ZIP 78217
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
August. Asking rents in ZIP 78217 usually run 0.8% below trend in August and 1.2% above it in May, about $23 a month apart at today's median. Based on 9 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 78217 is 1.1% below its high of $1,160 in January 2025, at $1,147 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 78217 changed +4.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 629 Texas ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.2%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 78217 rose 27.2% while median household income rose 32.1% ($46,152 to $60,988). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 78217 is 24.3% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 4 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($60,988) is $1,525 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,440); a 3-bedroom is $1,850.
7th cheapest of 54 ZIP codes in San Antonio.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 78217. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 78217 (San Antonio, TX) is majority renter-occupied, has a median income below the national average, 30.2% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 78217 in San Antonio, TX has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 78217 in San Antonio, TX has shifted from $983 to $1,147, up 16.7% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $47,122 to $60,988 between 2021 and 2024, a 29.4% shift. With wages climbing faster than rent over the same window, renters here have a bit more breathing room than they did five years back. Census counts show ZIP 78217 in San Antonio, TX adding about 925 residents over the five-year window, up 2.8% on net. The renter share has eased from 57.7% to 55.3%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 24.9% to 30.2% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 78217 in San Antonio, TX reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 78217 covers San Antonio, TX. The median rent here is $1,147/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,190/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,440/mo.
At 23% of local median household income ($60,988/yr), ZIP 78217 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.7% over the past year.
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