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/Rosedale
42fit
Rosedale
Official planning area: Rosedale
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · APD Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · OSM Aug 2026 · updated Sep 2026
Medical-center adjacent, walkable groceries, and a calmer read than Hyde Park on a Saturday night.
Best in Austin for familiesWalkable AustinUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
68
9 violent · 89 property · 36.5 per 1k (Sep 2025 – Aug 2026)+18 vs city set
Schools
90
Rating 8.5 / 10 nearby+36 vs city set
Walk
4
OSM: 0 groceries · 7 cafes · 30 transit · 9 parks-14 vs city set
Cost
100
$1,469 ACS median vs your rent budget+3 vs city set
Vibe
5
OSM: 7 cafes · 20 restaurants · 2 bars · 9 parks-9 vs city set
Commute to work
From Rosedale, a typical weekday is 22 min to Downtown, 20 min to UT campus, 24 min to The Domain. Not live traffic.
UT campus is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
22 min
Rainey, Sixth, Capitol · +2 min vs the city-set median
UT campus
20 min
Forty Acres · at the city-set median · fastest of these three
The Domain
24 min
North Burnet tech · -2 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 $1,469 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 16% of median household income — under the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($108K) could “afford” about $2,700 a month at 30% of pay.
53% of households rent. Median home value is $980,700.
ACS median rent
$1,469
30% income budget
$2,700
Rent / income
16%
Median home
$980,700
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Austin city. Up 71% since 2014. Rosedale is 15% below 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: 0 groceries, 7 cafes, 9 parks, and 30 transit stops.
You will likely ride or drive for a weekly shop. Parks are close — 9 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (30 stops or stations).
7 cafes and 20 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Austin set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 0 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
2,686
Median age
35.3
Median income
$108K
Renters
53%
Bachelor+
86%
Violent / 1k
3.4
Property / 1k
33.1
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 1 census tract · 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.
Rosedale sits against the medical center: walkable groceries, 1930s–50s houses, and a Saturday that is quieter than Hyde Park’s. Central Austin guides group it with Clarksville for errands on foot without a scene. Nurses, UT staff, and families who want the inner city without Guadalupe’s student spillover.
You are near I-35 and 45th, so the edges hum. The interior blocks do not. Weight schools and safety; leave nightlife to North Loop and East Sixth. A car is optional for daily life and useful for everything north of 2222.
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.
85 reports
- Recycling15
- Parking Violation Enforcement13
- Garbage11
- Tree Issue Right of Way7
- Code Officer5
- Shared Micromobility
- View Obstruction and Fencing at Intersection
- Code Officer
- Shared Micromobility
- Recycling
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 Rosedale.
- La La Land soft opened in Rosedale
r/Austin · Jun 15 · 4 upvotes · 1 comment
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 Rosedale safe?
Rosedale is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 68 vs city 50). APD logged 3.4 violent and 33.1 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 36.5 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Rosedale?
ACS median rent is $1,469 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 53% of households rent. Median home value is $980,700. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Rosedale walkable?
Walk is 4 here vs 18 for the Austin set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 0 groceries, 7 cafes, 30 transit stops, 9 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Rosedale good for families?
The scores lean family relative to this city set. Nearby school rating is 8.5 / 10. Median age is 35.3. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Rosedale?
22 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 Rosedale?
About 2,686 people. Median income $108K. 86% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Rosedale?
Old West Austin, Allandale, Brentwood sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official planning areas, start with Rosedale vs Old West Austin.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Rosedale vs Old West AustinRosedale vs AllandaleRosedale vs Brentwood
47fit
Allandale
$2K median rent
North-central lawns and a quieter night. You will drive more; you will hear less.
Family streetsWalk 10Safety 100
46fit
Crestview
$2K median rent
North central, Red Line adjacent, with a younger mix than Allandale next door.
Family streetsWalk 13Safety 95
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
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