Downtown Austin: Austin neighborhood guide
Compare this area's location, lifestyle research, and available apartment options against your budget and usual commute. Neighborhood conditions and building offerings vary by street and property.
What to know about Downtown Austin
For a new job, use your actual office address and days in person to compare commute options. These independent suggestions do not imply employer endorsement.
Our eligible catalog currently includes 23 apartment communities in this area, including 15 categorized as high-rise. This is not a count of all apartments in the neighborhood.
In Grant's stored research, this area scores 8/10 or higher for: Safety, Social Life, Meeting Singles, Nightlife, Restaurants, Coffee. These are comparative ratings, not objective guarantees or independently verified safety statistics.
Social Hot Fire: Downtown Austin
Grant's neighborhood social ratings from the existing area scoring system:
- Social Life: 9/10
- Meeting Singles: 8/10
- Nightlife: 10/10
These are comparative ratings, not live counts of events, people, or venues. Unrated factors are not shown.
Grant's lifestyle research
- Safety
- 8/10
- Social Life
- 9/10
- Meeting Singles
- 8/10
- Nightlife
- 10/10
- Walkability
- 6/10
- Restaurants
- 8/10
- Coffee
- 8/10
- Outdoors / Fitness
- 5/10
- Quietness
- 5/10
- Value
- 5/10
Scores are local comparative assessments, not guarantees or current crime statistics. Missing factors are unrated, not zero.
Editorial assessments: Restaurants, Nightlife, Coffee, Safety, Social Life, Meeting Singles, Walkability, Outdoors / Fitness, Quietness, Value.
Apartments in Downtown Austin
22 of the listed communities have dated rent snapshots. Historical prices are not live availability; check each property page and confirm current quotes with leasing.
- 5th Street Commons — 1611 West 5th Street, Austin
- Alexan Waterloo — 700 E 11th St, Austin
- AMLI 300 — 300 North Lamar Blvd, Austin
- AMLI Downtown — 201 Lavaca St, Austin
- AMLI on 2nd — 421 W 3rd St, Austin
- Avenir — 1109 N Interstate 35, Austin
- Bridge at Eastside — 1000 San Marcos St, Austin
- Corazon — 1000 East 5th St, Austin
- Gables Park Tower — 111 Sandra Muraida Way, Austin
- Gables Republic Square — 401 Guadalupe St, Austin
- Hanover Brazos Street — 215 Brazos St, Austin
- Hanover Republic Square — 303 West 5th Street, Austin
- Northshore — 110 San Antonio St, Austin
- Paseo — 80 Rainey St, Austin
- Pressler — 507 Pressler St, Austin
- Railyard — 201 East 4th Street, Austin
- Seven — 615 West 7th St., Austin
- Sienna at the Thompson — 501 Brazos St, Austin
- The Catherine — 214 Barton Springs Rd, Austin
- The Quincy — 91 Red River St, Austin
- The Shoal — 827 W 12th St, Austin
- The Travis — 80 Red River St, Austin
- The Waller — 1104 Sabine Street, Austin
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