Walnut Creek Park

Austin, TX

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Walnut Creek Park - Austin, TX Area Guide

The ideal neighborhood for outdoor living

Parks Hiking Mountain Biking Commutes University

Having Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park as your backyard makes living in Austin an extra-special treat. This park covers 293 acres and has 15 miles of hiking trails. It also features a playground, a swimming pool, ball fields, picnic areas, a BMX trail, and an off-leash trail for dogs. When you want to get outside – whether it is for a hike, a mountain bike ride, an afternoon picnic, or to watch the animals – this park has it all.

The neighborhoods that wrap around Walnut Creek Park include Tanglewild Estates, River Oak Lake Estates, Oak Ridge, North Park Estates, Village at Walnut Creek, Eubank Acres, and Walnut Forest. Walnut Creek Park provides the natural beauty and the cozy suburban communities you want, all nicely arranged just about 10 miles north of Downtown Austin. Students attending the University of Texas at Austin can get there in less than 15 minutes by taking I-35.

Rent Trends

As of April 2026, the average apartment rent in Walnut Creek Park is $1,158 for one bedroom, $1,566 for two bedrooms, and $1,785 for three bedrooms. Apartment rent in Walnut Creek Park has decreased by -4.7% in the past year.

  • 1 BR

  • 691 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,158/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 1,063 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,566/month

    Average Rent

  • 3 BR

  • 1,307 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,785/month

    Average Rent

Getting Around

Fairly Walkable

Walkability

40 / 100

Limited Public Transit

Transit

20 / 100

Very Drivable

Drivability

80 / 100

Exceptionally Bikeable

Bikeability

90 / 100

Daily Essentials

No Supermarkets Within a 30 Minute Walk

Groceries

10 / 100

Fair Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

50 / 100

Limited Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

30 / 100

Good Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

60 / 100

Recreation

Large Amount of Park Space Nearby

Parks

70 / 100

Limited Wellness Amenity Variety Nearby

Wellness

30 / 100

Local Vibe

Mostly Calm Atmosphere

Vibrancy

20 / 100

Limited Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

20 / 100

Not Noisy

Quiet Score

100 / 100

Points of Interest

Parks and Recreation

  • Walnut Creek Park
  • Balcones District Park
  • Copperfield Nature Trail and Park
  • The Stephen F. Austin Planetarium
  • Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms

Commuter Rail

Airports

  • Austin-Bergstrom International

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in February 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.