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Apartments for Rent in Southwest Austin, TX

Circle C, Barton Creek, and Oak Hill. Golf communities, greenbelt access, and Hill Country living close to Highway 290.

33

Communities Tracked

$1,021

Starting At

$1,563

Average Rent

33

communities tracked, 31 priced

$1,021

cheapest starting rent today

$1,249

median starting rent

22

running a move in special

Deal tracking: 71% of priced communities in Southwest are running a move-in special, averaging 5.7 weeks free, down from 73.5% a month ago. 4 communities have cut starting rent in the last two weeks.

Every community here, on the map

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Our picks: the best deals in Southwest 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.

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14 communities here sit within a half mile of a CapMetro stop and 6 are within a walkable mile of a full grocery store. See all of Southwest on the live map.

Data reviewed by Ross Quade, Licensed Apartment Locator (TREC #679806)How we get our datapricing from data providers, community websites and our research, updated daily

The Southwest 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 B median down $74 since 09/17. Class C median up $29 since 09/17.

Median starting rent in Southwest
Class A$1,24921 pricedClass B$1,2367 pricedClass C$1,2943 priced

AustinApartments.com price ledger, updated daily from data providers, community websites and our own research.

Share of priced communities running a special
Class A85.7%avg 5.4 wks freeClass B57.1%avg 5 wks freeClass C66.7%avg 6.5 wks free

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 Southwest

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Every community we track in Southwest

Starting rents from our latest check. Communities with a full review are linked.

  • Alister Oak Hill · from $1,298
  • AMLI Covered Bridge · from $1,444
  • Anthem at Ledge Stone · from $1,021
  • Barton Creek Villas · from $1,505
  • Bee Caves Vistas · from $2,591
  • Belterra Springs · from $1,313
  • Berkshire Santal · from $1,513
  • Brookdale Westlake Hills · from $7,590
  • Callista Hill Country · from $1,236
  • Camden Gaines Ranch
  • Carrington at Oak Hill · from $1,231
  • Cliffs at Barton Creek · from $1,405
  • Landmark Conservancy · from $1,148
  • Lantana Hills · from $1,217
  • Lantana Ridge · from $1,115
  • Lookout · from $1,249
  • Ocotillo · from $1,176
  • Palo Verde · from $1,065
  • Panorama Villas · from $1,155
  • Pearl Lantana · from $1,461
  • Saint June · from $2,392
  • Settlers Creek · from $1,294
  • Sonora · from $1,180
  • The Markson · from $1,261
  • The Preserve At Travis Creek · from $1,358
  • The Shiloh · from $1,308
  • The View at Belterra · from $1,249
  • Valley View · from $1,199
  • Waters at Barton Creek
  • Westerly 360 · from $1,998
  • Windsor Lantana Hills · from $1,174
  • Windsor Oak Hill · from $1,225
  • Yaupon by Windsor · from $1,076

What's changing in Southwest

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.

8900 W Sh 71 Bldg 6New

ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - [APPROVED] New Construction of apartment Buildings with Private Garages (38520 SF).

Issued Oct 14, 2026
9119 Old Bee Caves Rd Bldg 4New

ePlan: Commercial Expedited Review - [APPROVED] New Construction of New Apartments with Private Garages (38520SF).

Issued Oct 14, 2026
7817 W Sh 71 Bldg ClubNew

ePlan: Expedited Review - New Construction of apartment Amenity Building.

Issued Dec 11, 2025
7817 W Sh 71 Bldg 7New

ePlan: Expedited Review - New Construction of apartment Townhouse Building.

Issued Dec 11, 2025
7817 W Sh 71 Bldg 2New

ePlan: Expedited Review - New Construction of Mixed-Use apartment Bldgs. with associated amenities.

Issued Dec 11, 2025
7817 W Sh 71 Bldg 1Remodel

ePlan: Expedited Review - First Time Finish Out to apartment Building. Firewall D

Issued Dec 11, 2025

Live data: City of Austin issued construction permits (dataset 3syk-w9eu), pulled October 16, 2026, refreshed daily.

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.