Bathroom remodel data for San Antonio: what the federal numbers say
Free local data for bathroom remodel work in San Antonio, taken from federal sources and last pulled October 30, 2026. It covers the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area, starting with the homes and moving on to the local trade.
The housing here
Bathroom plumbing is old when the house is, so the year-built mix stands in for how much of it is original. In the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area, 41,512 of 1,057,823 homes (3.9%) were built before 1940, and 147,394 (13.9%) before 1960. Nationally the shares are 11.7% and 25.6%. The median home across the metro is worth $278,800, against $332,700 nationally. 36.7% of households rent.
| Area | Homes | Median year built | Built before 1940 | Built before 1960 | Renters | Median value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area | 1,057,823 | 1993 | 3.9% | 13.9% | 36.7% | $278,800 |
| Bexar County, Texas | 820,780 | 1990 | 4.2% | 15.7% | 41.2% | $262,200 |
| Comal County, Texas | 77,961 | 2005 | 2.5% | 5.8% | 23.4% | $427,200 |
| Guadalupe County, Texas | 69,700 | 2003 | 2.1% | 7.5% | 22.2% | $304,400 |
| San Antonio (city) | 612,901 | 1985 | 5.1% | 19.4% | 47.8% | $235,700 |
| New Braunfels (city) | 44,517 | 2006 | 3.1% | 7.9% | 34.7% | $339,400 |
| Texas | 12,128,515 | 1992 | 3.1% | 12.4% | 37.4% | $283,800 |
| United States | 143,775,355 | 1980 | 11.7% | 25.6% | 34.8% | $332,700 |
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024. Counties shown are the main ones in the metro (8 in all).
The local market
County Business Patterns counts 786 plumbing and HVAC contractors across the San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro Area, 8.12 for every ten thousand households. That is roughly one for every 1,231 households. The Census counts locations rather than companies, so a one-truck operator and a national chain's branch each count once. That Census code covers plumbing and heating and cooling together, so it counts more establishments than the trade alone.
Home prices
The Federal Housing Finance Agency's house price index for San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX is up 0.3% over the latest year (through 2025). Over five years it is up 39.5%, and over ten it is up 83.3%. The index follows repeat sales of the same houses, so it measures how prices moved, not what any one home sells for this month.
What the trade pays
Plumbers and pipefitters (SOC 47-2152) in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX earned a mean of $27.87 an hour ($57,970 a year) in May 2025, against $34.70 an hour ($72,170) nationally, about 20% below the national mean. The median is $27.97 an hour here and $30.67 nationally. BLS estimates 3,190 people hold that job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
No occupation code matches bathroom remodel work exactly, so this uses the closest match: plumbers and pipefitters. These are wages paid to workers, not prices charged to customers; a customer's bill also has to cover the vehicle and the insurance.
Where these numbers come from
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024, tables B25034, B25040, B25003, B25024, B25035, B25077, B01003, B11001
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2015-2019 (county trend comparison)
- FHFA House Price Index (all-transactions, annual, NSA), San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023, NAICS 238220 (plumbing/remodel)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year 2020-2024, table B11001 (households, density denominator)
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) (OEWS), plumbers and pipefitters (47-2152), San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, May 2025 (national benchmark: U.S.)
The American Community Survey is a sample, so every housing figure carries a margin of error, and it is widest for small areas. Where a source suppresses a cell to protect individual businesses or because the sample is too thin, we leave it blank rather than estimate it. Bexar Bath Desk reads these files and does not edit them.