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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 13.36
The average living wage for the state of Texas is $30.75/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is partially extended to farm workers. This gives Texas a minimum wage score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Texas a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Texas is $150.8, resulting in a UI benefit score of 10.49 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 19.05

X Texas does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
X Texas does not offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Texas does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Texas does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Texas does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Texas does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Texas does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Texas does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Texas does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Texas does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Texas does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Texas does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Texas does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Texas does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 20

X Texas does have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Texas does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Texas does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
X Texas does not require collective bargaining for public workers.
X Texas does not provide collective bargaining for teachers.
X Texas does not provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Bexar County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 31.18% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 58.18%
Republican: 40.04%
Libertarian: 1.15%
Green: 0.36%
Other: 0.27%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 78201, 78202, 78203, 78204, 78205, 78207, 78208, 78209, 78210, 78211, 78212, 78213, 78214, 78215, 78216, 78217, 78218, 78219, 78220, 78221, 78222, 78223, 78224, 78225, 78226, 78227, 78228, 78229, 78230, 78231, 78232, 78233, 78234, 78235, 78236, 78237, 78238, 78239, 78240, 78242, 78243, 78244, 78245, 78247, 78248, 78249, 78250, 78251, 78252, 78253, 78254, 78255, 78256, 78257, 78258, 78259, 78260, 78261, 78263, 78264, 78266
Latitude : 29.417152
Longitude : -98.390142
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : South
Average Elevation : 648 ft.
Area Code(s) : 210, 726, 830

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.73
Male Population Estimate : 40.04%
Female Population Estimate : 41.61%
Median Age : 33.6
Male Median Age : 32.6
Female Median Age : 34.5

White Population Estimate : 61.85%
Black Population Estimate : 6.71%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 48.89%
Asian Population Estimate : 2.64%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.21%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.18%
Other Population Estimate : 11.97%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of San Antonio specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Bexar County: About 7 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Bexar County: About 533 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Bexar County is about 45% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 46% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.