Living in Barton Creek, TX
Barton Creek is a small town of 3,440 people in Travis County, Texas. It's about 7 miles from Austin, TX. Summer highs average 96°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
3,440people
$2.0MTypical home
$2,268/moRent
96° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
262Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,440
- Part of a metro area
- About 702 people per sq mi
- 7 mi to Austin, TX
- 7 mi to Austin, TX
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $2,268/mo
- Median household income $204k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 96°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 262 sunny days a year (125 totally clear)
- 103 cloudy days a year
- 33 of 90 winter days are gray
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 25 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- About average violent crime (400 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,731 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 59
- 21% of households have kids
- 36% are 65 or older
- 70% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to AUS airport
- 14 mi to AUS (major hub)
- 7 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 74% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2005
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 827 ft
- 130 mi to the ocean
- 188 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 56 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,482 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 317 bars within 25 mi
- 603 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 27 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 40 museums within 25 mi
- 49 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 12% of Texas districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Travis County: D+39 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk