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29.48° N · 98.45° W · GEOID 4872296

Terrell Hills

Bexar County, Texas · part of the San Antonio, TX metro

Limited data core figures borrowed from county or metro: median_gross_rent

TexasTerrell Hills, TXTerrell HillsTerrell Hills

The short answer

Terrell Hills is home to 5,070 people. Median household income is $186,400 a year and median rent is $1,354 a month, 8.7% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $838,400, about 4.5x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,354
1% below the median place
Median household income
$186,400
132% above the median place
Median home value
$838,400
162% above the median place
Unemployment
5.8%
18% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Terrell Hills

  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 0.5% a year while rent rose -10.6%, so pay gained on rent more than in 98% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 3rd-lowest of 415 Texas places.
  • The median rent takes only 8.7% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 415 Texas places.
  • 77% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a larger share than in 97% of places its size.
  • 75% of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent, a higher share than in 96% of places its size.
  • The median household earns $186,400 a year, more than in 96% of places its size.

High pay has not made renting easy. Household income is higher than in 96% of places we track, yet 75% of renters still spend 30% or more of income on rent.

Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 99 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings.

01

Moving to Terrell Hills

Bexar County gains about 1.7 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in83,133
Moved out80,328
Net+2,805

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Guadalupe County, TX3,3715,014−1,643
Comal County, TX2,5104,978−2,468
Harris County, TX3,0322,881+151
Travis County, TX2,7192,736−17
Medina County, TX1,4111,972−561

Within Texas, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within TexasOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$63K
Leavers$72K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Bexar County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
8.6% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.6% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Bexar County report $63,300 a year in income on average; those leaving, $72,000, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$54,200 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,354 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $4,001 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $838,400.
Getting to work
22 minutes each way on average; 18.8% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Milton, MA matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
8.6%
49% above the median place
Moved from another state1
2.6%
32% above the median place
Income of households moving in7
$63,297
10% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureTerrell HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year18.6%49% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.6%32% above
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure1.7above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$63,29710% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$72,0282% above
02

What it costs to live here

Rent to income is 8.7%, 57% below the median place.

Terrell Hills8.7%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$54,160
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
8.7%
57% below the median place
Home price to income
4.5x
18% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
9%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$179,200
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Terrell Hills, $1,354 a month, and local prices for everything else (94.7 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Terrell Hills, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Basking Ridge, NJ3.5% vs 8.7%n/aCompare

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Renters paying 30%+1
75.1%
48% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$4,001
114% above the median place
Median home value1
$838,400
162% above the median place
All 14 cost and housing measures
MeasureTerrell HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1County figure$1,3541% below
Rent to income18.7%57% below
Home price to income14.5x18% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure94.76% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,44111% below
Property tax paid (median)1$10,001206% above
Median home value1$838,400162% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure0.5%83% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure36.7%29% below
Homeownership181.3%22% above
Renters paying 30%+175.1%48% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$4,001114% above
Vacant homes15.9%16% below
Median year built119571% below
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Income per person1
$107,340
168% above the median place
Median household income1
$186,400
132% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureTerrell HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$186,400132% above
Income per person1$107,340168% above
Unemployment1County figure5.8%18% above
Average annual pay5County figure$67,8463% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure3.0%19% below
Jobs5County figure937,109above (median 150,665)
Poverty rate1County figure14.6%36% above
Mean commute122 min11% below
Works from home118.8%51% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Bachelor's or higher is 77.4%, 141% above the median place.

Bachelor's or higher1
77.4%
141% above the median place
High school or higher1
96.0%
4% above the median place
Median age1
42.7
9% above the median place
All 9 people measures
MeasureTerrell HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population15,0706588th largest
Population change since 202063.4%195% above
Median age142.79% above
Bachelor's or higher177.4%141% above
High school or higher196.0%4% above
Household size12.810% above
Born abroad1County figure13.8%57% above
No health insurance1County figure16.0%150% above
Homes with broadband194.9%3% above
05

Life in Terrell Hills

The nearest National Park Service site is San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, about 7 miles away.

Founded or incorporated in 1919. 174 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 10 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 7 miles
  • Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park 54 miles
  • El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail 71 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars20.7 −0%
Shops24.4 −19%
Arts, recreation and fitness2.8 −32%
Doctors' offices and clinics21.4 +6%
Child care centers1.6 −30%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
6.5
79% below the median place
Public schools13
582
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students13
363,784
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureTerrell HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools13County figure582above (median 9)
Public school students13County figure363,784above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher13County figure15.40% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure20.70% below
Shops per 10k8County figure24.419% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure2.832% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure21.46% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.630% below
Parks per 10k90.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site106.579% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1020% above
National Register listings11County figure174above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Violent crime per 100k is 58, 70% below the median place.

Violent crime per 100k
58
70% below the median place
Property crime per 100k
1,316
9% above the median place
Months reported
12 of 12
by the city police department to the FBI

Counts only offenses reported by the city police department. Sheriff, state and campus police are not included, and some departments do not report to the FBI at all, so compare with care.

Tornado risk15
99.9
23% above the median place
Heat wave risk15
99.4
10% above the median place
July average high14
95°F
10% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureTerrell HillsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high14County figure95°F10% above
January average low14County figure41°F62% above
Average temperature14County figure70°F27% above
Annual precipitation14County figure31.4 in28% below
Natural hazard risk15County figure99.48% above
Hurricane risk15County figure83.518% above
Tornado risk15County figure99.923% above
Wildfire risk15County figure92.451% above
Heat wave risk15County figure99.410% above
Median air quality index16County figure5221% above
Good air days16County figure43.3%37% below
08

Terrell Hills in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 7% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 7% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,078/mo (2024)$1,270/mo$1,040 to $1,550/mo+2.8%
Median household income$186,400 (2024)$233,000$197,000 to $275,500+3.8%
Median home value$838,400 (2024)$1,175,000$853,000 to $1,619,000+5.8%
Population5,215 (2025)5,3405,130 to 5,570+0.5%

The median home would be worth 5.0 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.5 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Terrell Hills

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Milton, MA$1,474$188,529Compare
Cochituate, MA$1,582$192,361Compare
Mountain Brook, AL$1,456$201,479Compare
Alamo Heights, TX$1,727$183,088Compare
Alamo Heights, TXMountain Brook, ALCochituate, MAMilton, MATerrell Hills, TXTerrell HillsMiltonMountain BrookAlamo HeightsTerrell HillsMiltonMountain BrookAlamo Heights

Common questions

Is Terrell Hills a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 0.5% a year while rent rose -10.6%, so pay gained on rent more than in 98% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 3rd-lowest of 415 Texas places. The median rent takes only 8.7% of the median household's income, a smaller share than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 415 Texas places. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Terrell Hills expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 8.7% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $838,400.

What salary do you need to live in Terrell Hills?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $54,160 a year. Work it out from your current city.

Is Terrell Hills safe?

There were 58 reported violent crimes per 100,000 residents, against 192 in the typical place.

What places are similar to Terrell Hills?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Milton, MA, Cochituate, MA, Mountain Brook, AL and Alamo Heights, TX.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  13. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  14. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  15. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  16. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Terrell Hills with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Terrell Hills itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/terrell-hills-texas

Citytistics. “Terrell Hills, Texas.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/terrell-hills-texas/

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