 to $620,000
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-16 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact Zillow neighborhood polygon matches.
11 exact polygon matches. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.
Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.