Learning through making and play
Thinkery describes interactive STEAM exhibits and hands-on activities designed around children’s curiosity. Its Meredith Learning Lab provides about 40,000 square feet of learning space.[1]
Austin ZIP code field guide 78723 East Austin
Travis County · #5 of 64 ZIPs in the 311 feed by all-time volume
Thinkery’s Meredith Learning Lab at 1830 Simond Avenue is a specific destination in 78723 for interactive learning. Check the location carefully: the organization also operates a Del Valle site with a different address.
The local field guide
78723: Thinkery’s hands-on learning in Mueller
Thinkery’s Meredith Learning Lab at 1830 Simond Avenue is a specific destination in 78723 for interactive learning. Check the location carefully: the organization also operates a Del Valle site with a different address.
3 linked sources · CheckedPrograms beyond general admission
The operator lists experiences such as Baby Bloomers, field trips and Family Night. These have their own arrangements, so choose the program before treating a general admission timetable as the answer.[1]
Two locations, different journeys
Thinkery’s visitor page lists Meredith Learning Lab in Austin and a separate site in Del Valle. Use 1830 Simond Avenue for the Mueller destination described here.[2]
Plan a little better
Before you go
- Read parking validation instructions
- The operator identifies specific nearby garages and a parking-account process for validation. Check the current instructions before parking instead of assuming any Mueller garage is included.[2]
- Check access and admission options
- The visitor page links accessibility information and reduced-admission programs. Review those options and eligibility directly when planning the visit.[2]
A few things to know
Which Thinkery address belongs to this ZIP?
Meredith Learning Lab is listed at 1830 Simond Avenue, Austin, TX 78723. Thinkery’s Del Valle location is a different campus.[2]
Does a ZIP code describe an exact neighborhood boundary?
No. Postal ZIP codes organize mail delivery. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are generalized statistical geographies, and neither should replace a neighborhood boundary or a specific park entrance.[3]
Sources & research notes
Local context is based on the sources below. Confirm current access, schedules, and reservations with the operator. Civic figures elsewhere on this page retain their own reporting periods.
- Thinkery | The premiere Children's Museum in Austin, Texasthinkeryaustin.org · Checked 2026-09-05
- Visit Thinkery - Thinkery Plan your visit to Thinkery!thinkeryaustin.org · Checked 2026-09-05
- ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs)U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-09-05
As of September 17, 2026, Austin ZIP code 78723 had 576 open 311 service requests and 162 open code enforcement cases, out of 27,197 311 requests and 3,976 code cases recorded there since March 9, 2017, according to City of Austin open data (datasets xwdj-i9he and 6wtj-zbtb). Austin Public Health has scored 189 restaurants and food facilities in 78723, with a median most-recent score of 93/100 and 17 currently below 80 as of August 24, 2026; 17 businesses with a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported $668,758 in alcohol sales here in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller data (dataset naix-2893).
Map of 78723
The 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78723, outlined against its 10 nearest neighbours, with 59 of the 189 inspected restaurants here — the most recently inspected ones carrying an exact geocode — plotted at their own coordinates and coloured by their most recent Austin Public Health score, newest August 24, 2026.
ZIP 78723Neighbouring ZIP (click for its page)Inspected 90 or aboveInspected 80–89Inspected Below 80
Boundary: 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78723, generalized for display. A ZCTA approximates the USPS delivery area — it is not the ZIP code itself, and nothing on this site assigns data to a ZIP using it. Restaurant points are geocoded on the Austin Public Health inspection record (dataset ecmv-9xxi). Bars are not plotted: the Comptroller publishes no venue coordinates, so they are listed below instead.
- 11,548
- 311 requests, last 12 months
- 29h
- Median time to close3.8 hours slower than the city
- 576
- 311 requests open now
- 162
- Open code casesof 3,976 ever opened
- 189
- Restaurants inspected
- 90.3
- Mean inspection scoreout of 100
- 17
- Restaurants below 80at their last visit, of 189
- 17
- Bars & restaurants reportingmixed-beverage permits, August 2026
- $669K
- Alcohol salesAugust 2026, alcohol only
78723 civic activity, month by month
Austin 311 logged 10,653 service requests in ZIP 78723 across the 11 complete months shown, with the busiest being May 2026 at 1,172. The final bar is the current month and is still filling.
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| Month | 311 opened | 311 closed | Code cases |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | 1,109 | 1,143 | 80 |
| November 2025 | 808 | 782 | 88 |
| December 2025 | 794 | 924 | 85 |
| January 2026 | 877 | 859 | 85 |
| February 2026 | 710 | 684 | 72 |
| March 2026 | 1,084 | 1,067 | 108 |
| April 2026 | 1,003 | 981 | 87 |
| May 2026 | 1,172 | 1,180 | 113 |
| June 2026 | 1,161 | 1,133 | 143 |
| July 2026 | 937 | 976 | 111 |
| August 2026 | 998 | 997 | 102 |
| September 2026(to date) | 492 | 522 | 69 |
What 78723 calls 311 about
The 8 most-filed request types in ZIP 78723, all time. Together they account for 12,361 of the 27,197 requests ever recorded there — the rest are spread across dozens of smaller categories, so this is a top slice and not a full breakdown.
| Request type | Category | All time | Last 12 mo | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Request Code Officer | Code Compliance & Property | 2,630 | 1,251 | 144 |
| Garbage | Waste & Recycling | 2,532 | 1,181 | 43 |
| Compost | Waste & Recycling | 1,786 | 766 | 15 |
| Parking Violation Enforcement | Transportation & Streets | 1,198 | 555 | 6 |
| Non Emergency Noise/Alarm | Police & Public Safety | 1,139 | 77 | 5 |
| Recycling | Waste & Recycling | 1,110 | 435 | 12 |
| Bulk | Waste & Recycling | 1,096 | 609 | 24 |
| Loose Dog | Animal Services | 870 | 427 | 20 |
Compare against every Austin ZIP on the Austin 311 explorer.
Code enforcement in 78723
A code case records an allegation that Austin Code investigated. It is not a finding of wrongdoing, and no case addresses are published anywhere on this site — only these ZIP-level roll-ups.
| Violation type | Cases | Still open | Median days to close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property Abatement | 1,786 | 29 | 5.0 days |
| Structure Condition Violation(s) | 1,339 | 98 | 7.0 days |
| Land Use Violation(s) | 704 | 27 | 3.0 days |
| Work Without Permit | 147 | 8 | 5.0 days |
See every violation type citywide on the Austin code complaints explorer, or the repeat offender landlord registry behind the 459 flagged cases here.
Restaurant health inspections in 78723
Austin Public Health has scored 1,540 inspections at 189 facilities in ZIP 78723, averaging 90.3/100. Of those scored visits, 951 scored 90 or above, 421 scored 80–89 and 168 scored below 80. The average weighs every visit rather than every restaurant, so a facility inspected more often counts more toward it. Austin Public Health publishes in irregular batches with weeks of lag.
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Where 78723’s restaurants stand today
Counting each of the 189 facilities once, at its most recent scored visit: the median score is 93/100, 130 currently sit at 90 or above, and 17 are below 80 (9% of them). That is a different measure from the visit counts above, which weigh a frequently-inspected kitchen more heavily.
Highest most-recent scores
5 of 189 inspected facilities. Ties are common at 100, so this is a slice of the top, not a ranking of the ZIP.
- Whataburger #84 D-3800August 6, 2026 · 14 scored visits100 out of 100 — Scored 90 or above
- Embassy Suites Austin CentralJuly 29, 2026 · 9 scored visits100 out of 100 — Scored 90 or above
- Jordan at Mueller, TheJune 4, 2026 · 7 scored visits100 out of 100 — Scored 90 or above
- Rosie's Daycare 3May 28, 2026 · 3 scored visits100 out of 100 — Scored 90 or above
- Little Deli & PizzeriaMay 26, 2026 · 12 scored visits100 out of 100 — Scored 90 or above
Most recently scored below 80
The 5 most recent of 17 facilities in 78723 whose last scored visit came in under 80.
- Los Pepes Mexican FoodJuly 23, 2026 · averages 75.1 across its history78 out of 100 — Scored below 80
- Buffet KingJuly 22, 2026 · averages 74.6 across its history73 out of 100 — Scored below 80
- Taqueria ArandinasJuly 15, 2026 · averages 78.5 across its history71 out of 100 — Scored below 80
- Halal Corner, TheJuly 15, 2026 · averages 83.7 across its history74 out of 100 — Scored below 80
- Busty's Bar & JukeboxJune 9, 2026 · averages 87.8 across its history73 out of 100 — Scored below 80
A score under 80 records what one inspector found on one day. It is routinely corrected at the next visit, it is not a closure, and it is not a statement about the food. Open a facility to see whether its next inspection has already landed.
Search every scored inspection by restaurant name on the Austin restaurant health inspection explorer.
Bars and restaurants in 78723
78723 has 17 bars and restaurants reporting $668,758 in mixed-beverage sales in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller TABC data — #26 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. That is 1.0% of the $68,286,880 reported across every Austin-area ZIP for the same month.
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$669K
Alcohol sales, August 2026
$39K
Mean per reporting venuea few large venues pull this up
| Venue | August 2026 receipts |
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| B.D. RILEY'S PUB AT MUELLER1905 ALDRICH ST STE 130 | $133,336 |
| VERACRUZ, BAR A FONDA, BAR B LA MEZCA1905 ALDRICH ST # 125 | $99,260 |
| ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA1911 ALDRICH ST STE 120 | $85,525 |
| CHUY'S #61002027 ALDRICH ST | $54,745 |
| FAIRWAYS CANTINA LLC3851 MANOR RD | $54,300 |
Only businesses holding a Texas mixed-beverage permit file these returns, so beer-and-wine-only bars, BYOB restaurants, coffee shops and every unlicensed kitchen in 78723 are absent from this count entirely. “Top” here means alcohol receipts reported to the state, not quality or popularity. A venue that closed keeps appearing until it stops filing, and August 2026 is the most recent month the Comptroller has published — not the current one.
Compare every Austin-area venue month by month on the Austin bar and restaurant sales explorer.
Neighborhoods in and around 78723
1 City of Austin neighborhood planning area has a boundary containing the centroid of ZIP 78723. These two geographies do not nest. A planning area can straddle several ZIPs and a ZIP can cover parts of several planning areas, so read this as “overlaps”, never as “78723 contains” or “is inside”. The test here is a single point — the ZIP’s centroid — so a planning area covering the edge of 78723 but not its middle will be missing from this list.
Boundaries: City of Austin neighborhood planning areas. Overlap is computed by point-in-polygon against each ZIP’s centroid, which is a coarse test and is the reason this list is short.
Economy and county context for 78723
This site publishes no economic figures at ZIP level — no ZIP-level income, employment or business counts are held here, and none are estimated from county numbers. What follows describes Travis County, the county ZIP 78723 sits in (100% of its 311 requests carry that county). A single county contains ZIP codes with very different economies, so treat these figures as the surrounding context, not as a description of 78723.
- 3.9%
- Travis County unemploymentJuly 1, 2026
- 877,417
- County labor force56% of the Austin metro’s
Unemployment and labor force: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (LAUS) via FRED. Population: U.S. Census Bureau annual estimate via FRED.
Across Travis County, Austin 311 has recorded 581,018 service requests spanning 61 ZIP codes, closing half of the last 12 months' requests within 25 hours. That corpus is City of Austin 311 only, so it counts requests made to Austin at addresses in the county — a meaningful figure for Travis, a partial one anywhere Austin is not the service provider.
Full jobs, wages and housing figures are on the Travis County economy page.
ZIP codes near 78723
Ranked by distance between ZIP centroids, so these are the nearest centres rather than a strict list of bordering ZIPs — a large ZIP can share a border and still sit further out on this measure.
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Common questions about 78723
Where is 78723 located?
ZIP code 78723 is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. On this site it is grouped under East Austin. City of Austin neighborhood planning areas whose boundary contains the 78723 centroid include Pecan Springs-Springdale. ZIP codes are postal delivery geographies, not city or council-district boundaries, so a ZIP can cross both.
Is 78723 safe?
This site publishes no crime data and no safety score for any Austin ZIP code, so it cannot answer that question and does not try to. What it can tell you is what residents reported and what the city acted on: 11,548 311 service requests were filed in 78723 in the most recent 12 months of data (through September 17, 2026), 3,976 code enforcement cases have been opened there in total, and 162 of those are still open. Report counts are not a safety rating and should not be read as one: a ZIP that files more 311 requests may simply have residents who report more, and a code complaint is an allegation the city has not necessarily upheld. Source: City of Austin open data, datasets xwdj-i9he and 6wtj-zbtb.
How many 311 requests are open in 78723?
576 311 service requests in ZIP 78723 were still open or in progress as of September 17, 2026 — 558 open and 18 in progress. Residents filed 11,548 requests there in the most recent 12 months of data and 918 in the most recent 30 days. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.
How fast does Austin close 311 requests in 78723?
Half of the 311 requests opened in ZIP 78723 in the last 12 months and since closed were closed within 29 hours, and nine in ten within 16 days. That is 3.8 hours slower than the citywide median of 25 hours. Both figures are computed the same way — median hours from opened to closed, over requests opened in the same 12-month window — which is what makes comparing them meaningful. A median describes the middle case, not the worst one. Source: City of Austin 311, dataset xwdj-i9he.
How many code enforcement cases are there in 78723?
Austin Code has opened 3,976 enforcement cases at addresses in ZIP 78723, of which 162 are not yet closed. Closed cases took a median of 5.0 days to resolve. 459 cases are flagged as related to Austin's Repeat Offender Program for multifamily properties. A code case records an allegation that was investigated, not a finding of wrongdoing, and this site publishes no case addresses. Source: City of Austin Code Cases, dataset 6wtj-zbtb.
How many restaurants in 78723 have been inspected?
Austin Public Health has scored 1,540 inspections at 189 distinct facilities in ZIP 78723, averaging 90.3/100 across those visits. That average weighs every inspection equally, so a restaurant inspected more often counts more toward it. Austin Public Health publishes in irregular batches with weeks of lag, so the newest score on file is not necessarily from this week. Source: City of Austin Open Data Portal, dataset ecmv-9xxi.
How do restaurants in 78723 score on health inspections?
Taking each restaurant in ZIP 78723 at its most recent scored visit, the median score is 93 out of 100 across 189 facilities. 130 of them currently sit at 90 or above and 17 at their last visit came in below 80 — 9% of the ZIP's inspected facilities. The highest most-recent scores on file here include Whataburger #84 D-3800 (100), Embassy Suites Austin Central (100), Jordan at Mueller, The (100). This counts one score per restaurant, not one per visit, so a frequently-inspected kitchen does not pull the figure on its own. A score grades a single inspection on a single day against a checklist — it is not a rating of the food or of the restaurant, and a low score is routinely corrected on the next visit. Newest inspection on file in this ZIP: August 24, 2026. Source: Austin Public Health, dataset ecmv-9xxi.
What are the top bars in 78723?
17 businesses holding a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported sales in ZIP 78723 for August 2026, totalling $668,758 in alcohol receipts — #26 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. The highest-grossing that month were B.D. RILEY'S PUB AT MUELLER ($133,336), VERACRUZ, BAR A FONDA, BAR B LA MEZCA ($99,260), ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE CINEMA ($85,525). "Top" here means alcohol sales reported to the Texas Comptroller, not quality, popularity or crowd — and only businesses with a mixed-beverage permit file at all, so beer-and-wine-only bars, BYOB restaurants and coffee shops are absent entirely. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Mixed Beverage Gross Receipts, dataset naix-2893.
What is the economy like around 78723?
No economic data is published on this site at ZIP level, so the honest answer is the county one: 78723 sits in Travis County, where unemployment was 3.9% in July 1, 2026 with a labor force of 877,417. A single county contains ZIP codes with very different economies, so treat this as context rather than a description of 78723. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau via FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis).
What ZIP codes are in Austin?
This site holds civic data for the Austin-area ZIP codes covered by City of Austin 311, code enforcement and restaurant inspections — roughly the ZIPs from 78701 through 78759 plus a ring of suburban and extraterritorial ZIPs such as 78617, 78653, 78660 and 78613. The full list, with 311 and code-case counts for each, is at austintexasthings.com/zip.
Where these numbers come from
- 311 service requests: City of Austin Open Data Portal, dataset xwdj-i9he. Newest request on this page: September 17, 2026. A 311 request records that someone reported something, not that the condition was verified.
- Code enforcement cases: City of Austin Open Data Portal, dataset 6wtj-zbtb. A case is an allegation that was investigated, not a finding.
- Restaurant inspections: Austin Public Health, dataset ecmv-9xxi. Published in irregular batches with weeks of lag. Newest scored inspection in this ZIP: August 24, 2026. A score grades one visit on one day against a checklist; it is not a rating of a restaurant.
- Mixed-beverage receipts: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dataset naix-2893. Figures here are for August 2026, the most recent published month. Covers only businesses holding a mixed-beverage permit, and only their alcohol sales.
- ZIP boundary: U.S. Census Bureau 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, generalized for display (7.1 sq mi of land in 78723). Display geometry only: no figure on this page is assigned to a ZIP by this polygon — the ZIP on every record comes from the publishing agency.
- County economy: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. County-level only — this site holds no ZIP-level economic figures and estimates none.
- Twelve-month and 30-day windows are computed when the aggregates are rebuilt each night, not at the moment you load the page. This site publishes no crime data and no safety score for any ZIP, and no council-district figures — ZIP codes do not nest inside council districts.