Downtown: 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
Howdy, Ags! Compare the commute to your new job and the places you want to spend time after work. Alumni connections can help, but apartment fit is personal.
Our eligible catalog currently includes 17 apartment communities in this area, including 13 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: Social Life, Meeting Singles, Nightlife, Walkability, Restaurants, Coffee. These are comparative ratings, not objective guarantees or independently verified safety statistics.
Social Hot Fire: Downtown
Grant's neighborhood social ratings from the existing area scoring system:
- Social Life: 9/10
- Meeting Singles: 10/10
- 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
- 7/10
- Social Life
- 9/10
- Meeting Singles
- 10/10
- Nightlife
- 10/10
- Walkability
- 9/10
- Restaurants
- 8/10
- Coffee
- 8/10
- Outdoors / Fitness
- 5/10
- Quietness
- 3/10
- 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
16 of the listed communities have dated rent snapshots. Historical prices are not live availability; check each property page and confirm current quotes with leasing.
- 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
- 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
- Railyard — 201 East 4th Street, Austin
- Seven — 615 West 7th St., Austin
- Sienna at the Thompson — 501 Brazos St, 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
Plan your search
Start with your work location, commute tolerance, budget and lifestyle preferences. Compare property-specific amenities and confirm prices, availability and tour arrangements directly with leasing offices.