Austin ZIP code field guide 78744 South & Southeast

Travis County · #4 of 64 ZIPs in the 311 feed by all-time volume

McKinney Falls State Park combines Onion Creek’s limestone ledges with trails and historic sites inside Austin. The route to a homestead, a paved trail outing and a creek visit call for different planning choices.

78744 in context2020 Census ZCTA outlines · Postal-area approximations

The local field guide

78744: McKinney Falls, limestone ledges and historic trails

1 linked sources · Checked Sep 5, 2026

A hard-surface trail option

Texas Parks and Wildlife describes the 2.8-mile Onion Creek Hike and Bike Trail as hard surfaced and suitable for strollers and road bikes. Other trails have different surfaces and permitted uses.[1]

A rock shelter and homestead history

The park introduces an old rock shelter and remains of an early Texas homestead. The Rock Shelter Trail is for hikers, while reaching the Homestead Trail requires crossing the Lower Falls.[1]

An overnight visit is possible

The operator lists campsites with water and electric hookups, cabins and a separate primitive youth-group camping area. These are different reservation choices, not interchangeable lodging options.[1]

Plan a little better

Before you go

Check creek conditions before a crossing: Texas Parks and Wildlife warns that Onion Creek can flood after rainfall. Check current conditions and park alerts before planning a Lower Falls crossing or entering the creek.[1]
Select the correct trail and reservation: Use the park’s maps and accessibility information for a route, and its reservation links for an overnight stay. Trail surfaces and campsite facilities vary.[1]

A few things to know

Is every trail suitable for bicycles?

No. The operator distinguishes the hike-and-bike trail from the hikers-only Rock Shelter Trail. Use the park map’s permitted-use information.[1]

How do I reach the Homestead Trail?

The park says access requires crossing the Lower Falls. Check creek conditions and any closure notices before attempting that route.[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.

McKinney Falls State Park — Texas Parks & Wildlife Departmenttpwd.texas.gov · Checked 2026-09-05

As of September 17, 2026, Austin ZIP code 78744 had 626 open 311 service requests and 182 open code enforcement cases, out of 33,210 311 requests and 4,547 code cases recorded there since March 7, 2017, according to City of Austin open data (datasets xwdj-i9he and 6wtj-zbtb). Austin Public Health has scored 208 restaurants and food facilities in 78744, with a median most-recent score of 94/100 and 18 currently below 80 as of August 10, 2026; 16 businesses with a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported $426,912 in alcohol sales here in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller data (dataset naix-2893).

Map of 78744

The 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78744, outlined against its 10 nearest neighbours, with 60 of the 208 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 10, 2026.

ZIP 78744Neighbouring ZIP (click for its page)Inspected 90 or aboveInspected 80–89Inspected Below 80

Boundary: 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78744, 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.

15,489
311 requests, last 12 months: 28h
Median time to close2.4 hours slower than the city: 626
311 requests open now: 182
Open code casesof 4,547 ever opened: 208
Restaurants inspected: 92
Mean inspection scoreout of 100: 18
Restaurants below 80at their last visit, of 208: 16
Bars & restaurants reportingmixed-beverage permits, August 2026: $427K
Alcohol salesAugust 2026, alcohol only

78744 civic activity, month by month

Austin 311 logged 14,278 service requests in ZIP 78744 across the 11 complete months shown, with the busiest being May 2026 at 1,520. The final bar is the current month and is still filling.

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Monthly civic activity in ZIP 78744. 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	1,264	1,301	197
November 2025	1,136	995	125
December 2025	1,245	1,408	136
January 2026	1,074	1,134	88
February 2026	1,238	1,171	141
March 2026	1,351	1,221	166
April 2026	1,436	1,524	109
May 2026	1,520	1,567	108
June 2026	1,477	1,368	172
July 2026	1,380	1,416	109
August 2026	1,157	1,187	126
September 2026(to date)	658	757	66

What 78744 calls 311 about

The 8 most-filed request types in ZIP 78744, all time. Together they account for 16,642 of the 33,210 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 78744. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.
Request type	Category	All time	Last 12 mo	Open
Garbage	Waste & Recycling	3,322	1,566	27
Request Code Officer	Code Compliance & Property	3,135	1,574	180
Loose Dog	Animal Services	2,054	921	34
Compost	Waste & Recycling	1,907	978	21
Non Emergency Noise/Alarm	Police & Public Safety	1,794	107	11
Recycling	Waste & Recycling	1,642	670	11
Bulk	Waste & Recycling	1,576	996	29
Vehicle Abatement Report	Police & Public Safety	1,212	564	21

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Code enforcement in 78744

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 4,547 cases recorded in ZIP 78744. Source: City of Austin Code Cases, dataset 6wtj-zbtb.
Violation type	Cases	Still open	Median days to close
Property Abatement	2,149	47	4.0 days
Land Use Violation(s)	1,162	22	1.0 days
Structure Condition Violation(s)	1,105	84	6.0 days
Work Without Permit	131	29	3.5 days

See every violation type citywide on the Austin code complaints explorer, or the repeat offender landlord registry behind the 484 flagged cases here.

Restaurant health inspections in 78744

Austin Public Health has scored 1,392 inspections at 208 facilities in ZIP 78744, averaging 92/100. Of those scored visits, 1,017 scored 90 or above, 260 scored 80–89 and 115 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.

1,017

Scored 90+

260

Scored 80–89

115

Scored below 80

Where 78744’s restaurants stand today

Counting each of the 208 facilities once, at its most recent scored visit: the median score is 94/100, 152 currently sit at 90 or above, and 18 are below 80 (8.7% 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 208 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 18 facilities in 78744 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 78744

78744 has 16 bars and restaurants reporting $426,912 in mixed-beverage sales in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller TABC data — #31 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. That is 0.6% of the $68,286,880 reported across every Austin-area ZIP for the same month.

Permit holders reporting

$427K

Alcohol sales, August 2026

$27K

Mean per reporting venuea few large venues pull this up

The 5 highest-grossing of the 16 mixed-beverage permit holders that filed for 78744 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
RADIO EAST3504 MONTOPOLIS DR	$152,975
WING DADDY'S SAUCE HOUSE9811 S INTERSTATE 35	$44,964
AUSTIN MARRIOTT SOUTH4415 S INTERSTATE 35	$38,847
APPLEBEE'S 80016315 S INTERSTATE 35	$38,432
CASA TULUM4323 S INTERSTATE 35	$37,349

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 78744 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 78744

1 City of Austin neighborhood planning area has a boundary containing the centroid of ZIP 78744. 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 “78744 contains” or “is inside”. The test here is a single point — the ZIP’s centroid — so a planning area covering the edge of 78744 but not its middle will be missing from this list.

McKinney78744 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 78744

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 78744 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 78744.

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 78744

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 78744

Where is 78744 located?

ZIP code 78744 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 78744 centroid include McKinney. ZIP codes are postal delivery geographies, not city or council-district boundaries, so a ZIP can cross both.

Is 78744 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: 15,489 311 service requests were filed in 78744 in the most recent 12 months of data (through September 17, 2026), 4,547 code enforcement cases have been opened there in total, and 182 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 78744?

626 311 service requests in ZIP 78744 were still open or in progress as of September 17, 2026 — 606 open and 20 in progress. Residents filed 15,489 requests there in the most recent 12 months of data and 1,085 in the most recent 30 days. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.

How fast does Austin close 311 requests in 78744?

Half of the 311 requests opened in ZIP 78744 in the last 12 months and since closed were closed within 28 hours, and nine in ten within 18 days. That is 2.4 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 78744?

Austin Code has opened 4,547 enforcement cases at addresses in ZIP 78744, of which 182 are not yet closed. Closed cases took a median of 3.0 days to resolve. 484 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 78744 have been inspected?

Austin Public Health has scored 1,392 inspections at 208 distinct facilities in ZIP 78744, averaging 92/100 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 78744 score on health inspections?

Taking each restaurant in ZIP 78744 at its most recent scored visit, the median score is 94 out of 100 across 208 facilities. 152 of them currently sit at 90 or above and 18 at their last visit came in below 80 — 8.7% of the ZIP's inspected facilities. The highest most-recent scores on file here include Ojeda Middle School Concession Stand (100), Wayside Schools (100), Anita Uphaus Early Childhood Center (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 10, 2026. Source: Austin Public Health, dataset ecmv-9xxi.

What are the top bars in 78744?

16 businesses holding a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported sales in ZIP 78744 for August 2026, totalling $426,912 in alcohol receipts — #31 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. The highest-grossing that month were RADIO EAST ($152,975), WING DADDY'S SAUCE HOUSE ($44,964), AUSTIN MARRIOTT SOUTH ($38,847). "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 78744?

No economic data is published on this site at ZIP level, so the honest answer is the county one: 78744 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 78744. 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 10, 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 (22.6 sq mi of land in 78744). 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.