San Antonio Areas

West Side,
San Antonio

Inside Loop 410, west of downtown and north of US-90: Craftsman bungalows, 1940s cottages and 1950s ranch houses around Woodlawn Lake, Monticello Park and Jefferson, mostly on one story.

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Nearest InstallationFort Sam or Lackland, about 5.5 to 7.5 mi
Main ZIP Codes78201 · 78207 · 78228 · 78237
School DistrictsSan Antonio · Edgewood · Northside ISDs
2026 Tax RatesAbout $2.30 to $2.51 per $100
Census Median Value (Owner Estimates)About $107,000 to $198,000, by ZIP code
Homes BuiltMostly 1920s to 1970s
CountyBexar
City LimitsEvery neighborhood here is inside San Antonio
Quick Answer

San Antonio's West Side is the established part of the city inside Loop 410, west of downtown and I-10, from US-90 north to Fredericksburg Road. Its houses mostly date from the 1920s through the 1970s, and no builder is selling a new community here. It's all inside city limits, in San Antonio, Edgewood or Northside ISD, with 2026 tax rates of about $2.30 to $2.51 per $100. Fort Sam Houston is about 5.5 to 11 driving miles away, and Lackland about 6.5 to 10.

Tiffany Reed, REALTOR® | MRP · Data current as of October 2026 · Sources: Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector · Bexar Appraisal District · OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM)
Key Takeaways
  • This is a resale market. No builder has a community on the West Side; the new houses you'll see are single-lot infill, mostly in Prospect Hill, the Historic Westside and Las Palmas.
  • For a $200,000 house you live in, the 2026 tax bill runs about $2,770 a year in Edgewood ISD, $2,810 in Northside ISD and $2,900 in San Antonio ISD, after the standard homestead exemptions.
  • Some streets carry City design rules. Monticello Park is a City historic district, so exterior work needs approval first, and Woodlawn Lake, Jefferson and Ingram Hills each have a neighborhood conservation district, whose design standards apply when you build or add on.
  • Edgewood ISD lets any student attend any of its campuses, wherever the house sits. San Antonio and Northside ISDs assign schools by address.
  • Five of the eight neighborhoods below (the Historic Westside, Prospect Hill, Woodlawn Lake, Monticello Park and Jefferson) sit nearer a Fort Sam Houston gate, 5.5 to 7.5 miles off. Las Palmas, Culebra Park and Ingram Hills sit nearer Lackland's Luke East Gate, 6.5 to 7 miles off.
Data current as of October 2026 · Sources: Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector, 2026 rates and exemptions · Bexar Appraisal District records · City of San Antonio, Office of Historic Preservation · Edgewood ISD · JBSA gate hours · OSRM routing
Where It Is

Where is the West Side
of San Antonio?

Picture the slice of the city between downtown and Loop 410. Its east edge is downtown and the I-10 and I-35 interchange, its south edge is US-90, its west edge is Loop 410, and Fredericksburg Road closes it off on the north. Commerce Street, Culebra Road and Bandera Road carry traffic west from downtown, and General McMullen Drive, Zarzamora Street and Callaghan Road cross them north to south.

The ZIP codes you'll see on West Side listings are 78207, 78237 and 78228, along with the western end of 78201 around Woodlawn Lake and Monticello Park. (East of Fredericksburg Road, 78201 belongs to the central city.) Balcones Heights, at the corner where Fredericksburg Road meets Loop 410, is a separate small city with its own tax rate; it's covered on my Northwest Side page.

The name trips people up, because the far West Side is a different place: Alamo Ranch, Potranco Road, the SH 151 corridor by SeaWorld and the newer master-planned communities around and past Loop 1604. South of US-90 is the Lackland side, around the base and Port San Antonio.

How the City's planning maps divide this area

The City of San Antonio's long-range plans split these neighborhoods three ways. Its Westside planning area runs from US-90 up to about Culebra Road and out to Callaghan Road. Woodlawn Lake, Jefferson and Monticello Park fall in its Near North and Near Northwest areas, along with the neighborhoods between Culebra and Bandera Road out to Loop 410. On this page, all of it is the West Side.

Neighborhood names here follow the City's registered neighborhood associations and its historic and conservation district maps. The boundaries overlap in places, so a street near an edge can belong to two of them.

Data current as of October 2026 · Sources: City of San Antonio, SA Tomorrow sub-area plans · OpenStreetMap · Bexar Appraisal District

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Is the West Side a good fit for you?

Start your search here if you're after:

  • A house with some age to it: a 1920s bungalow, a 1940s cottage or a 1950s ranch house
  • Downtown and the Medical Center both within a short drive
  • An address between Fort Sam Houston and Lackland, with neither one far away
  • A single-story floor plan, which more than nine in ten houses here have
  • A range of price points, from small houses on narrow lots near downtown to larger homes in Monticello Park
Neighborhoods

Which neighborhoods make up the West Side,
and is anyone building there?

The eight below cover the area from the edge of downtown out to Loop 410. Dozens of smaller neighborhoods sit between them, and the live listings farther down include those too. Every one of them is inside San Antonio city limits, so the third column shows the City rules that matter instead: a historic district, where the City reviews exterior work, or a neighborhood conservation district, with its own design standards.

Neighborhood School district City design rules Building now?
Historic Westside San Antonio ISD None No builder; some single-lot infill
Prospect Hill San Antonio ISD; Edgewood ISD on the west end None No builder; some single-lot infill
Woodlawn Lake San Antonio ISD Conservation district on part No builder; rare infill
Monticello Park San Antonio ISD Historic district No, pre-owned only
Jefferson San Antonio ISD Conservation district No, pre-owned only
Las Palmas Edgewood ISD None No builder; some single-lot infill
Culebra Park Northside ISD; San Antonio ISD on the east side None No builder; rare infill
Ingram Hills Northside ISD Conservation district No builder; rare infill

Historic Westside

The blocks closest to downtown, south of Commerce Street between Zarzamora Street and the I-35 frontage, around Guadalupe Street, in ZIP 78207. About half the houses here are older than 1950, and one in ten dates from 1920 or earlier. Lots are small, many under 4,000 square feet, and most homes have roughly 650 to 1,550 square feet of living space. Newer houses fill in empty lots here and there.

Prospect Hill

North of Commerce Street, the grid that runs from the creeks west of downtown out to about SW 24th Street and up toward Culebra Road, mostly in 78207. Two-thirds of the houses were built before 1950, most lots run about 2,800 to 8,300 square feet, and nearly all are one story. It has seen more infill building since 2015 than any other neighborhood on this page. The western streets, toward Our Lady of the Lake University, are in Edgewood ISD.

Woodlawn Lake

The streets around the lake and its park, between Culebra Road and West Woodlawn Avenue, in 78201 and 78228. In the 1880s the West End Town Company planned a subdivision here and dammed Alazán Creek to make the lake. Most of today's houses date from about 1928 to 1952: Craftsman bungalows, Tudor and Mission-style cottages and some post-war houses. Lots are roomier than in the blocks nearer downtown, most about 6,400 to 12,000 square feet, and homes run about 1,000 to 2,200 square feet. The Woodlawn Lake Area Neighborhood Conservation District, adopted in 2010, covers 527 acres around the lake.

Monticello Park

A 449-acre City historic district just north of Woodlawn Lake and east of Jefferson High School, reaching toward Fredericksburg Road, in 78201. Nearly nine in ten of its houses predate 1950, the middle of them built around 1938, and they're the largest on this page, mostly about 1,300 to 2,800 square feet on lots of 7,500 square feet or more. About a quarter have a second story or a half story. Before exterior work starts, from a new roof or windows to an addition, the owner needs the City's approval, called a Certificate of Appropriateness.

Jefferson

The neighborhood around Jefferson High School on Donaldson Avenue. The school opened in 1932, and its campus is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. Most houses went up between 1940 and 1954 on generous lots, typically 7,300 to 12,700 square feet, and about a quarter of them cover a quarter acre or more. Homes run about 1,200 to 2,300 square feet. The Jefferson Neighborhood Conservation District dates from 2009.

Las Palmas

Between Commerce Street and Castroville Road, from about SW 24th Street west to San Joaquin Avenue, in 78237. Homes here are a little younger than the Historic Westside's, centered on the mid-1950s, with newer infill since then. Most lots run about 4,400 to 8,600 square feet, and the typical house has about 1,050 square feet. It's in Edgewood ISD.

Culebra Park

North of Culebra Road between Callaghan Road and the St. Mary's University area, in 78228. Houses here are younger than in the neighborhoods to the east: the middle one dates from about 1970, and most went up between the mid-1950s and the late 1990s, on lots of about 6,500 to 10,000 square feet. Homes run about 900 to 1,700 square feet. Northside ISD serves most of it, with San Antonio ISD on the eastern streets.

Ingram Hills

Near Loop 410, between Callaghan Road, Ingram Road and Bandera Road, in 78228. Houses date from about 1950 to the mid-1990s, and the lots are the biggest on the West Side: half of them a quarter acre or more, and some close to an acre. Homes run about 1,000 to 2,500 square feet. Ingram Hills was the City's third neighborhood conservation district, adopted in 2004, and it's in Northside ISD.

What do homes cost on the West Side?

The Census Bureau's American Community Survey asks owners what their homes are worth and publishes the middle answer for each ZIP code. The figures below are its 5-year estimates for 2020 to 2024: owners' estimates, not sale prices, and each one covers the whole ZIP, including streets outside the neighborhoods named. They're useful for comparing one part of the West Side with another. For today's asking prices, scroll to the live listings below the distance tables.

ZIP code Owners' median estimate (ACS, 2020 to 2024)
78207 (Historic Westside, Prospect Hill) About $107,000
78237 (Las Palmas) About $116,000
78228 (Jefferson, Culebra Park, Ingram Hills, the western part of Woodlawn Lake) About $175,000
78201 (Woodlawn Lake, Monticello Park) About $198,000

No builder has a subdivision or a sales office here. When a new house does go up, it's usually one at a time on a vacant or cleared lot, so buying one works like buying any other single home. Ask for the builder's warranty and the City permit history. Comparing a West Side resale with a brand-new house somewhere else in town? Before you visit any builder, anywhere, give me a call. On new construction, my commission comes from the builder, and my new construction page covers what I do from the first visit to the final walkthrough.

Data current as of October 2026
Sources
Drive Distances

How far is the West Side from Fort Sam Houston and Lackland,
downtown and the Medical Center?

The West Side sits between two installations, and which one is closer depends on how far west you live. From the Historic Westside, Prospect Hill, Woodlawn Lake, Monticello Park and Jefferson, Fort Sam Houston is closer, about 5.5 to 7.5 miles. Las Palmas, Culebra Park and Ingram Hills are closer to Lackland, about 6.5 to 7 miles from the Luke East Gate. Every neighborhood in the table is within 11 miles of both. The table lists rounded miles to each installation's closest 24/7 gate, starting with the neighborhood nearest Fort Sam.

Neighborhood Fort Sam Houston Lackland Randolph (Lindsey Gate) Camp Bullis (main gate)
Historic Westside 5.5 mi 8.5 mi 18 mi 18 mi
Prospect Hill 6 mi 8.5 mi 19 mi 17 mi
Woodlawn Lake 6 mi 9.5 mi 19 mi 16 mi
Monticello Park 7 mi 10 mi 22 mi 14 mi
Jefferson 7.5 mi 9.5 mi 23 mi 15 mi
Las Palmas 8 mi 6.5 mi 24 mi 18 mi
Culebra Park 10 mi 6.5 mi 25 mi 16 mi
Ingram Hills 11 mi 7 mi 23 mi 14 mi
Drive times vary by time of day, traffic, and gate. Check current conditions for your route before deciding.

For Fort Sam, the Historic Westside, Prospect Hill and Woodlawn Lake head east to I-10 and I-35 and the Walters Gate; Monticello Park and Jefferson take West Hildebrand Avenue across to Burr Road and the Harry Wurzbach East Gate instead. For Lackland, most of the area drives south on General McMullen Drive to US-90 and Military Drive, the road to the Luke East Gate, while Culebra Park and Ingram Hills get there by Callaghan Road. Camp Bullis is a run up I-10 from most of the area, and Randolph means crossing the whole city. Each base has its own page here, with gate schedules, visitor center details and base housing: Fort Sam Houston and Lackland.

What are the drives like from the West Side to the Medical Center, downtown and the airport?

Downtown is the short one: City Hall is 1.5 miles from the Historic Westside and no more than 8 from anywhere in the table. The Medical Center is closest to the northern neighborhoods, about 3.5 to 5 miles from Ingram Hills, Jefferson, Monticello Park and Culebra Park, and the airport is about 8 to 13 miles away.

Neighborhood Medical Center (University Hospital) Downtown (City Hall) Airport (SAT)
Ingram Hills 3.5 mi 8 mi 9.5 mi
Jefferson 4 mi 5.5 mi 9.5 mi
Monticello Park 4.5 mi 5 mi 8 mi
Culebra Park 5 mi 7 mi 11 mi
Woodlawn Lake 6 mi 3.5 mi 9 mi
Prospect Hill 6.5 mi 3 mi 10 mi
Las Palmas 8 mi 4 mi 13 mi
Historic Westside 10 mi 1.5 mi 11 mi
Drive times vary by time of day, traffic, and gate. Check current conditions for your route before deciding.
Data current as of October 2026 · Sources: driving miles measured with OSRM on OpenStreetMap to the gates listed on JBSA Gate Hours as open 24/7, to University Hospital (4502 Medical Dr.), San Antonio City Hall and the San Antonio International Airport terminal; Historic Westside from the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center on Guadalupe Street, Woodlawn Lake from Woodlawn Lake Park, Las Palmas from the Las Palmas Library, Culebra Park and Ingram Hills from the middle of each neighborhood, the others from OpenStreetMap's neighborhood points

I've placed today's West Side listings just below. Check current asking prices there, then match each address to its neighborhood above.

Property Taxes

What are property taxes
on the West Side?

For 2026, rates run from about $2.30 to $2.51 for each $100 of taxable value. Every neighborhood on this page is inside San Antonio city limits, so the only thing that moves the rate is the school district. There's no emergency services district, MUD or special improvement district to add.

  • Homestead: your main home, the one you can claim a homestead exemption on once you've moved in. With the exemption on file, the school district taxes $140,000 less of the home's value, and the city, county and University Health each tax 20% less, with other amounts on the remaining lines.
  • TIRZ (tax increment reinvestment zone): a City zone that steers future tax growth to projects inside it. You may see one, such as San Antonio TIF #30 Westside, on a property record here. Its rate is $0.000000, so it doesn't change your bill.

This table runs one $200,000 house you live in through each of the three setups.

Where the home is 2026 rate per $100 Where you'll see it Yearly tax, $200,000 homestead Per month
Inside San Antonio, Edgewood ISD $2.304364 Las Palmas, the west end of Prospect Hill About $2,770 About $230
Inside San Antonio, Northside ISD $2.359964 Ingram Hills, most of Culebra Park About $2,810 About $235
Inside San Antonio, San Antonio ISD $2.511964 Historic Westside, most of Prospect Hill, Woodlawn Lake, Monticello Park, Jefferson, the east side of Culebra Park About $2,900 About $240

The three rates are further apart than the three bills, because the $140,000 school exemption removes most of a $200,000 house from the school district's math. The gap widens as the price rises: a $300,000 homestead in San Antonio ISD comes to roughly $5,180 a year, or $430 a month.

That monthly figure is property tax alone. Homeowners insurance and the mortgage itself go on top, so price insurance early on any older house you like.

The exemptions behind each yearly figure: $140,000 for the school district (San Antonio ISD also takes off 0.01% of the value), 20% each for the city, the county and University Health, Road and Flood's $3,000 plus 20%, $5,000 for Alamo Colleges, and 4% for the River Authority.

Rent the house out after you move, and it's no longer your homestead, so those exemptions fall away. The same $200,000 house in San Antonio ISD would owe about $5,020 a year instead of $2,900.

Every line on a West Side tax bill

Five county-wide units appear on every bill here. For 2026: Bexar County $0.285963, University Health $0.276235, Alamo Community College District $0.166650, San Antonio River Authority $0.019300 and Bexar County Road and Flood $0.014036, which add up to $0.762184. Then comes the City of San Antonio at $0.562880, and one school district: Edgewood ISD $0.979300, Northside ISD $1.034900 or San Antonio ISD $1.186900.

Look up any house at bcad.org and its record shows every taxing unit, the rate and the exemptions already on file.

Homestead timing, the 10% cap and exemptions for veterans and owners 65 and older

Form 50-114 is the application. You send it to the Bexar Appraisal District any time after you've moved in. On a resale bought after January 1, the seller's exemption normally stays on the home through December, yours takes over the next January 1, and April 30 is the usual filing deadline. If the seller had no exemption that year, as with a newly built house, yours can cover the rest of that first year, as long as you file within 12 months of closing.

Once you've had the exemption for a full year, your appraised value can go up by 10% a year at most, plus the value of any additions or other new improvements.

At 65 or older, the school exemption grows by $60,000 in San Antonio ISD, $70,000 in Edgewood ISD and $73,330 in Northside ISD. For a disability, the extra amount is $60,000 in San Antonio and Edgewood ISDs and $73,330 in Northside ISD. The city and county have their own 65-and-older exemptions on top.

Disabled veterans can claim an exemption on one property with Form 50-135, sized by VA rating: a 10% to 29% rating takes $5,000 off the value, 30% to 49% takes $7,500, 50% to 69% takes $10,000, and 70% and up takes $12,000. With a 100% disability rating or an individual unemployability rating, and compensation paid at the 100% level, a veteran owes no property tax at all on the homestead. A surviving spouse keeps that exemption unless they remarry.

Data current as of October 2026 · Sources: Bexar County Tax Assessor-Collector, 2026 Official Tax Rates and Exemptions · Bexar Appraisal District property records · Texas Comptroller, exemptions · Texas Tax Code, Chapter 11 · Texas Tax Code §23.23 · Texas Comptroller, disabled veteran exemptions

Taxes, schools and city limits vary by address. Confirm them for any home before you make an offer.

Schools

Which school districts serve
the West Side?

Three, and they don't work the same way. Two assign campuses by address, and the third lets any student enroll at any of its campuses.

  • San Antonio ISD covers the central city and most of the West Side's eastern half, with more than 42,000 students. Its attendance maps show the neighborhood campuses for an address.
  • Edgewood ISD was founded in 1950 on the west side of San Antonio and has nearly 8,000 students in 18 schools and programs. It's an open-enrollment, open-boundary district: a student can attend any Edgewood campus regardless of attendance zone, and any student in Bexar County can enroll at an Edgewood school.
  • Northside ISD serves the northwest part of the county, with 97,597 students and 133 schools, and reaches inside Loop 410 at Ingram Hills and Culebra Park. Its boundaries and buses lookup gives the schools for a street address.

For a campus's state accountability report, look it up by name at tea.texas.gov.

Data current as of October 2026 · Sources: San Antonio ISD · Edgewood ISD · Northside ISD · Bexar Appraisal District

Daily Life

What is daily life like
on the West Side?

Two City lakes, Woodlawn and Elmendorf, anchor the parks here, and trails follow the creeks that run between the neighborhoods toward downtown.

Errands stay close to home. There's an H-E-B on each of the main corridors, Culebra Road, Commerce Street, Castroville Road and Fredericksburg Road, and downtown's offices and events are a few miles east.

Shopping and groceries

  • El Mercado H-E-B, 2130 Culebra Road
  • Commerce and Rosillo H-E-B, 108 N. Rosillo Street
  • Las Palmas H-E-B, 721 Castroville Road
  • Deco District H-E-B, 2118 Fredericksburg Road, named for the stretch of the road it sits on

Parks and trails

  • Woodlawn Lake Park, 1103 Cincinnati Avenue: 62 acres around a lake of about 30 acres, with a 1.48-mile paved trail, fishing, tennis courts, a dog park, a gym and fitness stations, open 5 a.m. to midnight; its swimming pool is closed until the 2027 pool season
  • Elmendorf Lake Park, 3700 W. Commerce Street: a 1.25-mile walking trail around the lake, fishing, a splash pad and a playground, next to Our Lady of the Lake University
  • Westside Creeks trails: the Alazán Creek trail runs south from Woodlawn Lake Park toward Lombrano Street, and the Apache Creek trail passes Elmendorf Lake on its way east

Arts and colleges

  • Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, on Guadalupe Street: theater and dance productions, a gallery, and arts classes
  • St. Mary's University, One Camino Santa Maria, off Culebra Road
  • Our Lady of the Lake University, 411 SW 24th Street
Utilities on the West Side

The whole area is inside San Antonio city limits, so CPS Energy, which the City owns, supplies both electric and gas service, and SAWS handles water and sewer for most homes. Confirm both with the seller before closing. Moving on military orders? CPS Energy may waive the deposit; mention it when you open the account.

Data current as of October 2026 · Sources: City of San Antonio, Woodlawn Lake Park · City of San Antonio, Elmendorf Lake Park · City of San Antonio, Westside Creeks greenway · Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center · St. Mary's University · Our Lady of the Lake University · H-E-B store locations · CPS Energy · SAWS

Before you tour the West Side

Most houses here are well over 50 years old, and a few streets come with City design rules. Settle these six things before you start touring.

  • A monthly payment that still feels comfortable with taxes and insurance in it. What a lender will approve and what feels comfortable to pay each month can be two different numbers. Run the tax table above for the price range you're shopping, and add an insurance quote for any house you're serious about.
  • How much school assignment matters to you. If it's high on your list, look up each address in its district's tool. In Edgewood ISD the address doesn't decide the campus, so ask the district how its school choice works.
  • HOA deal-breakers and the City's design rules. If a house you like has an HOA, tell me which of its rules would be deal-breakers for you, and I'll get answers before you tour it. Some streets here also carry City design rules. In the Woodlawn Lake conservation district, for example, a new front-yard fence can't be taller than 48 inches, an attached garage can't be enclosed as living space, and tent-style carports aren't allowed. If you're planning an addition, a new fence or a garage conversion, read the district's standards before you make an offer.
  • What you must have, and what rules a house out. Original wood floors and a front porch, or a remodeled kitchen and central air? A second bathroom, a garage, a fenced yard? Sort the list now, so you know what to give up and what to hold out for.
  • Your commute at rush hour. As soon as your duty station or office address is settled, drive there from your favorite neighborhoods at the hour you'd leave in the morning, and again at the hour you'd head home.
  • The age of the major systems. On a house built in the 1920s to the 1950s, pay attention to the sewer line, the electrical panel and wiring, the pipes and the foundation. The general inspection looks at most of that, but not the buried line out to the street, which takes a sewer scope: a camera sent down the pipe. I recommend both on every purchase. In my transactions, the general inspection has cost $400 to $900, depending on the size of the house, and the sewer scope $99 to $150.
Working With Tiffany

What working with me looks like
on the West Side

I'm Tiffany Reed, a Real Broker REALTOR® and Military Relocation Professional (MRP). Almost every house for sale on the West Side is an older resale, so a good share of my work starts before you set foot in one.

  • Homework on the house first. Ahead of any showing, my first requests are the seller's disclosure and copies of earlier inspections, and I look into the roof, HVAC system and water heater to learn their ages. On a 70-year-old house, those answers tell you a lot before the showing.
  • Tours you can join from anywhere. Can't get here yet? I'll tour each house with you on live video, room by room, and point out what the camera might miss.
  • Rental numbers for a future move. Thinking you'll lease the house out after your next set of orders? For homes you're seriously considering, I'll pull rental comps that set the rent a house could likely bring next to what its mortgage would cost you.
  • Lenders and inspectors lined up. Need a lender? I'll connect you with some, VA lenders among them, and I set up the inspections your purchase calls for.
  • The offer, the negotiation and the walkthrough. I write your offer, negotiate the terms with the seller's agent, and handle the final walkthrough alongside you in the days before closing.
Common Questions

Common questions about
San Antonio's West Side

Which ZIP codes make up San Antonio's West Side?

Mainly 78207, 78237 and 78228, plus the western part of 78201 around Woodlawn Lake and Monticello Park.

Is the West Side part of the far West Side?

No. The West Side is the older area between downtown and Loop 410. The far West Side is farther out, around and past Loop 1604: Alamo Ranch, Potranco Road, SH 151 by SeaWorld and SH 211, where builders are still selling new communities.

Are there new homes for sale on the West Side?

Only one at a time. No builder has a community or sales office here; new houses are single-lot infill, mostly in Prospect Hill, the Historic Westside and Las Palmas. Nearly every listing is an older house, most of them from the 1920s through the 1970s.

How close is the West Side to Fort Sam Houston and Lackland?

For Fort Sam Houston, the Historic Westside is about 5.5 miles from the Walters Gate, and Prospect Hill and Woodlawn Lake about 6. For Lackland, Las Palmas and Culebra Park are about 6.5 miles from the Luke East Gate, and Ingram Hills about 7. Drive times vary by time of day, traffic, and gate. Check current conditions for your route before deciding.

Can I remodel or add on to a house in Monticello Park or near Woodlawn Lake?

Yes, within the rules. Monticello Park is a City historic district, so exterior changes are reviewed first: the Office of Historic Preservation has to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness before the work starts, and starting without one brings a $500 post-work application fee. Interior work isn't reviewed. Woodlawn Lake, Jefferson and Ingram Hills are neighborhood conservation districts, where design standards for new construction and additions are checked when you apply for the building permit.

I expect new orders in two or three years. Should I still buy on the West Side?

It can still make sense. Keeping the house and leasing it when you go is one possibility, and if you still have VA entitlement, you may be able to use a VA loan again at the next duty station; whether the lender asks for money down there depends on the entitlement you still have and the county loan limit where you're headed. Selling after a couple of years, though, rarely earns back what you paid to close on the house and then to sell it, so if a sale is the plan, give yourself a longer stay. Every move is different, and I'm glad to talk through yours.

Data current as of October 2026 · Sources: Bexar Appraisal District · City of San Antonio, Office of Historic Preservation · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VA loan limits and entitlement

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West Side homes?

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