Living in Point Venture, TX
Point Venture is a small town of 1,598 people in Travis County, Texas. It's about 16 miles from Austin, TX. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $503k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,598people
$503kTypical home
$2,250/moRent
95° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
262Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,598
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,867 people per sq mi
- 16 mi to Austin, TX
- 16 mi to Austin, TX
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $503k (≈$3,170/mo)
- Median rent $2,250/mo
- Median household income $111k
- Property tax about 1.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°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
- 22 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 56
- 20% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 55% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 36 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 24 mi to AUS airport
- 24 mi to AUS (major hub)
- 16 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2003
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 814 ft
- 140 mi to the ocean
- 182 mi to a big lake
- 13 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 55 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,498 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 319 bars within 25 mi
- 597 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 28 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 39 museums within 25 mi
- 50 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 12% of Texas districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 13 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 14 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 10 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