Austin ZIP code field guide 78738 Southwest Austin

Travis County · #48 of 64 ZIPs in the 311 feed by all-time volume

Bee Cave’s park system offers several distinct destinations within the 78738 address area. The City’s current directory is especially useful because Central Park, the dog park and Sculpture Park do not all share the same street address.

78738 in context2020 Census ZCTA outlines · Postal-area approximations

The local field guide

78738: Bee Cave’s central, dog and sculpture parks

2 linked sources · Checked Sep 5, 2026

Central Park for paths and play

The City describes Central Park as an option for a stroll and playground visit. It lists the destination at 13676 Bee Cave Parkway, giving a clear starting point for directions.[2]

A separately named dog park

Bee Cave Dog Park is listed at the same Bee Cave Parkway street address as Central Park. Use the specific facility name to locate the appropriate area rather than applying dog-park assumptions across the whole site.[2]

Sculpture Park has another address

The City lists Bee Cave Sculpture Park at 13333-A Highway 71 West. It is a distinct destination from Central Park, useful when art is the focus of the outing.[2]

Plan a little better

Before you go

Choose the park before navigating: Use the facility name and full street address from the City directory. The same ZIP does not mean the parks use one entrance or parking area.[2]
Distinguish paths from rugged terrain: The City contrasts a Central Park stroll with the rugged terrain of its Primitive Park offering. Check the relevant park details rather than assuming all Bee Cave trails have the same surface.[2]

A few things to know

Where is Bee Cave Sculpture Park?

The City lists it at 13333-A Highway 71 West, Bee Cave, TX 78738, separately from Central Park on Bee Cave Parkway.[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.[1]

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.

ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs)U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-09-05
Bee Cave, TXbeecavetexas.gov · Checked 2026-09-05

As of September 13, 2026, Austin ZIP code 78738 had 4 open 311 service requests and 0 open code enforcement cases, out of 337 311 requests and 0 code cases recorded there since April 25, 2022, according to City of Austin open data (datasets xwdj-i9he and 6wtj-zbtb). Austin Public Health has scored 173 restaurants and food facilities in 78738, with a median most-recent score of 96/100 and 7 currently below 80 as of August 25, 2026; 24 businesses with a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported $1,029,001 in alcohol sales here in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller data (dataset naix-2893).

Map of 78738

The 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78738, outlined against its 10 nearest neighbours, with 60 of the 173 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 25, 2026.

ZIP 78738Neighbouring ZIP (click for its page)Inspected 90 or aboveInspected 80–89Inspected Below 80

Boundary: 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78738, 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.

156
311 requests, last 12 months: 12h
Median time to close13 hours faster than the city: 4
311 requests open now: 0
Open code casesof 0 ever opened: 173
Restaurants inspected: 92.9
Mean inspection scoreout of 100: 7
Restaurants below 80at their last visit, of 173: 24
Bars & restaurants reportingmixed-beverage permits, August 2026: $1.0M
Alcohol salesAugust 2026, alcohol only

78738 civic activity, month by month

Austin 311 logged 147 service requests in ZIP 78738 across the 11 complete months shown, with the busiest being December 2025 at 25. 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 78738. 311 counts exclude requests the city marked duplicate or cancelled; code cases are counted by the month they were opened. Newest 311 record: September 13, 2026. Sources: City of Austin 311 (dataset xwdj-i9he) and Code Cases (dataset 6wtj-zbtb).
Month	311 opened	311 closed
October 2025	10	13
November 2025	12	7
December 2025	25	24
January 2026	13	16
February 2026	8	10
March 2026	18	16
April 2026	9	11
May 2026	19	18
June 2026	14	16
July 2026	6	4
August 2026	13	14
September 2026(to date)	6	6

What 78738 calls 311 about

The 8 most-filed request types in ZIP 78738, all time. Together they account for 250 of the 337 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 78738. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.
Request type	Category	All time	Last 12 mo	Open
Traffic Signal - Maintenance	Transportation & Streets	40	11	0
Injured / Sick Animal	Animal Services	35	21	0
Loose Dog	Animal Services	31	15	1
Animal Bite	Animal Services	30	18	0
Assistance Request	Animal Services	30	14	0
Follow-Up	Code Compliance & Property	30	8	0
Street Light Issue- Address	Energy & Street Lights	28	13	0
Wildlife Exposure	Animal Services	26	13	0

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Code enforcement in 78738

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.

No code enforcement cases are recorded for ZIP 78738 in the dataset we hold.

See every violation type citywide on the Austin code complaints explorer.

Restaurant health inspections in 78738

Austin Public Health has scored 1,334 inspections at 173 facilities in ZIP 78738, averaging 92.9/100. Of those scored visits, 982 scored 90 or above, 271 scored 80–89 and 81 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.

982

Scored 90+

271

Scored 80–89

Scored below 80

Where 78738’s restaurants stand today

Counting each of the 173 facilities once, at its most recent scored visit: the median score is 96/100, 130 currently sit at 90 or above, and 7 are below 80 (4% 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 173 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 78738 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 78738

78738 has 24 bars and restaurants reporting $1,029,001 in mixed-beverage sales in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller TABC data — #15 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. That is 1.5% of the $68,286,880 reported across every Austin-area ZIP for the same month.

Permit holders reporting

$1.0M

Alcohol sales, August 2026

$43K

Mean per reporting venuea few large venues pull this up

The 5 highest-grossing of the 24 mixed-beverage permit holders that filed for 78738 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
MAUDIE'S HILL COUNTRY, LLC12506 SHOPS PKWY	$144,980
LITTLE WOODROW'S12801 SHOPS PKWY STE 100	$114,962
THE GROVE WINE BAR AND KITCHEN3001 RANCH ROAD 620 S	$104,090
THE HILLS AT LAKEWAY26 CLUB ESTATES PKWY	$92,741
THE LEAGUE13420 GALLERIA CIR	$82,545

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 78738 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 78738

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 78738 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 78738.

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 78738

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 78738

Where is 78738 located?

ZIP code 78738 is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. On this site it is grouped under Southwest Austin. ZIP codes are postal delivery geographies, not city or council-district boundaries, so a ZIP can cross both.

Is 78738 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: 156 311 service requests were filed in 78738 in the most recent 12 months of data (through September 13, 2026), 0 code enforcement cases have been opened there in total, and 0 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 78738?

4 311 service requests in ZIP 78738 were still open or in progress as of September 13, 2026 — 4 open and 0 in progress. Residents filed 156 requests there in the most recent 12 months of data and 11 in the most recent 30 days. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.

How fast does Austin close 311 requests in 78738?

Half of the 311 requests opened in ZIP 78738 in the last 12 months and since closed were closed within 12 hours, and nine in ten within 15 days. That is 13 hours faster 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 78738?

No code enforcement cases are recorded for ZIP 78738 in the City of Austin Code Cases dataset (6wtj-zbtb). That is what the published data holds; it is not a statement that none exist.

How many restaurants in 78738 have been inspected?

Austin Public Health has scored 1,334 inspections at 173 distinct facilities in ZIP 78738, averaging 92.9/100 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 78738 score on health inspections?

Taking each restaurant in ZIP 78738 at its most recent scored visit, the median score is 96 out of 100 across 173 facilities. 130 of them currently sit at 90 or above and 7 at their last visit came in below 80 — 4% of the ZIP's inspected facilities. The highest most-recent scores on file here include KLA Schools of Sweetwater (100), BC - Tokyo Gardens Catering (100), Campsite at Shield Ranch (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 25, 2026. Source: Austin Public Health, dataset ecmv-9xxi.

What are the top bars in 78738?

24 businesses holding a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported sales in ZIP 78738 for August 2026, totalling $1,029,001 in alcohol receipts — #15 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. The highest-grossing that month were MAUDIE'S HILL COUNTRY, LLC ($144,980), LITTLE WOODROW'S ($114,962), THE GROVE WINE BAR AND KITCHEN ($104,090). "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 78738?

No economic data is published on this site at ZIP level, so the honest answer is the county one: 78738 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 78738. 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 13, 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 25, 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 (42.1 sq mi of land in 78738). 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.