GETTING AROUND
Downtown Austin is less than two miles from the center of Bouldin Creek, and that distance is walkable or bikeable for a meaningful portion of residents depending on their destination. By car, Congress Avenue Bridge or South First Street puts you in the central business district in five to eight minutes with no traffic, and ten to fifteen minutes during peak hours. It is one of the shortest downtown commutes of any residential neighborhood in Austin. Lady Bird Lake and the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail are accessible on foot from most addresses in the neighborhood without crossing a major road. Barton Springs Pool and Zilker Park are a five to ten minute bike ride. UT Austin is a ten to twelve minute drive. Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is roughly twenty minutes via South Congress to Highway 71. The Domain is thirty to thirty-five minutes north in light traffic. What Bouldin Creek offers in terms of proximity to downtown and the lake is matched by almost nothing in Austin at any price point.
WHO LIVES HERE
Bouldin Creek has approximately 5,500 to 6,000 residents across roughly 2,700 households. The profile has shifted significantly over the past two decades as home prices have moved from working-class affordable to among the highest per square foot in the city. The neighborhood today is a mix of longtime residents who bought or rented years ago and have stayed through multiple cycles of appreciation, younger professionals and couples who stretched their budgets to land in 78704, and a growing contingent of families who prioritize walkability, school choice, and urban proximity over square footage and yard space. Creative professionals, technology workers, physicians, architects, and attorneys all make up a visible slice of the population. The median household income is well above the Austin average.
The Keep Austin Weird ethos was not invented in Bouldin Creek, but it was lived here for decades before it became a marketing slogan. The colorful houses, the front yard vegetable gardens, the chickens in the backyard, the murals on the commercial buildings, the independent businesses that have held their ground on South First while the city changed around them, all of it reflects a community that has had a strong point of view about what it wants to be for a very long time. That identity has survived rising prices, new construction, and every wave of newcomers, because it is embedded in the physical fabric of the neighborhood in a way that is genuinely difficult to undo.
For buyers who want to walk to Lady Bird Lake in the morning, bike to dinner on South First Street in the evening, and drive to downtown Austin in under ten minutes on a bad day, Bouldin Creek is the address. The lots are smaller than what you find in the hill country neighborhoods. The houses are older and often need work. The price per square foot is among the highest in the city. None of that has slowed demand, because what Bouldin Creek offers cannot be replicated anywhere else in Austin at any price. You either live here or you wish you did.
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Average Days on Market
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83
Average List Price
Active
$1,302,133
Average List Price
Pending
$1,228,358
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