What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Hot Wells?
Hot Wells is ranked #263 of 338 eligible neighborhoods in San Antonio; #963 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #11,899 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Hot Wells
San Antonio, TX | Bexar County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
36.9
Stability and Strength
14.8
Value Opportunity
22.2
Momentum
92.9
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 | #11,899 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #963 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #263 of 338 |
| County rank | #263 of 339 |
| National percentile | 20.5 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $142,338 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 5.9% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 1.50% |
| Home value to income ratio | 7.02 |
| Median household income | $20,281 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 5.5% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 5.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 30.3% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 11.8% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 79.8% |
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 Hot Wells
Is Hot Wells one of the best neighborhoods in San Antonio?
Hot Wells has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 36.9 and a city ranking of #263 of 338 eligible neighborhoods in San Antonio.
How much are homes worth in Hot Wells?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Hot Wells is approximately $142,338.
Are home values rising or falling in Hot Wells?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 5.9% year over year and 1.50% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Hot Wells?
Hot Wells has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 92.9. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Hot Wells?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $20,281.
How affordable is Hot Wells relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 7.02. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Hot Wells primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 30.3%.
What is the unemployment rate in Hot Wells?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.6%.
How educated are residents of Hot Wells?
Approximately 5.5% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Hot Wells face high rent burden?
Approximately 79.8% 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 Hot Wells?
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 applications62
Estimated originations32
Home-purchase applications28
Origination rate51.2%
Home-purchase share44.5%
Average application loan$573,144
Total application loan amount$35,795,586
National application rank#6,321 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 0.5% YoY; originations 21.6% 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 Hot Wells
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
18
Active listings observed
$154,000
Median asking price
$128.32
Median asking price / sq. ft.
62.0
Median days on market
1,552 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $49,900 to $387,500
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-09 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact neighborhood matches plus strong Census Block Group associations.
15 exact polygon matches; 3 strong supplemental associations. 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.