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Austin · Lake Houston

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Twenty-one neighborhoods on the Austin side, seven on the Lake Houston side, and the guides that cover each. Start with an address if you have one, or with the maps if you don’t.

Address lookup is being built. It will return the flood zone, the water district and the full tax stack for a specific address, from public records. School attendance is not included, and the reason is in the schools guide. Until then, the maps below are the way in.

Austin

Austin market mapSixteen Austin-area communities on a lattice of six highways, with the Colorado River chain traced from NHD: Lake Travis in the north-west with Lakeway on its shore, Lake Austin running south-east under Loop 360 past Westlake, Town Lake through downtown, Decker Lake east of the interstate, and the lower river meandering south-east to Bastrop. I-35 is the eastern spine with Georgetown and Round Rock on it; MoPac the western spine ending at Manchaca; US-183 the diagonal from Leander through Cedar Park; US-290 the east-west row from Dripping Springs through Manor and Elgin; TX-71 from Bee Caves to Bastrop. Wimberley is the southernmost place, Taylor the north-eastern.DowntownTarrytownClarksvilleCrestviewNorthwest HillsAllandaleRosedaleWindsor ParkThe EastsideHollyTravis CountryBartonHillsZilkerBouldinCircle CSteiner RanchGreat HillsSouth AustinWestlakeEastRiversideTravis Heights

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Guides for this market

Lake Houston

Lake Houston market mapKingwood Drive, US-59, FM 1960 and West Lake Houston Parkway form a rectangle with Kingwood at its north-east corner, Humble at its south-west and Atascocita at its south-east. The West Fork of the San Jacinto River runs west to east through the middle of that rectangle and is crossed twice. The East Fork comes down the eastern side, and the two meet at the head of Lake Houston, which runs south. Eagle Springs, Summerwood and Fall Creek lie south of the rectangle. FM 1960 carries on east from Atascocita, over a bridge across Lake Houston, to Huffman on the far shore, which is the easternmost place on the map.KingwoodHumbleAtascocitaEagle SpringsSummerwoodFall CreekHuffman

Communities

Guides for this market

  • Sand Creek and Green Tree

    Sand Creek and Green Tree, Kingwood's sister villages. What separates them, what they share, and which elementary each one tracks to.

  • Kingwood

    What Kingwood is actually like, village by village, from someone who lives here. Trails, schools, the country club, and why it doesn't compare to anywhere else.

  • Fosters Mill

    What Fosters Mill is actually like: the Deerwood Club, the price range, and an honest read on flood risk by street.

  • River Chase

    River Chase, at the east end of Kingwood. The north/south split, the trails, the schools, and an honest note on the floodplain.

  • Reading MUD Taxes in the Lake Houston Area

    What a municipal utility district is, what the state makes a seller disclose, and how to read the rate on one specific address.

  • Reading Flood Risk in the Lake Houston Area

    FEMA maps, what changed after Harvey, how the reservoirs actually work, and how to read the risk on one specific address.

Hand-drawn map of the corridor between Austin and Houston, with Lake Houston and Kingwood at the eastern end.
The corridor, Austin to Lake Houston