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29.70° N · 98.48° W · GEOID 4873057

Timberwood Park

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

TexasTimberwood Park, TXTimberwood ParkTimberwood Park

The short answer

Timberwood Park is home to 35,413 people. Median household income is $157,100 a year and median rent is $1,998 a month, 15.3% 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 $510,600, about 3.3x annual median household income.

The story in Timberwood Park is how fast things are changing. Household income rose 7.7% a year while rent rose 4.1% between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay gained on rent more than in 96% of places its size. Also notable: After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $140,500 a year, more than in 94% of places its size.

68OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Above average

Timberwood Park scores better than 68% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 89th of 407 in Texas.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%78
Economy 20%74
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%10
Education 10%88
Commute 10%18
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,998
46% above the median place
Median household income
$157,100
96% above the median place
Median home value
$510,600
60% above the median place
Unemployment
4.7%
4% below 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 Timberwood Park

  • How it is changingRent took 18.1% of the median income in the 2019 survey and 15.3% in 2024. In the 25 places most like it the share rose 0.8 points on average, so affordability held up better here.
01

Moving to Timberwood Park

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
4.5% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.5% 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
$79,900 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,998 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,871 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $510,600.
Getting to work
31 minutes each way on average; 25.6% work from home; 1.6% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Trophy Club, TX matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
4.5%
21% below the median place
Moved from another state1
2.5%
26% above the median place
Income of households moving in6
$63,297
10% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureTimberwood ParkAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year14.5%21% below
Moved from another state12.5%26% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure1.7above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$63,29710% below
Income of households moving out6County figure$72,0282% above
02

What it costs to live here

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.

Timberwood Park15.3%
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
$79,920
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
15.3%
25% below the median place
Home price to income
3.3x
14% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
15%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$140,400
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Timberwood Park, $1,998 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 Timberwood Park, but easier on the budget

Places that match Timberwood Park on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Trophy Club, TX9011.9% vs 15.3%$36,500Compare
Weddington, NC8512.1% vs 15.3%$31,800Compare
Lucas, TX799.6% vs 15.3%$59,600Compare
Sunnyvale, TX7710.0% vs 15.3%$12,700Compare

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Median year built1
2008
2% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$8,173
150% above the median place
Homeownership1
85.9%
29% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureTimberwood ParkAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,99846% above
Rent to income115.3%25% below
Property tax rate11.6%76% above
Home price to income13.3x14% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure94.76% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,44111% below
Property tax paid (median)1$8,173150% above
Median home value1$510,60060% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure0.5%83% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure36.7%29% below
Homeownership185.9%29% above
Renters paying 30%+144.1%13% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,87153% above
Vacant homes15.8%18% below
Median year built120082% above
03

Work and pay

Median household income is $157,100, 96% above the median place.

Median household income1
$157,100
96% above the median place
Works from home1
25.6%
106% above the median place
Income per person1
$58,100
45% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Mean commute31 min +25%
Poverty rate6.0% −44%
Unemployment4.7% −4%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureTimberwood ParkAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$157,10096% above
Income per person1$58,10045% above
Unemployment14.7%4% below
Average annual pay5County figure$67,8463% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure3.0%19% below
Jobs5County figure937,109above (median 150,665)
Poverty rate16.0%44% below
Mean commute131 min25% above
Works from home125.6%106% above
Commutes by transit1County figure1.6%88% above
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 97.4%, 6% above the median place.

Homes with broadband1
97.4%
6% above the median place
Household size1
3.2
26% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
59.7%
86% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

High school or higher96.8% +5%
Born abroad16.4% +86%
No health insurance8.1% +27%
Median age39.0 +0%
All 8 people measures
MeasureTimberwood ParkAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population135,4131289th largest
Median age139.00% above
Bachelor's or higher159.7%86% above
High school or higher196.8%5% above
Household size13.226% above
Born abroad116.4%86% above
No health insurance18.1%27% above
Homes with broadband197.4%6% above
05

Life in Timberwood Park

OpenStreetMap shows 0 grocery stores per 10,000 residents, fewer than in 99% of the 987 places of 25,000 to 50,000 people we track. It is the lowest of 415 Texas places we track.

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 residents3.4 −67%
Playgrounds per 10k9.0 −4%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1.4 −87%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails1 km −75%
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 21 miles
  • Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park 38 miles
  • El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail 61 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 site9
21.3
31% below the median place
Public schools11
582
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students11
363,784
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureTimberwood ParkAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure582above (median 9)
Public school students11County figure363,784above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher11County figure15.40% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure20.70% below
Shops per 10k7County figure24.419% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure2.832% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure21.46% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure1.630% below
Parks per 10k83.467% below
Playgrounds per 10k89.04% below
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k81.487% below
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails80.575% below
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site921.331% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles920% above
National Register listings10County figure174above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Tornado risk is 99.9, 23% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Timberwood Park. Larger places are fetched first.

Tornado risk13
99.9
23% above the median place
Heat wave risk13
99.4
10% above the median place
July average high12
95°F
10% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureTimberwood ParkAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure95°F10% above
January average low12County figure41°F62% above
Average temperature12County figure70°F27% above
Annual precipitation12County figure31.4 in28% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure99.48% above
Hurricane risk13County figure83.518% above
Tornado risk13County figure99.923% above
Wildfire risk13County figure92.451% above
Heat wave risk13County figure99.410% above
Median air quality index14County figure5221% above
Good air days14County figure43.3%37% below
08

Timberwood Park in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 15% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 15% 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. On projected 2030 affordability, Timberwood Park does better than 78% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 53%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,998/mo (2024)$2,540/mo$2,090 to $3,100/mo+4.1%
Median household income$157,100 (2024)$202,000$170,500 to $239,000+4.3%
Median home value$510,600 (2024)$733,000$532,000 to $1,010,000+6.2%

The median home would be worth 3.6 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.3 now.

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

09

Places like Timberwood Park

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

PlaceRentIncome
Fair Lawn, NJ$1,917$144,574Compare
Mount Airy, MD$1,854$151,324Compare
Ilchester, MD$2,115$152,103Compare
Brookdale, NJ$1,791$161,779Compare
Brookdale, NJIlchester, MDMount Airy, MDFair Lawn, NJTimberwood Park, TXTimberwood ParkFair LawnMount AiryIlchesterBrookdaleTimberwood ParkFair LawnMount AiryIlchesterBrookdale

Places built like Timberwood Park

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Timberwood Park performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Timberwood Park, TX15.3%7.7%/yrn/a
Sachse, TX16.4%5.2%/yr21.1%Compare
Melissa, TX21.9%3.2%/yr115.6%Compare
Katy, TX16.7%6.7%/yr29.7%Compare
Sienna, TX19.1%6.4%/yrn/aCompare
Plainfield, IL17.7%2.0%/yr11.5%Compare
Wylie, TX22.0%5.3%/yr10.9%Compare

Common questions

Is Timberwood Park a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 68 out of 100, better than 68% of the places we rate and 89th of 407 in Texas. Rent took 18.1% of the median income in the 2019 survey and 15.3% in 2024. In the 25 places most like it the share rose 0.8 points on average, so affordability held up better here. On cost, space and class size it scores 99 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Timberwood Park expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 15.3% 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 $510,600.

What salary do you need to live in Timberwood Park?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $79,920 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Timberwood Park?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Fair Lawn, NJ, Mount Airy, MD, Ilchester, MD and Brookdale, NJ.

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. 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.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 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
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. 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); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

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

Citytistics. “Timberwood Park, Texas.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/timberwood-park-texas/

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