Austin corridor guide
Mercer Street is the heart of Dripping Springs, the gateway to Hill Country wineries and distilleries on US-290. Rental stock out here is small and fills fast, so acting quickly on an opening matters more than anywhere else we track.
9
Communities here
$1,021
Cheapest starting rent
$1,249
Median starting rent
7
Running a special
Deal tracking: 78% of priced communities in Downtown Dripping Springs are running a move-in special, averaging 7.9 weeks free. 1 community has cut starting rent in the last two weeks.
9 communities tracked in this zone, 9 with current pricing., and 1 within a walkable mile of a full grocery store. Tap any pin for the price and the fastest way to act on it.
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 A · Newest buildings, most amenities
Class B · The solid mid tier
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Starting rents from our latest check. Communities with a full review are linked.
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.