48fit
Brentwood
$2K median rent
Bungalows between Crestview and Hyde Park. Slightly more cafes than Allandale, slightly less polish than Rosedale.
Family streetsWalk 19Safety 89
Austin/Allandale
47fit
Allandale
Official planning area: Allandale
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · APD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
North-central lawns and a quieter night. You will drive more; you will hear less.
Best in Austin for familiesWalkable AustinUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
100
18 violent · 346 property · 25.7 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)+50 vs city set
Schools
73
Rating 8.0 / 10 nearby+19 vs city set
Walk
10
OSM: 6 groceries · 1 cafes · 39 transit · 4 parks-8 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,741 ACS median vs your rent budget+3 vs city set
Vibe
2
OSM: 1 cafes · 26 restaurants · 2 bars · 4 parks-12 vs city set
Commute to work
From Allandale, a typical weekday is 28 min to Downtown, 23 min to UT campus, 20 min to The Domain. Not live traffic.
The Domain is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
28 min
Rainey, Sixth, Capitol · +8 min vs the city-set median
UT campus
23 min
Forty Acres · +3 min vs the city-set median
The Domain
20 min
North Burnet tech · -6 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $1,741 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 15% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($136K) could “afford” about $3,392 a month at 30% of pay.
34% of households rent. Median home value is $805,814.
ACS median rent
$1,741
30% income budget
$3,392
Rent / income
15%
Median home
$805,814
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Austin city. Up 71% since 2014. Allandale is 1% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official planning area: 6 groceries, 1 cafe, 4 parks, and 39 transit stops.
A grocery run on foot is possible; some trips will still need a ride. 4 parks show up in the same walk. Transit is dense (39 stops or stations).
1 cafes and 26 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Austin set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 15 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
14,197
Median age
43.9
Median income
$136K
Renters
34%
Bachelor+
78%
Violent / 1k
1.3
Property / 1k
24.4
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 3 census tracts · APD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-08-31
Family streets
Crime is APD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
North-central Allandale is mid-century ranches under mature oaks — Zillow’s 2026 quiet-living list puts it next to Brentwood and Hyde Park for a reason. The neighborhood association is active, the parks are school-adjacent, and the night is actually quiet. You will drive more than in Hyde Park. You will hear less.
Burnet Road is the errand spine; it is useful, not charming. Families who aged out of condos downtown land here for yards and AISD options. Nightlife is a short drive south, which is the whole deal: central enough, suburban on purpose.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
Reported here lately
City 311 service requests in this official unit, last 14 days. This is what neighbors filed with the city — not a chat thread, and not part of the fit score.
181 reports
- Code Officer26
- Parking Violation Enforcement16
- Traffic Signal - Maintenance16
- Garbage13
- Compost11
- Parking Violation Enforcement
- Traffic Signal - Maintenance
- Park Maintenance - Grounds Electrical Issues
- Code Officer
- Dig Tess
City of Austin 311 public data, last 14 days. Mapped to Neighborhood Planning Areas. No street addresses stored. Method.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/Austin that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
No r/Austin posts in this snapshot mentioned Allandale.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Allandale safe?
Allandale sits on the quieter side of this Austin map (safety 100 vs city 50). APD logged 1.3 violent and 24.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 25.7 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Allandale?
ACS median rent is $1,741 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 34% of households rent. Median home value is $805,814. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Allandale walkable?
Walk is 10 here vs 18 for the Austin set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 6 groceries, 1 cafes, 39 transit stops, 4 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Allandale good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.0 / 10. Median age is 43.9. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Allandale?
28 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Allandale?
About 14,197 people. Median income $136K. 78% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Allandale?
Rosedale, Crestview, Brentwood sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official planning areas, start with Allandale vs Rosedale.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Allandale vs RosedaleAllandale vs CrestviewAllandale vs Brentwood
46fit
Crestview
$2K median rent
North central, Red Line adjacent, with a younger mix than Allandale next door.
Family streetsWalk 13Safety 95
42fit
Rosedale
$1K median rent
Medical-center adjacent, walkable groceries, and a calmer read than Hyde Park on a Saturday night.
Family streetsWalk 4Safety 68
37fit
North Burnet
$2K median rent
The Domain lives here: offices, apartments, and a mall you can pretend is a downtown. Car-first around the edges.
PlannedWalk 21Safety 11
34fit
Old West Austin
$3K median rent
Clarksville cottages west of downtown. Close to the lake trail, quieter than Rainey, priced like it.
WaterfrontFamily streetsWalk 0Safety 53