Austin corridor guide
West Campus Apartments
West Campus is the densest rental pocket in Texas: high rise student housing a short walk from UT. Leases run on the academic calendar and by the bed as often as by the unit, so read the terms twice.
4
Communities here
$760
Cheapest starting rent
$1,195
Median starting rent
1
Running a special
Deal tracking: 25% of priced communities in West Campus are running a move-in special, averaging 4.3 weeks free.
Apartments near West Campus
4 communities tracked in this zone, 4 with current pricing. 3 sit within a half mile of a CapMetro stop, and 3 within a walkable mile of a full grocery store. Tap any pin for the price and the fastest way to act on it.
Our picks: the best deals in West Campus right now
The strongest value in each building class, ranked by real monthly cost: the current special applied to a twelve month lease, per square foot. Refreshed with our daily price checks, so these picks change when the pricing does.
Class B · The solid mid tier
Class C · Older stock, lowest prices
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Build my searchThe Central market, by building class
Median starting rents and the deal climate for each class of community here, computed 10/15 from our daily price checks. Class A median up $64 since 09/17.
AustinApartments.com price ledger, updated daily from data providers, community websites and our own research.
Move-in specials parsed from each community's published offer.
Class A is the newest stock with the most amenities; Class B the solid mid tier; Class C the oldest buildings and lowest prices.
Data reviewed by Ross Quade, Licensed Apartment Locator (TREC #679806)How we get our dataseries banked daily since August 2026
Apartments in West Campus
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These are some other communities around West Campus we partner with and recommend.
Every community we track in West Campus
Starting rents from our latest check. Communities with a full review are linked.
- 26 West · from $1,179
- The G · from $760
- Lantana · from $1,195
- Penthouse · from $1,436
What's changing in West Campus
Active apartment and residential construction permits issued in the past year for this area's zip codes. When a permit lands at a community we already track, we name the community instead of the raw address.
Replace exterior siding soffit fascia and surrounding fence. (Shalimar Apartments - 17 units)
Like for like replacement of 48 existing residential windows across 8 apartment units with no structural changes no change to rough openings and no change to building footprint. (Units 1-8)
4505 Duval St Bldg 12
Stair treads replacement on 1 staircase for apartment Building 12
Install New Suppression System for Existing Senior Living Building
Live data: City of Austin issued construction permits (dataset 3syk-w9eu), pulled October 15, 2026, refreshed daily.
How this page stays honest
Prices and specials come from data we buy, our own checks of community websites and our team's daily research, never from ads. The deal ranking applies each special to a twelve month lease the same way our review calculators do. Age restricted 55 plus communities and fully income restricted properties are not mixed into these results.
Data reviewed by Ross Quade, Licensed Apartment Locator (TREC #679806)How we get our data
Drive times are one reading with live traffic, taken Tuesday 8:30 AM Central and last measured October 13, 2026. They are not a live lookup and not a weekly average. Leaving at 5pm will run longer. How we get our data.