Helotes vs Scenic Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Helotes and Scenic Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

Helotes and Scenic Oaks are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scenic Oaks has the higher population (10,727 vs 9,372 in Helotes). Scenic Oaks has the higher median household income ($178,125 vs $129,884 in Helotes). Scenic Oaks has the higher median home value ($531,900 vs $382,400 in Helotes).

Population, income & housing

	Helotes	Scenic Oaks
Population	9,372	10,727
Median age	45.6 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$129,884	$178,125
Median home value	$382,400	$531,900
Median gross rent	$2,518	$1,604
Housing units	3,019	3,740
Homeownership rate	93.0%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helotes	Scenic Oaks
Population	9,175 → 9,372 (+2.1%)	6,469 → 10,727 (+65.8%)
Median household income	$116,875 → $129,884 (+11.1%)	$145,515 → $178,125 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$316,200 → $382,400 (+20.9%)	$373,400 → $531,900 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,014 → $2,518 (+25.0%)	$1,573 → $1,604 (+2.0%)

Helotes

Population

9,1759,372

Median household income

$116,875$129,884

Median home value

$316,200$382,400

Median gross rent

$2,014$2,518

Scenic Oaks

Population

6,46910,727

Median household income

$145,515$178,125

Median home value

$373,400$531,900

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helotes	Scenic Oaks
Under 5	3.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	9.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.1%
45 to 54	19.7%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.7%
75 and over	6.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helotes	Scenic Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	39.2%	58.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	53.2%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helotes	Scenic Oaks
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	12.3%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helotes	Scenic Oaks
Drove alone	69.1%	65.2%
Carpooled	10.3%	13.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	19.1%
Other means	0.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helotes	Scenic Oaks
1-unit, detached	97.6%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Helotes	Scenic Oaks
Poverty rate	3.0%	9.4%
Average household size	3.17	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	2005	2010