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Balcones Heights, TX

2,715 Population
0.7 square miles 4,148.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±8.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,185 ±$3,911 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: $38,364 ±$340
  • about half the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$29,375 ±$9,151 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: $76,213 ±$781
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

45.9% ±13.1% (1,247  ±356) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 13.4% 349,229 (±0.4% / ±10,325)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.8 minutes ±5.3 (31,570  ±8,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 26.8 28,747,996 (±0.2 / ±271,097)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,428 ±209 Number of households
  • the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 967,488 ±2,831
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.3 (2,715  ±25) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 2.7 2,616,527 (±0 / ±685)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.5% ±8.5% (43  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 35,810 (±0.3% / ±1,838)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,552 ±223 Number of housing units
  • the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 1,057,823 ±305
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$199,500 ±$104,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: $278,800 ±$1,687
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

32.9% ±14.6% (887  ±392.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 15.5% 407,963 (±0.4% / ±9,335.1)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±13.4% (1,623  ±332.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 87.6% 1,541,326 (±0.7% / ±11,541.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.3% ±7.2% (255  ±133.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 32.3% 569,130 (±0.4% / ±7,112.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.4% ±6.4% (363  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 12.3% 326,241
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±3.9% (188  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area: 10.1% 200,411 (±0.2% / ±4,282)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
188 Total veterans ±86 163 Male ±76 25 Female ±35

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