44fit
Hyde Park
$2K median rent
Streetcar bungalows, porches, and a grocery you can walk to. The classic first stop for people who want central without downtown noise.
Family streetsWalk 9Safety 84
Austin/Mueller
41fit
Mueller
Official planning area: Robert Mueller Municipal Airport
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · APD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
A planned town on the old airport: alleys, a lake loop, and a grocery at the center. Newer bones, family default.
Best in Austin for familiesWalkable AustinUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
5
39 violent · 647 property · 75.6 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)-45 vs city set
Schools
87
Rating 8.4 / 10 nearby+33 vs city set
Walk
20
OSM: 4 groceries · 4 cafes · 28 transit · 43 parks+2 vs city set
Cost
100
$2,015 ACS median vs your rent budget+3 vs city set
Vibe
22
OSM: 4 cafes · 34 restaurants · 2 bars · 43 parks+8 vs city set
Commute to work
From Mueller, a typical weekday is 19 min to Downtown, 17 min to UT campus, 25 min to The Domain. Not live traffic.
UT campus is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
19 min
Rainey, Sixth, Capitol · -1 min vs the city-set median
UT campus
17 min
Forty Acres · -3 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
The Domain
25 min
North Burnet tech · -1 min vs the city-set median
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 $2,015 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 22% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($112K) could “afford” about $2,789 a month at 30% of pay.
54% of households rent. Median home value is $702,959.
ACS median rent
$2,015
30% income budget
$2,789
Rent / income
22%
Median home
$702,959
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Austin city. Up 71% since 2014. Mueller is 17% 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: 4 groceries, 4 cafes, 43 parks, and 28 transit stops.
A grocery run on foot is possible; some trips will still need a ride. Parks are close — 43 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (28 stops or stations).
4 cafes and 34 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Austin set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 8 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
9,075
Median age
33.9
Median income
$112K
Renters
54%
Bachelor+
82%
Violent / 1k
4.3
Property / 1k
71.3
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 2 census tracts · APD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-08-31
Family streetsPlanned
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.
Mueller is a master-planned town on the old municipal airport: alleys, a lake loop, a grocery at the center, and a farmers market that actually functions as one. Zillow flags it for families because of that layout and nearby schools such as Kealing and McCallum. The housing is new on purpose — denser than Allandale, more organized than East Cesar Chavez.
Walkability is the pitch, and inside the loop it holds. The edges still dump you onto Airport Boulevard and I-35. If you want a neighborhood that was designed rather than discovered, this is the one. If you want 1920s bungalows and a weird commercial strip, look at Hyde Park or North Loop instead.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, 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.
122 reports
- Code Officer20
- Parking Violation Enforcement11
- Compost11
- AE Street Light Issue - Address8
- Garbage7
- Debris in Street
- Alley & Unpaved Street Maintenance
- Bulk
- Shared Micromobility
- Parking Violation Enforcement
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.
In r/Austin lately: parks and lost-and-found.
- Lost ring at Mueller Park
r/Austin · Aug 30 · 49 upvotes · 6 comments
The line above is a reading of the titles, not a verdict. Up to 3 links, last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Mueller safe?
Mueller shows more Part I than most of this Austin set (safety 5 vs city 50). APD logged 4.3 violent and 71.3 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 75.6 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Mueller?
ACS median rent is $2,015 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 54% of households rent. Median home value is $702,959. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Mueller walkable?
Walk is 20 here vs 18 for the Austin set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 4 groceries, 4 cafes, 28 transit stops, 43 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Mueller good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.4 / 10. Median age is 33.9. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Mueller?
19 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 Mueller?
About 9,075 people. Median income $112K. 82% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Mueller?
Central East Austin, Windsor Park, Hyde Park sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official planning areas, start with Mueller vs Central East Austin.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Mueller vs Central East AustinMueller vs Windsor ParkMueller vs Hyde Park
43fit
Central East Austin
$2K median rent
East of I-35, north of Cesar Chavez. Rapid change, strong food, mixed housing, and a walk to downtown.
NightlifeWalk 29Safety 58
36fit
Hancock
$2K median rent
Between campus and Hyde Park. Golf course, student spillover, and a short walk to the Forty Acres.
Near UTWalk 9Safety 47
33fit
Windsor Park
$2K median rent
Northeast of Mueller. More house for the money, fewer cafes, a straight shot down Airport Blvd.
Family streetsWalk 14Safety 37
31fit
East Cesar Chavez
$3K median rent
East of the highway, still close enough to walk downtown. Music, murals, and a nightlife score that is not subtle.
NightlifeWalk 20Safety 16