Living in Austin

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Austin is the 30th most walkable large city in the US with 790,390 residents.

Austin has some public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

The most walkable Austin neighborhoods are West Campus, University of Texas-Austin and North University.

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Austin is a Car-Dependent city

Most errands require a car.

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Electric Plant

Most errands require a car in Austin.

Austin is the 30th most walkable large city in the US with a Walk Score of 42.

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Austin Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	West Campus	92	65	94	15,358
2	University of Texas-Austin	89	72	93	8,338
3	North University	84	66	92	4,747
4	East Cesar Chavez	84	49	93	3,278
5	Central East Austin	84	53	85	4,372
6	Bouldin Creek	82	54	78	5,487
7	Holly	82	49	94	3,990
8	Hancock	79	60	90	5,001
9	Hyde Park	78	56	94	6,547
10	Chestnut	78	53	90	1,860
11	Zilker	75	47	82	5,772
12	Upper Boggy Creek	73	54	85	5,193
13	Dawson	71	49	67	2,634
14	Brentwood	70	54	83	7,409
15	Crestview	70	52	87	3,987
16	Rosedale	70	45	81	3,351
17	Rosewood	70	50	86	4,193
18	Greater South River City	69	52	75	6,490
19	Highland	69	56	86	4,057
20	North Loop	67	53	93	4,169
21	Wooten	64	49	74	5,345
22	Govalle	63	48	89	4,102
23	Riverside	63	52	66	12,008
24	North Shoal Creek	59	47	80	3,485
25	St. Johns	58	48	59	9,478
26	Windsor Road	57	43	79	2,978
27	Westgate	57	46	62	3,883
28	Old Enfield	57	39	79	1,180
29	West Congress	56	49	58	2,623
30	North Lamar	56	44	49	6,502
31	Sweetbriar	55	51	58	6,068
32	Windsor Park	55	45	66	14,662
33	St. Edwards	55	47	60	5,290
34	South Lamar	54	48	66	8,136
35	North Austin	54	45	61	27,911
36	Allandale	53	45	74	9,130
37	Garrison Park	53	42	65	10,723
38	Gateway	53	37	57	1,121
39	Galindo	51	46	57	3,511
40	South Manchaca	51	45	60	6,465
41	Georgian Acres	51	48	54	8,610
42	Coronado Hills	50	44	46	3,598
43	MLK	49	47	69	4,863
44	West Austin	45	32	60	10,514
45	North Burnet	45	40	59	4,931
46	Windsor Hills	42	31	41	7,102
47	Franklin Park	40	41	41	16,574
48	Barton Hills	36	34	49	8,019
49	East Congress	35	45	45	3,069
50	University Hills	35	41	34	4,662
51	Pleasant Valley	35	53	57	12,676
52	McKinney	32	36	32	4,517
53	Pecan Springs Springdale	30	40	40	4,875
54	MLK-183	29	41	50	7,799
55	Northwest Hills-Far West	25	18	21	4,545
56	Johnston Terrace	24	39	60	1,850
57	East Oak Hill	23	21	45	13,354
58	Village at Western Oaks	22	17	50	6,567
59	Circle C Ranch	17	8	39	7,391
60	West Oak Hill	14	18	27	16,911
61	Southeast Austin	12	29	30	2,322

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Average Home Features

According to HomeAdvisor Data, these characteristics make up the average home in Austin

Average square footage 2200

Homeowners have 3.4 bedrooms

Homeowners have 2.4 bathrooms

Age of home 23 years

Average time living in home 11 years

Check out HomeAdvisor’s Austin Home Happiness Survey.

Eating & Drinking

There are about 2,986 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Austin.

People in Austin can walk to an average of 1 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

Congress Avenue Kayaks

Torchy's Tacos

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thumbnail for Go Greene Automotive One of the coolest looking auto repair shops I've ever seen

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Austin has Some Transit

A few nearby public transportation options. Find Austin apartments for rent on Redfin.

Public Transit Routes

Austin has some public transportation and about 55 bus and 1 light rail lines.

Transit Time

The map above shows how far you can travel in 30 minutes from Austin on public transit.

Austin is Bikeable

Some bike infrastructure.

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Littlefield Fountain

Austin Rowing Club

Waller Creek Boathouse

Strange Brew Austin Coffee

Austin Java

Zocalo Cafe

thumbnail for Electric Plant Holly houses the trail, this power plant and an abundance of street art ... Some of which may not be innocent street art if you know what I mean

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Pease Park

Schlotzsky's

Barton Springs/Barton

Acacia Cliffs

thumbnail for Littlefield Fountain This iconic view of the Tower is what UT is famous for. The fountain is often off in the summer to conserve water, but when it's on, it's even more spectacular.

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Austin is Talking About...

El Alma

Butler Park at Town Lake Metropolitan Park

Pease Park

thumbnail for Austin Rowing Club Austin Rowing Club is a non-profit 501c3 organization dedicated to promoting the sport of rowing in Austin, Texas. ARC is a partner of the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department in the management of Waller Creek Boathouse. ARC offers a variety of low-cost and no-cost rowing programs for junior and adult rowers. Each year, ARC hosts three nationally recognized rowing events at Lady Bird Lake, and sends rowers to competitions all over the world.

Cyndy Stewart
on Austin Rowing Club

College & University Rentals

Apartments Near Parks

Apartments Near Austin Schools

Apartments Near Employers

Whole Foods Market Headquarters

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