{"id":2929,"date":"2025-09-24T12:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lrgrealty.com\/windcrest-neighborhood-guide\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T23:02:08","slug":"windcrest-neighborhood-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lrgrealty.com\/lrg-blog\/windcrest-neighborhood-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Windcrest Neighborhood Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Windcrest draws repeat questions from buyers unfamiliar with how a small incorporated city operates inside the San Antonio metro. The short answers: property taxes run through Bexar County plus the city’s own levy, there are no HOA fees on most homes, and the 78239 ZIP puts you minutes from major employment corridors along I-35 and Loop 410.<\/p>\n

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Windcrest is a 1.7-square-mile incorporated city surrounded entirely by San Antonio, sitting inside the 78239 ZIP code just east of Loop 410 and north of I-35. The median home price lands around $315,000, property tax rates run roughly 2.1% (combined city, county, and school), and the city collects its own sales tax on top of state and county rates. Residents get a small-town municipal structure with full metro access.<\/p>\n

Because Windcrest governs itself separately from San Antonio, it sets its own codes, maintains its own police department, and handles permits through city hall on Crestway Drive. That independence means stricter yard maintenance standards and a coordinated holiday lighting program that draws visitors every December. Homes here skew mid-century ranch style on larger lots than you typically find in surrounding San Antonio subdivisions, and most streets have no HOA fees layered on top of city taxes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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