Rankings · How Helotes ranks in TX
Helotes ranks #24 in Texas for fewest smokers
Helotes is ranked on 34 lists against the 653 Texas towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 11.
Lists ranked on
34
of TX’s 653 ranked towns
Top-10 finishes
0
Best: #24 fewest smokers
Top-quarter finishes
11
of 22 lists where higher is better
Strongest area
Health
Top 5% on average
★ What stands out · Where it shines
The lists Helotes does best on
Each list ranks every TX town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Helotes marked.
At a glance
Helotes lands in the top half on 15 of 22 lists
Each dot is Helotes’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in TX, the right end is last. Areas where Helotes does best come first.
Top 10%Top halfBottom half
HealthHealth →
Fewest smokers#24/652Lowest obesity#29/652Healthiest#64/651Most active#90/652Fewest uninsured#100/652Lowest depression#148/652Closest to a top hospital#217/632 People
Most educated#75/653 SafetySafety →
Safest#86/470 HousingHousing →
Most new homes#141/535 Getting aroundWork & commute →
Shortest commute#347/653 What kind of place
Fewer kids than 89% of Texas
Not better or worse, just Helotes’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Fewer kids than 89% of TX towns
Fewer kidsMore kids
19.2% of residents are under 18
Steadier prices than 87% of TX towns
Steadier pricesPrices rising fast
+36.8% in home prices, 5 years
Older than 85% of TX towns
YoungerOlder
42.8 median age
More seniors than 78% of TX towns
Fewer seniorsMore seniors
18.6% of residents are 65+
Longer growing season than 77% of TX towns
Shorter seasonLonger season
277 days between frosts
More year-round than 69% of TX towns
Year-roundVacation homes
0% of homes are seasonal
Drier than 69% of TX towns
DrierWetter
32 in of rain + melted snow a year
More homes per newcomer than 65% of TX towns
Homes keep paceShort on homes
2.3 new residents for each new home, 2010–20
Milder winters than 63% of TX towns
Colder wintersMilder winters
40.0° January low
Cooler summers than 52% of TX towns
Cooler summersHotter summers
94.9° July high
Almost there
4 spots from the top 25 for low obesity
Lists where Helotes sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Next door
Helotes out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.