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Cottonwood Shores is a small town of 1,859 people in Burnet County, Texas. It's about 38 miles from Austin, TX. Summer highs average 96°F and winter highs 62°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $264k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,859people
$264kTypical home
$1,224/moRent
96° / 62°Summer / winter
0"Snow
266Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,859
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,736 people per sq mi
- 38 mi to Austin, TX
- 38 mi to Austin, TX
- 25 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $264k (≈$1,665/mo)
- Median rent $1,224/mo
- Median household income $63k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 96°F
- Winter highs around 62°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 266 sunny days a year (132 totally clear)
- 99 cloudy days a year
- 30 of 90 winter days are gray
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 12 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (122 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (652 per 100k)
People
- Median age 35
- 37% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 46 mi to GRK airport
- 47 mi to AUS (major hub)
- 39 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2004
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 850 ft
- 161 mi to the ocean
- 167 mi to a big lake
- 28 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 20 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 120 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- 45 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 11 museums within 25 mi
- 7 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 15 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 41% of Texas districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 20 mi to the nearest dog park
- 10 congregations per 10k people
- 31 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Burnet County: R+56 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk