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
Compare building-specific services, accessibility and amenities before choosing a tower.
Our eligible catalog currently includes 23 apartment communities in this area, including 23 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
20 of the listed communities have dated rent snapshots. Historical prices are not live availability; check each property page and confirm current quotes with leasing.
- 415 Colorado — 415 Colorado St, Austin
- 700 River — 700 River St, Austin
- Alexan Waterloo — 700 E 11th St, Austin
- AMLI on 2nd — 421 W 3rd St, Austin
- Ashton Austin — 101 Colorado St, Austin
- Avenir — 1109 N Interstate 35, Austin
- Bosque Residences — 98 Red River Street, 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
- Seven — 615 West 7th St., Austin
- Sienna at the Thompson — 501 Brazos St, Austin
- Skyhouse Austin — 51 Rainey St, Austin
- The Bowie — 311 Bowie St, Austin
- The Catherine — 214 Barton Springs Rd, Austin
- The Modern Austin Residences — 610 Davis St, Austin
- The Quincy — 91 Red River St, Austin
- The Residences at ATX Tower — 321 W 6th St, Austin
- The Travis — 80 Red River St, Austin
- The Waller — 1104 Sabine Street, Austin
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