Austin ZIP code field guide 78741 South & Southeast

Travis County · #10 of 64 ZIPs in the 311 feed by all-time volume

Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metropolitan Park offers a story of parkland restoration as well as recreation. A completed City erosion project repaired a major break in park connectivity caused by the 2015 floods.

78741 in context2020 Census ZCTA outlines · Postal-area approximations

The local field guide

78741: Roy G. Guerrero’s restored creek crossing

3 linked sources · Checked Sep 5, 2026

A pedestrian connection restored

The City reported in February 2026 that a new pedestrian bridge was open after flooding destroyed the previous crossing in 2015. The completed crossing is distinct from older descriptions of an impassable gap.[2]

Stormwater engineering in the landscape

The project includes three grade-control structures that step water downward toward the Colorado River. These features address erosion along the creek known as Country Club West; they are infrastructure, not designated recreation equipment.[2]

Restoring the channel’s edges

The City describes a naturalized river bottom, rock and native-grass stabilization and newly planted trees. The work protects parkland and nearby infrastructure while rebuilding a damaged landscape.[2]

Plan a little better

Before you go

Use the completed project as historical context: The February 2026 notice confirms the bridge opening and completion of the stabilization work. Check current park notices for conditions on the day you visit rather than treating project completion as a permanent access guarantee.[2]
Choose a named destination within the park: Use the City park directory’s address and map for Roy G. Guerrero, then choose the relevant route on site. A large park name alone is a poor meeting-point description.[1]

A few things to know

Was the pedestrian bridge replaced?

Yes. The City’s February 2026 completion notice says the new pedestrian bridge is open, replacing the connection lost in the 2015 floods.[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.

Park Directory | Austin Parks and Recreation | AustinTexas.govCity of Austin Parks and Recreation · Checked 2026-09-05
Austin Celebrates Historic Stabilization Project at Roy G. Guerrero Park | AustinTexas.govaustintexas.gov · 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 78741 had 641 open 311 service requests and 393 open code enforcement cases, out of 22,812 311 requests and 6,023 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 195 restaurants and food facilities in 78741, with a median most-recent score of 92/100 and 19 currently below 80 as of August 22, 2026; 15 businesses with a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported $731,193 in alcohol sales here in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller data (dataset naix-2893).

Map of 78741

The 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78741, outlined against its 10 nearest neighbours, with 60 of the 195 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 22, 2026.

ZIP 78741Neighbouring ZIP (click for its page)Inspected 90 or aboveInspected 80–89Inspected Below 80

Boundary: 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78741, 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.

9,750
311 requests, last 12 months: 29h
Median time to close3.5 hours slower than the city: 641
311 requests open now: 393
Open code casesof 6,023 ever opened: 195
Restaurants inspected: 90.2
Mean inspection scoreout of 100: 19
Restaurants below 80at their last visit, of 195: 15
Bars & restaurants reportingmixed-beverage permits, August 2026: $731K
Alcohol salesAugust 2026, alcohol only

78741 civic activity, month by month

Austin 311 logged 8,917 service requests in ZIP 78741 across the 11 complete months shown, with the busiest being May 2026 at 946. 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 78741. 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	853	905	118
November 2025	669	536	84
December 2025	725	873	125
January 2026	702	692	168
February 2026	747	710	89
March 2026	794	765	209
April 2026	883	874	195
May 2026	946	920	200
June 2026	895	843	240
July 2026	876	939	235
August 2026	827	823	283
September 2026(to date)	480	494	106

What 78741 calls 311 about

The 8 most-filed request types in ZIP 78741, all time. Together they account for 10,457 of the 22,812 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 78741. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.
Request type	Category	All time	Last 12 mo	Open
Request Code Officer	Code Compliance & Property	3,441	1,664	271
Non Emergency Noise/Alarm	Police & Public Safety	1,921	99	11
Loose Dog	Animal Services	1,028	477	16
Traffic Signal - Maintenance	Transportation & Streets	895	442	5
Vehicle Abatement Report	Police & Public Safety	888	463	36
Compost	Waste & Recycling	807	426	3
Park Maintenance - Grounds	Parks & Trees	745	346	22
Parking Violation Enforcement	Transportation & Streets	732	433	4

Compare against every Austin ZIP on the Austin 311 explorer.

Code enforcement in 78741

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 6,023 cases recorded in ZIP 78741. Source: City of Austin Code Cases, dataset 6wtj-zbtb.
Violation type	Cases	Still open	Median days to close
Structure Condition Violation(s)	3,474	305	15 days
Property Abatement	1,665	56	6.0 days
Land Use Violation(s)	767	28	3.0 days
Work Without Permit	117	4	4.0 days

See every violation type citywide on the Austin code complaints explorer, or the repeat offender landlord registry behind the 2,077 flagged cases here.

Restaurant health inspections in 78741

Austin Public Health has scored 1,500 inspections at 195 facilities in ZIP 78741, averaging 90.2/100. Of those scored visits, 920 scored 90 or above, 429 scored 80–89 and 151 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.

920

Scored 90+

429

Scored 80–89

151

Scored below 80

Where 78741’s restaurants stand today

Counting each of the 195 facilities once, at its most recent scored visit: the median score is 92/100, 119 currently sit at 90 or above, and 19 are below 80 (9.7% 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 195 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 19 facilities in 78741 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 78741

78741 has 15 bars and restaurants reporting $731,193 in mixed-beverage sales in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller TABC data — #21 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. That is 1.1% of the $68,286,880 reported across every Austin-area ZIP for the same month.

Permit holders reporting

$731K

Alcohol sales, August 2026

$49K

Mean per reporting venuea few large venues pull this up

The 5 highest-grossing of the 15 mixed-beverage permit holders that filed for 78741 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
JACKALOPE1523 TINNIN FORD RD	$297,804
1618 ASIAN FUSION1620 E RIVERSIDE DR STE 1618	$96,239
EMOS EAST2015 E RIVERSIDE DR STE 10	$96,017
AUSTIN'S CLUB CARNIVAL2237 E RIVERSIDE DR STE 108	$68,876
BABY ACAPULCO RESTAURANT #11705A S LAKESHORE BLVD	$57,998

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 78741 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 78741

1 City of Austin neighborhood planning area has a boundary containing the centroid of ZIP 78741. 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 “78741 contains” or “is inside”. The test here is a single point — the ZIP’s centroid — so a planning area covering the edge of 78741 but not its middle will be missing from this list.

Pleasant Valley78741 is the only Austin ZIP whose centroid falls in this planning area

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 78741

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 78741 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 78741.

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 78741

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 78741

Where is 78741 located?

ZIP code 78741 is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. On this site it is grouped under South & Southeast. City of Austin neighborhood planning areas whose boundary contains the 78741 centroid include Pleasant Valley. ZIP codes are postal delivery geographies, not city or council-district boundaries, so a ZIP can cross both.

Is 78741 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: 9,750 311 service requests were filed in 78741 in the most recent 12 months of data (through September 17, 2026), 6,023 code enforcement cases have been opened there in total, and 393 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 78741?

641 311 service requests in ZIP 78741 were still open or in progress as of September 17, 2026 — 629 open and 12 in progress. Residents filed 9,750 requests there in the most recent 12 months of data and 805 in the most recent 30 days. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.

How fast does Austin close 311 requests in 78741?

Half of the 311 requests opened in ZIP 78741 in the last 12 months and since closed were closed within 29 hours, and nine in ten within 22 days. That is 3.5 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 78741?

Austin Code has opened 6,023 enforcement cases at addresses in ZIP 78741, of which 393 are not yet closed. Closed cases took a median of 8.0 days to resolve. 2,077 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 78741 have been inspected?

Austin Public Health has scored 1,500 inspections at 195 distinct facilities in ZIP 78741, averaging 90.2/100 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 78741 score on health inspections?

Taking each restaurant in ZIP 78741 at its most recent scored visit, the median score is 92 out of 100 across 195 facilities. 119 of them currently sit at 90 or above and 19 at their last visit came in below 80 — 9.7% of the ZIP's inspected facilities. The highest most-recent scores on file here include Thundercloud Subs (100), Baty Elementary School (100), Allison Elementary (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 22, 2026. Source: Austin Public Health, dataset ecmv-9xxi.

What are the top bars in 78741?

15 businesses holding a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported sales in ZIP 78741 for August 2026, totalling $731,193 in alcohol receipts — #21 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. The highest-grossing that month were JACKALOPE ($297,804), 1618 ASIAN FUSION ($96,239), EMOS EAST ($96,017). "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 78741?

No economic data is published on this site at ZIP level, so the honest answer is the county one: 78741 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 78741. 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 22, 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 (7.8 sq mi of land in 78741). 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.