West Austin Homes for Sale

West Austin covers the hills, canyons and lake frontage west of downtown, and it is less a single place than a collection of neighborhoods that share terrain and little else. Listings across the region currently run from roughly $1 million to $20 million, on lots ranging from a quarter acre to more than ten. What varies from one pocket to the next is not just price but school district, city jurisdiction, ZIP code and commute, and those differences matter more here than in most parts of the metro. [Read more about West Austin...]

West Austin Real Estate Listings

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7210 Smokey Hill Road

$495,000

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1678 Sqft, 0.25 Acres
Residential
Land Home And Ranch Realty

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4404 Travis Country Circle G4

$485,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1172 Sqft, 0.14 Acres
Residential
Dobbs Real Estate & Investment

NEW

8304 Moccasin Path

$485,000

Austin, TX
4 Bed, 2 Bath, 1590 Sqft, 0.31 Acres
Residential
Keller Williams Realty

8308 Hanbridge Lane

$475,000

Austin, TX
4 Bed, 3 Bath, 2220 Sqft, 0.29 Acres
Residential
Austin Rock City Realty

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8501 Selway Drive

$464,900

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 3 Bath, 1582 Sqft, 0.15 Acres
Residential
Boozer Team Realty

8407 Red Willow Drive

$460,000

Austin, TX
4 Bed, 3 Bath, 2129 Sqft, 0.16 Acres
Residential
Bramlett Partners

REDUCED

1504b Allen Road

$445,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1030 Sqft, 0.07 Acres
Residential
Proper Management

4620 W William Cannon Drive 60

$439,000

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 3 Bath, 1397 Sqft, 0.13 Acres
Residential
Zilker Properties Of Austin

8405 Fenton Drive

$419,500

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1596 Sqft, 0.17 Acres
Residential
Weichert-barton Harris & Co

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8400 Spring Valley Drive

$415,000

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 3 Bath, 1559 Sqft, 0.17 Acres
Residential
Coldwell Banker Realty

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8421 Spring Valley Drive

$414,000

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 3 Bath, 1478 Sqft, 0.18 Acres
Residential
Aus10 Realty

6705 Covered Bridge Drive 2

$410,000

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 3 Bath, 1982 Sqft, 0.21 Acres
Residential
Outlaw Realty

NEW

8813 Mountain Shadows Cove A

$395,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 3 Bath, 1564 Sqft, 0.17 Acres
Residential
Austin Homes Realty

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1741 Spyglass Drive 2-104

$389,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 938 Sqft, 0.07 Acres
Residential
Austin X Boston Properties Inc

6705 Covered Bridge Drive 10

$375,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1497 Sqft, 0.21 Acres
Residential
Stanberry Realtors

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501 W 26th Street 108

$374,900

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1040 Sqft, 0.02 Acres
Residential
Keller Williams Realty

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8909 Mountain Shadows Cove B

$369,900

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 3 Bath, 1404 Sqft, 0.18 Acres
Residential
All City Real Estate Ltd. Co

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6705 Covered Bridge Drive 24

$365,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1497 Sqft, 0.21 Acres
Residential
Kuper Sotheby's Int'l Realty

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7701 Rialto Boulevard 124

$355,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1456 Sqft, 0.1 Acres
Residential
Jbgoodwin Realtors Nw

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1741 Spyglass Drive 1-127

$350,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 894 Sqft, 0.07 Acres
Residential
Compass Re Texas, Llc

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1741 Spyglass Drive 1-223

$350,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 894 Sqft, 0.07 Acres
Residential
Christies Intl Real Estate Lone Star

7701 Rialto Boulevard 1323

$298,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1359 Sqft, 0.09 Acres
Residential
Atxpg

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7701 Rialto Boulevard 1326

$289,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1359 Sqft, 0.09 Acres
Residential
Compass Re Texas, Llc

1707 Spyglass Drive 47

$242,000

Austin, TX
1 Bed, 1 Bath, 809 Sqft, 0.07 Acres
Residential
Sky Realty

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6718 Silvermine Drive 302

$190,500

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1072 Sqft, 0.05 Acres
Residential
Soldiers Of Real Estate

6718 Silvermine Drive 704

$157,500

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1072 Sqft, 0.05 Acres
Residential
Pure Realty

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6718 Silvermine Drive 103

$135,000

Austin, TX
2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1072 Sqft, 0.05 Acres
Residential
Keller Williams Realty

8212 Barton Club Drive 9-10

$32,000

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 4 Bath, 2660 Sqft, 0.25 Acres
Residential
Sky Realty

8212 Barton Club Drive 11-5

$32,000

Austin, TX
3 Bed, 4 Bath, 2660 Sqft, 0.25 Acres
Residential
Sky Realty

6500 Conifer Cove

 

Austin, TX
4 Bed, 4 Bath, 3272 Sqft, 1 Acre
Residential
Linda S Wisthuff

West Austin, Texas Lifestyle

What West Austin Covers

There is no official boundary. As the term is generally used in this market, West Austin runs from the western edge of central Austin out toward the Travis County line, bounded loosely by Lake Austin and the Colorado River on the north and by the Barton Creek corridor and Highway 290 on the south. In practice that takes in ZIP codes 78746, 78733, 78735 and 78738, two incorporated cities, and large stretches of unincorporated Travis County.

The terrain is the common thread. This is Balcones Escarpment country, steep limestone ridges cut by creek canyons and covered in live oak and cedar. It is why lots are large and irregular, why so many homes have long views, why roads wind rather than grid, and why buildable land has grown scarce enough that teardown rebuilds are now a routine part of the market.

Neighborhoods by Area

Closest in, on the Austin side of Loop 360, are West Lake Hills and Rollingwood, both incorporated cities with their own governments, along with Lost Creek, Woods of Westlake and Las Lomas. These are the shortest commutes to downtown and generally the smaller lots.

North toward the water sit Davenport Ranch and Westview on Lake Austin, where water-access and boat-slip properties trade at a substantial premium over comparable inland homes. The region's dedicated waterfront enclaves — and dock-to-dock listings along the whole shoreline — are collected on our Lake Austin page.

West along Bee Cave Road are Seven Oaks, Rob Roy, Senna Hills, Barton Creek West and Bee Cave Woods, mostly acre-plus lots in 78733. The Cuernavaca corridor drops north from Bee Cave Road to the lake there, where Austin Lake Estates and its neighboring plats form the region's established entry price point. South of them, Barton Creek is the largest single community in the region, built around four golf courses and the Omni resort.

Farther out, Spanish Oaks sits at the region's western edge in Bee Cave, master planned and gated, and in a different school district than the neighborhoods closer in — the single most common source of confusion for buyers searching the region as one unit. Vacant land across the region is collected on our West Austin lots page.

The Outdoors

Two lakes anchor the region. Lake Austin is a constant-level stretch of the Colorado River along the northern edge, dependable year-round for boating and paddling in a way fluctuating reservoirs are not, with public launches at the Loop 360 ramp below the Pennybacker Bridge and at Emma Long Metropolitan Park. Lake Travis lies beyond the western edge and does fluctuate, which matters for anyone weighing waterfront on one against the other.

On land, the Barton Creek Greenbelt runs southeast through the region with trailheads, swimming holes and climbing walls along its length. The Barton Creek Habitat Preserve protects a much larger tract as part of the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve system, though access there is restricted rather than open like the greenbelt. Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve offers 227 acres and roughly two and a half miles of trails off Capital of Texas Highway, with reservations required on weekends. Zilker Park and Barton Springs Pool sit just east of the region and are a short drive from most of it.

Schools

West Austin is served by three separate school districts, and this is where descriptions of the region most often go wrong. Statements that West Austin is an Eanes ISD area are incorrect and have been for as long as the region has been defined this broadly.

Eanes ISD covers West Lake Hills, Rollingwood, Lost Creek and much of 78746 and 78733, including Seven Oaks, Rob Roy, Davenport Ranch and the Cuernavaca corridor. Austin ISD covers most of Barton Creek and much of 78735. Lake Travis ISD covers Bee Cave and 78738, including Spanish Oaks.

Barton Creek deserves specific mention because it is described inconsistently almost everywhere. Despite frequent claims that it is an Eanes ISD community, the great majority of Barton Creek is zoned to Austin ISD, with only a small portion in Eanes. Barton Creek West, confusingly, is a separate community in a different ZIP code with a different assignment.

Eanes ISD itself operates five elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. Its elementary count changed in 2025, when the board voted to close Valley View Elementary and consolidate its students into Barton Creek Elementary. Descriptions naming six Eanes elementaries are out of date.

One more reason sources disagree: the label itself travels. Some guides carry "West Austin" north across the river into the Ranch Road 2222 and 620 corridor — Leander ISD country, covered on our Northwest Austin page — and others stretch it down the 290 West corridor, where much of the territory belongs to Dripping Springs ISD and our Southwest Austin page. On this site, West Austin means the south bank of Lake Austin and the Colorado River.

District boundaries here do not follow city limits, ZIP codes or subdivision names, and attendance zones change. Confirm the current assignment with the district by street address before relying on it.

Getting Around, Shopping and Clubs

Loop 360, the Capital of Texas Highway, is the spine of the region, with Bee Cave Road carrying the east-west traffic across it. Terrain limits how many routes exist, so travel times depend heavily on which corridor an address sits near rather than on distance to downtown.

Retail clusters at a handful of points: the Westlake centers along Loop 360 and Bee Cave Road, Barton Creek Square near the southern end, and the Hill Country Galleria west in Bee Cave.

Two private clubs anchor neighborhoods in the region. Austin Country Club occupies roughly 180 acres in Davenport Ranch on the south bank of the Colorado River, just below the Pennybacker Bridge. Founded in 1899, it is among the oldest clubs in Texas, moved to its present site in 1984 on a Pete Dye layout, and hosted the WGC Match Play from 2016 through 2023. Barton Creek Country Club operates four courses on Barton Club Drive along with tennis and fitness facilities, and the adjoining Omni Barton Creek Resort and Spa is open to the public. Membership terms, initiation costs and dues are set by each club and change over time, so confirm them directly rather than assuming a home purchase conveys access.

For Buyers

Searching West Austin as a single unit will mislead you. The region spans four ZIP codes, two incorporated cities, unincorporated county land and three school districts, and a filter set for any one of those will hide most of the rest. Search by map, or by the specific neighborhood, rather than by a regional label.

Regional price statistics are close to meaningless here for the same reason. A median that blends a condo near Bee Cave Road with an eleven-acre waterfront estate describes nothing either buyer or seller can act on. Comparables should come from the same neighborhood, the same district and ideally the same street.

Carrying costs vary more than list prices suggest. Some neighborhoods sit inside a city with municipal taxes and others do not, some have master and sub-association dues stacked on each other, some carry mandatory club memberships, and wastewater ranges from city sewer to private septic depending on the address. Two homes priced identically can carry very different monthly and annual obligations.

Buildable land is genuinely scarce, and on this terrain slope, tree cover, impervious cover limits and jurisdiction all constrain what fits on a lot. If a rebuild is part of the plan, establish the buildable envelope before committing rather than after.

Verify all of it against your specific street address rather than any general description of the region, including this one.

By: Jim Olenbush
Area information last updated: September 2026