What is the median rent in Alamo Heights, TX?

The median gross rent in Alamo Heights, TX is $1,727 (±$792) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 784 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Alamo Heights, the median gross rent went from $1,533 in 2015–2019 to $1,727 in 2020–2024 (+12.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$1,727 (±$792)
Rented homes
784 (±209)
$2,000 or more
46.9%
Since 2015–2019
+12.7%

How much rent costs in Alamo Heights

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentAlamo HeightsBexar CountyTexasUnited States
Less than $5002.2% (±3.0 points)4.1%3.9%6.3%
$500 to $99912.9% (±9.9 points)17.2%17.4%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49932.4% (±12.2 points)40.6%35.4%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,9995.6% (±5.2 points)25.1%25.2%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4999.9% (±7.3 points)9.0%11.1%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,9996.3% (±5.7 points)2.1%4.0%5.5%
$3,000 or more30.7% (±10.7 points)1.9%2.9%6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 32.4% of renting households.

46.9% of rented homes in Alamo Heights cost $2,000 or more a month.

Alamo Heights against Bexar County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Alamo HeightsBexar CountyTexasUnited States
Median gross rent$1,727 (±$792)$1,354 (±$12)$1,403 (±$4)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent784 (±209)297,619 (±3,732)3,935,670 (±20,381)42,849,984

In Alamo Heights, median gross rent is not measurably different from Bexar County ($1,354).

It is not measurably different from Texas ($1,403).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Bexar County, Alamo Heights ranks 9 of 24 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 163 of 1,183.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Alamo Heights has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$1,533 (±$261)$1,727 (±$792)+12.7%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent30.2% (±6.3 points)25.9% (±5.8 points)−4.3 percentage pointsNot a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate10.9% (±8.9 points)18.5% (±12.4 points)+7.6 percentage pointsNot a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Alamo Heights

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Alamo Heights
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Alamo Heights—$1,727 (±$792)—
Olmos Park1.2 mi$1,171 (±$211)Not measurably different
Terrell Hills1.3 mi$1,078 (±$764)Not measurably different
San Antonio3.7 mi$1,324 (±$12)Not measurably different
Castle Hills4.2 mi$1,650 (±$536)Not measurably different
Balcones Heights4.9 mi$952 (±$69)Not measurably different
Kirby5.2 mi$1,182 (±$139)Not measurably different
Windcrest5.7 mi$1,372 (±$178)Not measurably different
Hollywood Park8.1 mi$2,326 (±$730)Not measurably different

None of the nearby places differs measurably from this one on this figure.

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Bexar County, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
3Randolph AFB$2,247 (±$41)
4Lackland AFB$2,197 (±$66)
5Fair Oaks Ranch$2,108 (±$904)
6Timberwood Park$1,998 (±$205)
7Scenic Oaks$1,835 (±$151)
8Selma$1,774 (±$106)
9Alamo Heights$1,727 (±$792)
10Converse$1,693 (±$128)
11Castle Hills$1,650 (±$536)
12Live Oak$1,634 (±$87)
13Windcrest$1,372 (±$178)
14Elmendorf$1,327 (±$156)
15San Antonio$1,324 (±$12)

Showing 13 of 24 places in Bexar County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Alamo Heights

What is the average rent in Alamo Heights, TX?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Alamo Heights is $1,727 (±$792) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Alamo Heights?

In Alamo Heights, the median gross rent went from $1,533 in 2015–2019 to $1,727 in 2020–2024 (+12.7%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Alamo Heights cost more than $2,000 a month?

46.9% of rented homes in Alamo Heights have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 2.2% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Alamo Heights higher than in Bexar County?

In Alamo Heights, median gross rent is not measurably different from Bexar County ($1,354).

It is not measurably different from Texas ($1,403).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Alamo Heights city, Texas (place:01600, in state:48).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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