LEON VALLEY, TX—There are several planned and ongoing business expansions that will add new jobs during the coming years. Call centers and manufacturing jobs are growing, and have become major sources of employment in the past 20 years, according to information provided by the San Antonio Economic Development Department.
Providing a significant impact is the concentration of medical service-related jobs in the San Antonio Medical District area. Other businesses are in the service industry, retail and wholesale, healthcare, and finance, insurance and real estate industry. Two of the area's largest employers, USAA Insurance and the San Antonio Port Authority are short commutes from Leon Valley.
Nielsen Claritas estimates that the metro's population rose 1.3% annually from 2010 through 2016, and projects that it will increase 1.3% per year to 179,027 by 2021. The metro area is expected to gain 965 households including 424 renters annually through 2021, GlobeSt.com learns.
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
