Bexar County Has Deteriorated in Terms of Ownership of Real Estate by 0.6%, From 2000 to 2010

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Bexar County, TX

The 2010 Census reports Bexar County, Texas decreased in number of total housing units by 141,513, or 27%, (since the 2000 census), during the same time, the State of Texas increased in housing units by 1,819,861, or 18%.

Measured against the United States, Bexar County has a low amount of vacant housing units. 53,941, or 8.1%, of residential units are vacant in Bexar County, Texas. Of the 53,941 unoccupied properties, 13.4% are listed to be sold, while 47.4% are reported as being listed for rented.

Between 2000 and 2010, residential properties occupied by owners in Bexar County have decreased by 0.6%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 368,638 (60.5%) housing units occupied by owners, while 240,293 (39.5%) units were rented. Bexar County has a greater portion of units rented than the State of Texas, which reportedly saw 36.3% of the housing units rented.

When compared to all counties across the US, Bexar County has a very high level of housing units that are minority-owned. 58.0% are owned by minorities in Bexar County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Texas 39.6% of residential housing units are owned by minorities.

Black is the group that rents the most often in Bexar County. 54.1% the Black Census group reportedly were renters in 2010.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Bexar County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 48,690 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Texas

Category: Bexar County, TX

In Bexar County, Texas, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 48,690 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 249 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 128 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 121 industries reported employment loss in the period.

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the colleges and universities industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 11,144 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in colleges and universities makes up 12.4% percent of the total growth in Bexar County, Texas between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Colleges and universities (+11144)
2. Home health care services (+5375)
3. General medical and surgical hospitals (+4803)
4. Limitedservice eating places (+4507)
5. Fullservice restaurants (+3664)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the employment services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 3,782 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in employment services make up 9.8% percent of the total employment decline in Bexar County, Texas between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Employment services (-3,782)
2. Electronic shopping and mailorder houses (-3,669)
3. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (-1,889)
4. Nondepository credit intermediation (-1,248)
5. Wired telecommunications carriers (-1,230)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).