Helotes, Texas.
Typical home $463,935 (+0.3% in a year), asking rent $1,457 . San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,194 (+96%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,364 +0%
- $462,570$463,935 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $53,341 +13%
- $410,594$463,935 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Helotes$2,435
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 28 years.
Typical home values in Helotes, TX rose 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Helotes, Bexar County, Texas
Helotes is a city of 9,030 people in Bexar County. Half its households earn more than $132,675 a year and half less, against $72,341 across Bexar County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 97% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 3% are rented. Unemployment in Bexar County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Helotes is a small city in Bexar County, on the northwest edge of the San Antonio area. Residents are older than in most places, incomes run well above the county's, and very few people live below the poverty line. Nearly everyone owns the home they live in, and a four-year degree is common among adults.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in banks, insurance and property, or in professional and business services. Within Helotes itself, the largest workplaces include Walmart, Builders FirstSource and the masonry contractor Rick Stone Masonry. A good number of people work from home, and the typical commute is a moderate one.
Things to do. Six Flags Fiesta Texas, an amusement park, and SeaWorld San Antonio, an aquarium and marine park, are both a short drive away. For a longer drive, the San Antonio Zoo and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, a protected area, are within reach. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with almost no snow, so outdoor outings are possible most of the year.
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- 2,945households
- 53%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 21%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bexar County had 937,109 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 65° and lows near 43°; warmest in August, with highs near 98° and lows near 74°. About 32 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the San Antonio/seaworld weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Helotes
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters244
- Builders FirstSourceOther building material dealers134
- Rick Stone MasonryMasonry contractors108
- Shadrock & Williams MasonryMasonry contractors103
- De La Garza IndustriesExpress delivery services70
- The Wash TubCar washes40
- HelotesMail and parcel delivery34
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 733 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- HailRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Helotes’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bexar County and the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro.
Helotes home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Helotes$463,935
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Helotes listings — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Helotes27.82%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Helotes65
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Helotes17
Zip codes with a Helotes address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Helotes — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.