Austin ZIP code field guide 78731 West & Northwest

Travis County · #15 of 64 ZIPs in the 311 feed by all-time volume

Covert Park at Mount Bonnell and Bull Creek District Park provide distinct outdoor reference points in 78731. Choose the actual trailhead and activity rather than combining a hilltop park, a creekside district park and protected preserve land into one destination.

78731 in context2020 Census ZCTA outlines · Postal-area approximations

The local field guide

78731: Mount Bonnell and Bull Creek, two different outings

3 linked sources · Checked Sep 5, 2026

Mount Bonnell’s official park name

The City lists Covert Park at Mount Bonnell at 3800 Mount Bonnell Road. Its trail directory identifies the route as hiking only, so it should not be presented as a cycling loop.[1][3]

Bull Creek has a separate trail address

The park directory lists Bull Creek District Park on Lakewood Drive. The trail directory identifies a shared hike-and-bike route at 6713 Lakewood Drive; choose the trail entry when planning that activity.[1][3]

Smaller Shoal Creek references

The City also lists Gregg Hill Park at 4105 Jefferson Street and Seiders Springs at 1380 West 34th Street, both associated with Shoal Creek Greenbelt. Their named addresses provide additional reference points within the postal listing.[1]

Plan a little better

Before you go

Match the route to your access needs: The City marks the Mount Bonnell and Bull Creek District trails as not ADA accessible. Review the actual route and your requirements before treating either as a paved accessible path.[3]
Avoid substituting a preserve’s rules: Use the specific park and trail entry for the outing you intend. Names connected to Bull Creek refer to multiple properties and do not imply one entrance or one trail policy.[1][3]

A few things to know

Can I bike the Mount Bonnell trail?

The City trail directory identifies Mount Bonnell at Covert Park Trail as hiking only. Use a route explicitly listed for shared hike-and-bike use instead.[3]

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.[2]

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.

Park Directory | Austin Parks and Recreation | AustinTexas.govCity of Austin Parks and Recreation · Checked 2026-09-05
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs)U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-09-05
Trail Directory | Austin Parks and Recreation | AustinTexas.govCity of Austin Parks and Recreation · Checked 2026-09-05

As of September 17, 2026, Austin ZIP code 78731 had 240 open 311 service requests and 52 open code enforcement cases, out of 17,133 311 requests and 1,483 code cases recorded there since March 8, 2017, according to City of Austin open data (datasets xwdj-i9he and 6wtj-zbtb). Austin Public Health has scored 96 restaurants and food facilities in 78731, with a median most-recent score of 93/100 and 7 currently below 80 as of August 21, 2026; 15 businesses with a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported $715,555 in alcohol sales here in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller data (dataset naix-2893).

Map of 78731

The 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78731, outlined against its 10 nearest neighbours, with 60 of the 96 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 21, 2026.

ZIP 78731Neighbouring ZIP (click for its page)Inspected 90 or aboveInspected 80–89Inspected Below 80

Boundary: 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78731, 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.

7,739
311 requests, last 12 months: 28h
Median time to close2.9 hours slower than the city: 240
311 requests open now: 52
Open code casesof 1,483 ever opened: 96
Restaurants inspected: 91.2
Mean inspection scoreout of 100: 7
Restaurants below 80at their last visit, of 96: 15
Bars & restaurants reportingmixed-beverage permits, August 2026: $716K
Alcohol salesAugust 2026, alcohol only

78731 civic activity, month by month

Austin 311 logged 7,158 service requests in ZIP 78731 across the 11 complete months shown, with the busiest being May 2026 at 823. The final bar is the current month and is still filling.

311 opened 311 closed month to date (partial)

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Monthly civic activity in ZIP 78731. 311 counts exclude requests the city marked duplicate or cancelled; code cases are counted by the month they were opened. Newest 311 record: September 17, 2026. Sources: City of Austin 311 (dataset xwdj-i9he) and Code Cases (dataset 6wtj-zbtb).
Month	311 opened	311 closed	Code cases
October 2025	777	794	51
November 2025	609	587	25
December 2025	532	585	41
January 2026	573	584	34
February 2026	552	538	25
March 2026	641	638	33
April 2026	678	679	40
May 2026	823	787	85
June 2026	708	733	43
July 2026	576	572	51
August 2026	689	693	56
September 2026(to date)	325	357	28

What 78731 calls 311 about

The 8 most-filed request types in ZIP 78731, all time. Together they account for 9,090 of the 17,133 requests ever recorded there — the rest are spread across dozens of smaller categories, so this is a top slice and not a full breakdown.

Top 8 of every 311 request type recorded in ZIP 78731. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.
Request type	Category	All time	Last 12 mo	Open
Garbage	Waste & Recycling	2,666	1,254	16
Recycling	Waste & Recycling	1,331	617	10
Compost	Waste & Recycling	1,206	625	4
Request Code Officer	Code Compliance & Property	1,062	555	54
Parking Violation Enforcement	Transportation & Streets	842	440	1
Dead Animal Collection	Waste & Recycling	721	337	10
Bulk	Waste & Recycling	710	352	10
Traffic Signal - Maintenance	Transportation & Streets	552	265	9

Compare against every Austin ZIP on the Austin 311 explorer.

Code enforcement in 78731

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.

The 4 most common violation types of 1,483 cases recorded in ZIP 78731. Source: City of Austin Code Cases, dataset 6wtj-zbtb.
Violation type	Cases	Still open	Median days to close
Land Use Violation(s)	528	13	4.0 days
Property Abatement	499	14	3.0 days
Structure Condition Violation(s)	346	16	5.0 days
Work Without Permit	110	9	4.0 days

See every violation type citywide on the Austin code complaints explorer, or the repeat offender landlord registry behind the 13 flagged cases here.

Restaurant health inspections in 78731

Austin Public Health has scored 636 inspections at 96 facilities in ZIP 78731, averaging 91.2/100. Of those scored visits, 421 scored 90 or above, 167 scored 80–89 and 48 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.

421

Scored 90+

167

Scored 80–89

Scored below 80

Where 78731’s restaurants stand today

Counting each of the 96 facilities once, at its most recent scored visit: the median score is 93/100, 64 currently sit at 90 or above, and 7 are below 80 (7.3% 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 96 inspected facilities. Ties are common at 100, so this is a slice of the top, not a ranking of the ZIP.

Most recently scored below 80

The 5 most recent of 7 facilities in 78731 whose last scored visit came in under 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 78731

78731 has 15 bars and restaurants reporting $715,555 in mixed-beverage sales in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller TABC data — #23 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.

Permit holders reporting

$716K

Alcohol sales, August 2026

$48K

Mean per reporting venuea few large venues pull this up

The 5 highest-grossing of the 15 mixed-beverage permit holders that filed for 78731 in August 2026. Alcohol sales only — a restaurant doing most of its business in food reports a fraction of its revenue here. Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, dataset naix-2893.
Venue	August 2026 receipts
YAMAS5308 BALCONES DR	$128,646
VERDAD TRUE MODERN MEXICAN2701 PERSEVERANCE DR	$106,869
AUSTIN OAKS GROVE7719 WOOD HOLLOW DR STE 100	$101,227
CARVE AMERICAN GRILLE2613 PERSERVERANCE DR	$85,977
SIENA RESTAURANT6203 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY # B	$72,170

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 78731 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.

Economy and county context for 78731

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 78731 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 78731.

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 78731

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 78731

Where is 78731 located?

ZIP code 78731 is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. On this site it is grouped under West & Northwest. ZIP codes are postal delivery geographies, not city or council-district boundaries, so a ZIP can cross both.

Is 78731 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: 7,739 311 service requests were filed in 78731 in the most recent 12 months of data (through September 17, 2026), 1,483 code enforcement cases have been opened there in total, and 52 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 78731?

240 311 service requests in ZIP 78731 were still open or in progress as of September 17, 2026 — 222 open and 18 in progress. Residents filed 7,739 requests there in the most recent 12 months of data and 636 in the most recent 30 days. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.

How fast does Austin close 311 requests in 78731?

Half of the 311 requests opened in ZIP 78731 in the last 12 months and since closed were closed within 28 hours, and nine in ten within 11 days. That is 2.9 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 78731?

Austin Code has opened 1,483 enforcement cases at addresses in ZIP 78731, of which 52 are not yet closed. Closed cases took a median of 4.0 days to resolve. 13 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 78731 have been inspected?

Austin Public Health has scored 636 inspections at 96 distinct facilities in ZIP 78731, averaging 91.2/100 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 78731 score on health inspections?

Taking each restaurant in ZIP 78731 at its most recent scored visit, the median score is 93 out of 100 across 96 facilities. 64 of them currently sit at 90 or above and 7 at their last visit came in below 80 — 7.3% of the ZIP's inspected facilities. The highest most-recent scores on file here include Dell Jewish Community Cntr. (Shalom Austin) - Cafe (100), Dell Jewish Community Ctr (Shalom Austin) Concession (100), Doss Elementary School (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 21, 2026. Source: Austin Public Health, dataset ecmv-9xxi.

What are the top bars in 78731?

15 businesses holding a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported sales in ZIP 78731 for August 2026, totalling $715,555 in alcohol receipts — #23 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. The highest-grossing that month were YAMAS ($128,646), VERDAD TRUE MODERN MEXICAN ($106,869), AUSTIN OAKS GROVE ($101,227). "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 78731?

No economic data is published on this site at ZIP level, so the honest answer is the county one: 78731 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 78731. 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 21, 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 (8.7 sq mi of land in 78731). 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.