Historic San Antonio
San Antonio is an important city in South Texas with a great colonial legacy. The Alamo, an 18th-century Spanish mission preserved as a museum, commemorates an infamous battle of 1836 during the Texas Revolution to gain independence from Mexico. The “Paseo del Río” is a pedestrian promenade that runs for miles along the “Río San Antonio” and is lined with cafes and shops. The 750-foot-tall Tower of the Americas in Hemis Fair Park overlooks the city.
It is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second in the state of Texas. It is the capital of Bexar County and is located in the Southwestern United States and in the northern part of South Texas. The city of San Antonio is located in south central Texas, approximately 200 miles southwest of Houston, and about 150 miles north of the Mexican border. It is known for its beautiful River Walk and for the Alamo, a national historic site, also considered a sacred place of Mexican independence.
The largest universities in San Antonio are The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio College, and Northwest Vista College. The median tuition cost in San Antonio is $27,000 for private universities that includes four year colleges and $5,300 for public.
The largest job industries are Health Care & Social Assistance, Retail Trade, and Accommodation & Food Services. The best paying jobs are Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction, Utilities and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining.
The median property value in San Antonio was $ 155,600 in 2018. In the last tree years the median property value increased from $ 148,200 to $ 155,600, rising 5%. In San Antonio, 53% of the population has home ownership, which is lower than the national average of 63.9%.