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The median Travis CAD living area runs from 1,246 sq ft in 78721 to 3,679 in 78730. Where houses differ most, and how to check the number on one.
We timed 482,215 home parcels in five counties to five big employers. Only 19,784 are within 30 minutes of both Tesla and Samsung's Taylor fab.
FEMA records show 324 flood insurance claims in ZIP 78744 in 2013. Federal policies there fell from 483 to 187 since. What that means if you're buying.
227,024 Travis County workers worked from home in 2020-24, 30.2% of the total. How that, and commute length, varies across five Austin-area counties.
Austin issued 825 residential foundation repair permits from Jan. 1 to Oct. 9, 2026, against 557 a year earlier. Where they cluster and what to ask a seller.
CapMetro's new weekday Red Line schedule drops two morning trains and moves the last northbound train to 7:42 p.m. What it means if you live on the line.
Sixty of 729 Hyde Park parcels touch FEMA's high-risk zone. The city's drainage fix for the area costs over $100 million and is not in the Nov. 3 bond.
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