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About Helotes
City in Texas, United StatesHelotes ( hə-LOH-tis) is a city in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located on the far northwestern side of San Antonio. It is part of the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area. Helotes was settled primarily by German and Spanish settlers in the 1850s. Its population was 9,030 at the 2020 census.
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Housing in Helotes
The typical Helotes home is worth about $466,000, about the same as a year ago, 56% above the Texas typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Helotes
Safety Grade B+
Helotes reports less crime per resident than 71% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Work & commute in Helotes
Full picture →Most working residents leave Helotes for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are San Antonio (60%), Leon Valley (9%) and Austin (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.
Health in Helotes
Health Grade A
Healthier than 89% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Texas
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 11 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Helotes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Helotes
Full climate →Helotes has warm winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 95°, a January night drops to 40°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Schools in Helotes
All Helotes schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Helotes’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.
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