ZIP 78256
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 78256 usually run 1.2% below trend in December and 0.9% above it in September, about $33 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 78256 is 7.9% below its high of $1,705 in September 2022, at $1,571 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 78256 changed -0.1% 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 78256 rose 11.5% while median household income rose -18.4% ($91,866 to $74,977). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 78256 is 12.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($74,977) is $1,874 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,680); a 3-bedroom is $2,160.
42nd cheapest of 54 ZIP codes in San Antonio.
ZIP 78257, 4 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,365/mo), about $2,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 78256. 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 78256 (San Antonio, TX) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, 55.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 78256 in San Antonio, TX has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in ZIP 78256 in San Antonio, TX has climbed by $154 per month, settling near $1,571 after starting the period at $1,417. Median household income fell from $84,040 to $74,977 between 2021 and 2024, a 10.8% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 21.7 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 11,554 to 13,453 between 2021 and 2024, a 16.4% change. About 70.5% of households rent today, against 68.9% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher slipped from 62.5% to 55.9%. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 78256 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 78256 covers San Antonio, TX. The median rent here is $1,571/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,390/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,680/mo.
At 25% of local median household income ($74,977/yr), ZIP 78256 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.1% over the past year.
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