Scenic Oaks is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is part of the San Antonio Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 10,458 at the 2020 census, up from 4,957 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Scenic Oaks is located in northern Bexar County. It is bordered by Interstate 10 to the east, by the city of San Antonio to the southeast, by the CDP of Cross Mountain to the south, and to the north by Balcones Creek, forming the border with Kendall County. A portion of the CDP is taken up by the gated community of Scenic Oaks. Via Interstate 10 it is south to downtown San Antonio and northwest to Boerne.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Scenic Oaks CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.24%, is water.<br> 1850–1900 1910<br> 1920 1930 1940<br>
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Scenic Oaks first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" | Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|2,707
|3,558
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,908
|82.56%
|71.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |56.49%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|6
|32
|style='background: #ffffe6; |270
|0.18%
|0.65%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.58%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|11
|8
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.34%
|0.16%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.15%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|30
|104
|style='background: #ffffe6; |580
|0.91%
|2.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.55%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15
|0.00%
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.14%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.33%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|33
|69
|style='background: #ffffe6; |329
|1.01%
|1.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.15%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|491
|1,182
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,305
|14.97%
|23.85%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |31.60%
|-
|Total
|3,279
|4,957
|style='background: #ffffe6; |10,458
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Scenic Oaks had a population of 10,458. The median age was 39.6 years. 28.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.3 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,498 households in Scenic Oaks, of which 43.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 73.8% were married-couple households, 9.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 12.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 12.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The NISD portion is zoned to:
- Aue Elementary School
- Rawlinson Middle School (San Antonio)
- Tom C. Clark High School
Zoned schools of the BISD part include: Kendall Elementary School and Von Raub Elementary School in two different parts, Boerne Middle School South, and Boerne Champion High School.