What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Sierra Vista?
Sierra Vista is ranked #20 of 338 eligible neighborhoods in San Antonio; #56 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #661 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Sierra Vista
San Antonio, TX | Bexar County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
74.7
Stability and Strength
78.3
Value Opportunity
79.5
Momentum
62.3
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 | #661 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #56 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #20 of 338 |
| County rank | #20 of 339 |
| National percentile | 95.6 |
| National band | TOP_5_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $357,834 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 1.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.33% |
| Home value to income ratio | 2.91 |
| Median household income | $122,802 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 58.0% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 1.3% |
| Homeownership rate | 95.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 10.1% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 36.6% |
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 Sierra Vista
Is Sierra Vista one of the best neighborhoods in San Antonio?
Sierra Vista has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 74.7 and a city ranking of #20 of 338 eligible neighborhoods in San Antonio.
How much are homes worth in Sierra Vista?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Sierra Vista is approximately $357,834.
Are home values rising or falling in Sierra Vista?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 1.2% year over year and 0.33% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Sierra Vista?
Sierra Vista has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 62.3. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Sierra Vista?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $122,802.
How affordable is Sierra Vista relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 2.91. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Sierra Vista primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 95.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Sierra Vista?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.3%.
How educated are residents of Sierra Vista?
Approximately 58.0% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Sierra Vista face high rent burden?
Approximately 36.6% 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 Sierra Vista?
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 applications3
Estimated originations1
Home-purchase applications1
Origination rate51.9%
Home-purchase share48.0%
Average application loan$215,036
Total application loan amount$602,062
National application rank#14,354 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 13.6% YoY; originations -3.4% 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 Sierra Vista
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
1
Active listings observed
$355,000
Median asking price
$113.06
Median asking price / sq. ft.
116.0
Median days on market
3,140 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $355,000 to $355,000
Newest listing observed: 2026-05-26 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact Zillow neighborhood polygon matches.
1 exact polygon match. 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.