Homes for sale in China Grove, TX

Buying a home in and around China Grove

China Grove is a small Bexar County town on the southeast side of San Antonio, only about 9 miles from downtown. The MLS files many homes here under San Antonio or Adkins mailing addresses, so the numbers on this page cover listings within about 4 miles of the town center. Counted that way, about 164 homes are for sale in and around China Grove, which gives buyers a real range to work with.

The median asking price is about $241,000, and the middle half of listings runs from about $200,000 to $317,000. That makes this one of the more affordable pockets this close to the city. The typical home has about 1,670 square feet on roughly a sixth of an acre, and almost everything listed is a site-built single-family house, with a handful of manufactured homes.

Subdivisions with the most homes listed

Foster Meadows and Blue Ridge Ranch account for the largest groups of current listings. Smaller clusters show up in Lakeside, Riposa Vita, Willow Point, Eastview Terrace, Annabelle Ranch, Sutton Farms, Dellcrest and Rosillo Creek. Most of these are suburban tracts with standard lots, so expect an HOA in many of them and ask for the dues and rules before you make an offer.

What different budgets buy

Buyers who want room for animals or a shop usually need to look east toward Adkins and St. Hedwig, where larger tracts are more common.

• Two bedrooms: about $160,000
• Three bedrooms: about $225,000
• Four bedrooms or more: about $270,000
• An acre or more: only about 8% of listings

Pace of the market

Homes here have sat a median of about 78 days, about 6% of listings are new this week and roughly 12% have had a price reduction. That pace gives you time to compare houses and to ask for repairs or seller help with closing costs on homes that have lingered. The Rothrock Realty Team can set up tours across several subdivisions in one afternoon and help you judge what a fair offer looks like on each.

Schools, ZIP codes and commute

East Central ISD serves most listings, with San Antonio ISD covering a good share closer to the city, so check the district by address. ZIP 78222 has the most homes for sale, followed by 78263, 78220, 78101 and 78219. JBSA-Fort Sam Houston is about 7 miles away and JBSA-Randolph about 10, which keeps the area on the list for military families. US 87 and I-10 are the usual routes into town.

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