Austin ZIP code field guide 78745 South & Southeast

Travis County · #2 of 69 ZIPs in the 311 feed by all-time volume

Garrison Pool is a specific recreation anchor at 6001 Menchaca Road, within James A. Garrison District Park. Elsewhere in 78745, the City lists smaller neighborhood parks that offer separate destinations when a swim is not the plan.

78745 in context2020 Census ZCTA outlines · Postal-area approximations

The local field guide

78745: Garrison swimming and South Austin’s smaller parks

3 linked sources · Checked Sep 5, 2026

A larger outdoor pool facility

The City describes Garrison as a 50-meter outdoor pool with lap lanes, a wading pool and a diving board. Depths vary, so the recreational water should not all be treated as a shallow area.[2]

Facilities for a swimming visit

The pool page lists a chair lift, changing area, outdoor showers and picnic tables. These are practical facility details to check alongside the current swimming schedule.[2]

Neighborhood alternatives have their own addresses

Austin lists Joslin Neighborhood Park at 2106 Cimarron Trail and Armadillo Neighborhood Park at 910 Armadillo Road. These are separate local destinations, not parts of the Garrison pool facility.[1]

Plan a little better

Before you go

Check the dated pool schedule: The City publishes periods with different weekday and weekend operations. Read the schedule for your actual date rather than assuming the pool’s status means it opens every day.[2]
Choose park or pool directions deliberately: Garrison Park and the pool share the Menchaca Road address, while other neighborhood parks have distinct entries. Set the intended facility as the meeting point.[1][2]

A few things to know

Does Garrison have a wading pool?

The City’s facility page lists a wading pool alongside the larger recreational pool. Check the current schedule and facility notices before visiting.[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
Garrison Pool | Austin Parks and Recreation | AustinTexas.govaustintexas.gov · Checked 2026-09-05
ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs)U.S. Census Bureau · Checked 2026-09-05

As of November 4, 2026, Austin ZIP code 78745 had 774 open 311 service requests and 140 open code enforcement cases, out of 162,105 311 requests and 5,641 code cases recorded there since January 1, 2014, according to City of Austin open data (datasets xwdj-i9he and 6wtj-zbtb). Austin Public Health has scored 316 restaurants and food facilities in 78745, with a median most-recent score of 90/100 and 39 currently below 80 as of October 8, 2026; 48 businesses with a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported $3,023,387 in alcohol sales here in September 2026, per Texas Comptroller data (dataset naix-2893).

Map of 78745

The 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78745, outlined against its 10 nearest neighbours, with 60 of the 316 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 October 8, 2026.

ZIP 78745Neighbouring ZIP (click for its page)Inspected 90 or aboveInspected 80–89Inspected Below 80

Boundary: 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78745, 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.

18,202
311 requests, last 12 months: 27h
Median time to close1.7 hours slower than the city: 774
311 requests open now: 140
Open code casesof 5,641 ever opened: 316
Restaurants inspected: 90.2
Mean inspection scoreout of 100: 39
Restaurants below 80at their last visit, of 316: 48
Bars & restaurants reportingmixed-beverage permits, September 2026: $3.0M
Alcohol salesSeptember 2026, alcohol only

78745 civic activity, month by month

Austin 311 logged 16,990 service requests in ZIP 78745 across the 11 complete months shown, with the busiest being May 2026 at 2,012. 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 78745. 311 counts exclude requests the city marked duplicate or cancelled; code cases are counted by the month they were opened. Newest 311 record: November 4, 2026. Sources: City of Austin 311 (dataset xwdj-i9he) and Code Cases (dataset 6wtj-zbtb).
Month	311 opened	311 closed	Code cases
December 2025	1,377	1,468	113
January 2026	1,298	1,328	125
February 2026	1,197	1,181	115
March 2026	1,575	1,393	127
April 2026	1,571	1,582	145
May 2026	2,012	2,004	187
June 2026	1,968	1,931	215
July 2026	1,667	1,745	195
August 2026	1,470	1,507	187
September 2026	1,434	1,490	148
October 2026	1,421	1,509	169
November 2026(to date)	246	221	35

What 78745 calls 311 about

The 8 most-filed request types in ZIP 78745, all time. Together they account for 62,507 of the 162,105 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 78745. 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	23,302	1,881	188
Garbage	Waste & Recycling	8,373	1,999	43
Loose Dog	Animal Services	6,555	407	17
Compost	Waste & Recycling	5,597	1,349	40
Dead Animal Collection	Waste & Recycling	4,957	370	20
Injured / Sick Animal	Animal Services	4,664	435	2
Traffic Signal - Maintenance	Transportation & Streets	4,579	578	14
Street Light Issue- Address	Energy & Street Lights	4,480	256	16

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Code enforcement in 78745

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 5,641 cases recorded in ZIP 78745. Source: City of Austin Code Cases, dataset 6wtj-zbtb.
Violation type	Cases	Still open	Median days to close
Property Abatement	2,543	41	6.0 days
Land Use Violation(s)	1,473	31	3.0 days
Structure Condition Violation(s)	1,360	55	6.0 days
Work Without Permit	265	13	5.0 days

See every violation type citywide on the Austin code complaints explorer, or the repeat offender landlord registry behind the 231 flagged cases here.

Restaurant health inspections in 78745

Austin Public Health has scored 2,078 inspections at 316 facilities in ZIP 78745, averaging 90.2/100. Of those scored visits, 1,299 scored 90 or above, 527 scored 80–89 and 252 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.

1,299

Scored 90+

527

Scored 80–89

252

Scored below 80

Where 78745’s restaurants stand today

Counting each of the 316 facilities once, at its most recent scored visit: the median score is 90/100, 169 currently sit at 90 or above, and 39 are below 80 (12.3% 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 316 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 39 facilities in 78745 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 78745

78745 has 48 bars and restaurants reporting $3,023,387 in mixed-beverage sales in September 2026, per Texas Comptroller TABC data — #6 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. That is 2.8% of the $106,556,598 reported across every Austin-area ZIP for the same month.

Permit holders reporting

$3.0M

Alcohol sales, September 2026

$63K

Mean per reporting venuea few large venues pull this up

The 5 highest-grossing of the 48 mixed-beverage permit holders that filed for 78745 in September 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	September 2026 receipts
TWIN PEAKS RESTAURANT701 E STASSNEY LN STE D	$644,901
PINS MECHANICAL CO. AUSTIN LLC4323 S CONGRESS AVE	$260,120
THE FAR OUT8504 S CONGRESS AVE	$228,578
OJOS LOCOS SPORTS CANTINA901 LITTLE TEXAS LN STE C	$201,657
THE LITTLE DARLIN'6507 CIRCLE S RD	$195,050

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 78745 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 September 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 78745

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 78745 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 78745.

3.6%
Travis County unemploymentSeptember 1, 2026: 879,546
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 2,379,180 service requests spanning 63 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 78745

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 78745

Where is 78745 located?

ZIP code 78745 is in Austin, Texas, in Travis County. On this site it is grouped under South & Southeast. ZIP codes are postal delivery geographies, not city or council-district boundaries, so a ZIP can cross both.

Is 78745 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: 18,202 311 service requests were filed in 78745 in the most recent 12 months of data (through November 4, 2026), 5,641 code enforcement cases have been opened there in total, and 140 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 78745?

774 311 service requests in ZIP 78745 were still open or in progress as of November 4, 2026 — 736 open and 38 in progress. Residents filed 18,202 requests there in the most recent 12 months of data and 1,411 in the most recent 30 days. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.

How fast does Austin close 311 requests in 78745?

Half of the 311 requests opened in ZIP 78745 in the last 12 months and since closed were closed within 27 hours, and nine in ten within 15 days. That is 1.7 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 78745?

Austin Code has opened 5,641 enforcement cases at addresses in ZIP 78745, of which 140 are not yet closed. Closed cases took a median of 5.0 days to resolve. 231 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 78745 have been inspected?

Austin Public Health has scored 2,078 inspections at 316 distinct facilities in ZIP 78745, 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 78745 score on health inspections?

Taking each restaurant in ZIP 78745 at its most recent scored visit, the median score is 90 out of 100 across 316 facilities. 169 of them currently sit at 90 or above and 39 at their last visit came in below 80 — 12.3% of the ZIP's inspected facilities. The highest most-recent scores on file here include ABCDee Preschool and Daycare, LLC (100), Cunningham Elementary School (100), Odd Pop, LLC (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: October 8, 2026. Source: Austin Public Health, dataset ecmv-9xxi.

What are the top bars in 78745?

48 businesses holding a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported sales in ZIP 78745 for September 2026, totalling $3,023,387 in alcohol receipts — #6 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. The highest-grossing that month were TWIN PEAKS RESTAURANT ($644,901), PINS MECHANICAL CO. AUSTIN LLC ($260,120), THE FAR OUT ($228,578). "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 78745?

No economic data is published on this site at ZIP level, so the honest answer is the county one: 78745 sits in Travis County, where unemployment was 3.6% in September 1, 2026 with a labor force of 879,546. A single county contains ZIP codes with very different economies, so treat this as context rather than a description of 78745. 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: November 4, 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: October 8, 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 September 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 (13.7 sq mi of land in 78745). 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.