Austin ZIP code field guide 78746 West & Northwest

Travis County · #25 of 64 ZIPs in the 311 feed by all-time volume

The Barton Creek Greenbelt runs through multiple parts of Austin and offers several entrances with different amenities. For a visit connected to 78746, choose a named trailhead rather than navigating to a general greenbelt label.

78746 in context2020 Census ZCTA outlines · Postal-area approximations

The local field guide

78746: Barton Creek Greenbelt, chosen by trailhead

2 linked sources · Checked Sep 5, 2026

One system, several access points

The City distinguishes the main trail from the larger network and publishes a trailhead map. A ZIP on one entrance’s address does not establish the boundary of the entire greenbelt.[1]

Spyglass is a specific entry

The operator lists the Spyglass/Barton Skyway trailhead at 1601 Spyglass Drive, with street parking and a composting restroom some distance from the entrance. Other trailheads have different parking and restroom arrangements.[1]

Cliffs and habitat along the creek

The City describes limestone cliffs and habitat for several protected species along the greenbelt. Stay within the intended trail system rather than treating the surrounding habitat as unrestricted walking space.[1]

Plan a little better

Before you go

Check the entrance amenities: Use the City’s trailhead-by-trailhead list to decide where to enter. Restroom availability and parking differ, and some access points have no restroom.[1]
Treat water as a separate condition check: A creek or swimming-hole description does not establish today’s flow or suitability for entering the water. Check current City notices and conditions when water access is part of the plan.[1]

A few things to know

Is there a single address for the whole greenbelt?

There are multiple trailheads. The City publishes their individual addresses and amenities; select the entrance that matches your route.[1]

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.

Barton Creek Greenbelt | 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 September 17, 2026, Austin ZIP code 78746 had 169 open 311 service requests and 10 open code enforcement cases, out of 8,153 311 requests and 448 code cases recorded there since March 10, 2017, according to City of Austin open data (datasets xwdj-i9he and 6wtj-zbtb). Austin Public Health has scored 166 restaurants and food facilities in 78746, with a median most-recent score of 94.5/100 and 11 currently below 80 as of August 25, 2026; 22 businesses with a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported $1,276,691 in alcohol sales here in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller data (dataset naix-2893).

Map of 78746

The 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78746, outlined against its 10 nearest neighbours, with 59 of the 166 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 78746Neighbouring ZIP (click for its page)Inspected 90 or aboveInspected 80–89Inspected Below 80

Boundary: 2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area for 78746, 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.

3,500
311 requests, last 12 months: 25h
Median time to closelevel with the city: 169
311 requests open now: 10
Open code casesof 448 ever opened: 166
Restaurants inspected: 92.7
Mean inspection scoreout of 100: 11
Restaurants below 80at their last visit, of 166: 22
Bars & restaurants reportingmixed-beverage permits, August 2026: $1.3M
Alcohol salesAugust 2026, alcohol only

78746 civic activity, month by month

Austin 311 logged 3,231 service requests in ZIP 78746 across the 11 complete months shown, with the busiest being May 2026 at 411. 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 78746. 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	290	327	4
November 2025	233	212	5
December 2025	239	242	11
January 2026	229	225	15
February 2026	274	259	16
March 2026	289	262	10
April 2026	306	340	11
May 2026	411	385	11
June 2026	349	361	12
July 2026	323	319	16
August 2026	288	315	13
September 2026(to date)	158	165	4

What 78746 calls 311 about

The 8 most-filed request types in ZIP 78746, all time. Together they account for 3,313 of the 8,153 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 78746. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.
Request type	Category	All time	Last 12 mo	Open
Garbage	Waste & Recycling	900	392	12
Recycling	Waste & Recycling	436	201	10
Parking Violation Enforcement	Transportation & Streets	415	207	3
Park Maintenance - Grounds	Parks & Trees	375	163	11
Parking Machine Issue	Transportation & Streets	340	50	1
Compost	Waste & Recycling	291	133	6
Non Emergency Noise/Alarm	Police & Public Safety	282	19	3
Traffic Signal - Maintenance	Transportation & Streets	274	106	3

Compare against every Austin ZIP on the Austin 311 explorer.

Code enforcement in 78746

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 448 cases recorded in ZIP 78746. Source: City of Austin Code Cases, dataset 6wtj-zbtb.
Violation type	Cases	Still open	Median days to close
Property Abatement	133	1	5.0 days
Structure Condition Violation(s)	131	2	9.0 days
Land Use Violation(s)	130	5	6.0 days
Work Without Permit	54	2	3.5 days

See every violation type citywide on the Austin code complaints explorer, or the repeat offender landlord registry behind the 18 flagged cases here.

Restaurant health inspections in 78746

Austin Public Health has scored 1,128 inspections at 166 facilities in ZIP 78746, averaging 92.7/100. Of those scored visits, 849 scored 90 or above, 204 scored 80–89 and 75 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.

849

Scored 90+

204

Scored 80–89

Scored below 80

Where 78746’s restaurants stand today

Counting each of the 166 facilities once, at its most recent scored visit: the median score is 94.5/100, 125 currently sit at 90 or above, and 11 are below 80 (6.6% 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 166 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 11 facilities in 78746 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 78746

78746 has 22 bars and restaurants reporting $1,276,691 in mixed-beverage sales in August 2026, per Texas Comptroller TABC data — #14 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. That is 1.9% of the $68,286,880 reported across every Austin-area ZIP for the same month.

Permit holders reporting

$1.3M

Alcohol sales, August 2026

$58K

Mean per reporting venuea few large venues pull this up

The 5 highest-grossing of the 22 mixed-beverage permit holders that filed for 78746 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
AUSTIN COUNTRY CLUB4408 LONG CHAMP DR	$175,104
SALT TRADERS COASTAL COOKING1101 S MO PAC EXPY STE 7	$163,360
GROVE WINE BAR & KITCHEN6317 FM 2244 RD STE 380	$111,250
LUPE TORTILLA MEXICAN RESTAURANT701 S CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY STE K	$101,432
JACK ALLENS KITCHEN3600 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY STE D	$98,128

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 78746 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 78746

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 78746 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 78746.

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 78746

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 78746

Where is 78746 located?

ZIP code 78746 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 78746 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: 3,500 311 service requests were filed in 78746 in the most recent 12 months of data (through September 17, 2026), 448 code enforcement cases have been opened there in total, and 10 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 78746?

169 311 service requests in ZIP 78746 were still open or in progress as of September 17, 2026 — 155 open and 14 in progress. Residents filed 3,500 requests there in the most recent 12 months of data and 276 in the most recent 30 days. Source: City of Austin 311 service requests, dataset xwdj-i9he.

How fast does Austin close 311 requests in 78746?

Half of the 311 requests opened in ZIP 78746 in the last 12 months and since closed were closed within 25 hours, and nine in ten within 12 days. That is about level with 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 78746?

Austin Code has opened 448 enforcement cases at addresses in ZIP 78746, of which 10 are not yet closed. Closed cases took a median of 5.0 days to resolve. 18 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 78746 have been inspected?

Austin Public Health has scored 1,128 inspections at 166 distinct facilities in ZIP 78746, averaging 92.7/100 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 78746 score on health inspections?

Taking each restaurant in ZIP 78746 at its most recent scored visit, the median score is 94.5 out of 100 across 166 facilities. 125 of them currently sit at 90 or above and 11 at their last visit came in below 80 — 6.6% of the ZIP's inspected facilities. The highest most-recent scores on file here include Caffe Mac (100), WL - Cava Mezze Grill (100), OOB - Children's Center of Austin, The (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 78746?

22 businesses holding a Texas mixed-beverage permit reported sales in ZIP 78746 for August 2026, totalling $1,276,691 in alcohol receipts — #14 by those sales of the 47 Austin-area ZIP codes that reported that month. The highest-grossing that month were AUSTIN COUNTRY CLUB ($175,104), SALT TRADERS COASTAL COOKING ($163,360), GROVE WINE BAR & KITCHEN ($111,250). "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 78746?

No economic data is published on this site at ZIP level, so the honest answer is the county one: 78746 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 78746. 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 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 (22.9 sq mi of land in 78746). 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.