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/North Burnet
37fit
North Burnet
Official planning area: North Burnet
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · APD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The Domain lives here: offices, apartments, and a mall you can pretend is a downtown. Car-first around the edges.
the domaindomain
Best in Austin for familiesWalkable AustinUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
11
32 violent · 769 property · 73.4 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)-39 vs city set
Schools
33
Rating 6.8 / 10 nearby-21 vs city set
Walk
21
OSM: 7 groceries · 15 cafes · 41 transit · 8 parks+3 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,904 ACS median vs your rent budget+3 vs city set
Vibe
21
OSM: 15 cafes · 78 restaurants · 10 bars · 8 parks+7 vs city set
Commute to work
From North Burnet, a typical weekday is 26 min to Downtown, 20 min to UT campus, 6 min to The Domain. Not live traffic.
The Domain is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
26 min
Rainey, Sixth, Capitol · +6 min vs the city-set median
UT campus
20 min
Forty Acres · at the city-set median
The Domain
6 min
North Burnet tech · -20 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 $1,904 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 27% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($85K) could “afford” about $2,136 a month at 30% of pay.
98% of households rent. Median home value is $420,000.
ACS median rent
$1,904
30% income budget
$2,136
Rent / income
27%
Median home
$420,000
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Austin city. Up 71% since 2014. North Burnet is 10% 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: 7 groceries, 15 cafes, 8 parks, and 41 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 8 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (41 stops or stations).
15 cafes and 78 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Austin set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 17 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
10,908
Median age
30.3
Median income
$85K
Renters
98%
Bachelor+
74%
Violent / 1k
2.9
Property / 1k
70.5
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 2 census tracts · APD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM 2026-08-31
Planned
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.
The Domain lives in North Burnet: offices, apartments, and a mall that pretends to be a downtown. ApartmentList’s young-professional guides still send tech workers here for MetroRail and jobs they can walk to after they drive onto the property. Around the edges it is still North Austin — parking lots, big roads, a car for anything off-campus.
If your office is here, the neighborhood solves the commute. If you want Austin’s trail-and-bungalow myth, this is the wrong map. Treat it as a job-center village with a train, not as a historic district with a grocery.
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.
69 reports
- Traffic Signal - Maintenance9
- Dig Tess7
- Code Officer6
- Water Conservation Violation5
- 311 E-Comm - Other5
- Construction Concerns in Right of Way
- Water Conservation Violation
- Water Conservation Violation
- Animal Protection - Assistance
- Animal Protection - Animal Proper Care
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.
One r/Austin post in this snapshot names North Burnet.
- Gyms in North Austin near the Domain
r/Austin · Aug 31 · 23 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 North Burnet safe?
North Burnet shows more Part I than most of this Austin set (safety 11 vs city 50). APD logged 2.9 violent and 70.5 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 73.4 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in North Burnet?
ACS median rent is $1,904 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 98% of households rent. Median home value is $420,000. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is North Burnet walkable?
Walk is 21 here vs 18 for the Austin set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 7 groceries, 15 cafes, 41 transit stops, 8 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is North Burnet good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.8 / 10. Median age is 30.3. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from North Burnet?
26 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 North Burnet?
About 10,908 people. Median income $85K. 74% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to North Burnet?
Crestview, North Loop, Brentwood sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official planning areas, start with North Burnet vs Crestview.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
North Burnet vs CrestviewNorth Burnet vs North LoopNorth Burnet vs Brentwood
46fit
Crestview
$2K median rent
North central, Red Line adjacent, with a younger mix than Allandale next door.
Family streetsWalk 13Safety 95
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
39fit
North Loop
$2K median rent
Vintage shops and renters just north of Hyde Park. Smaller lots, louder weekends.
NightlifeWalk 6Safety 84
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