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West Lake Hills is a small town of 3,285 people in Travis County, Texas. It's about 4 miles from Austin, TX. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.7M and rent runs about $4k a month.
3,285people
$1.7MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
95° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
262Sunny days
86Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,285
- Part of a metro area
- About 914 people per sq mi
- 4 mi to Austin, TX
- 4 mi to Austin, TX
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.7M (≈$10k/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $198k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% 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
- 86 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 28 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (213 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (2,922 per 100k)
People
- Median age 50
- 39% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 77% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 11 mi to AUS airport
- 11 mi to AUS (major hub)
- 4 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1992
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 945 ft
- 129 mi to the ocean
- 191 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 60 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,480 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 317 bars within 25 mi
- 608 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 27 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 39 museums within 25 mi
- 48 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 31% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 3 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