Best PlacesGarrison Park, Austin, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Garrison Park, Austin, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Garrison Park, Austin ranks 1,877th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Garrison Park, Austin
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Garrison Park, Austin's strengths and weaknesses
Where Garrison Park, Austin ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
Where Garrison Park, Austin ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD+, better than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 39% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Garrison Park, Austin
A household needs to earn about $136,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Garrison Park, Austin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $90,381, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Garrison Park, Austin's effective rate of 1.30%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Garrison Park, Austin
Garrison Park, Austin runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Garrison Park, Austin.
Who works in Garrison Park, Austin, and how
Work in Garrison Park, Austin centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 34%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Garrison Park, Austin
Garrison Park, Austin has more parkland per resident than 75% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Garrison Park, Austin and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Garrison Park, Austin, month by month
Garrison Park, Austin sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 99 degrees. January highs sit near 66, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66° | 50° | 38° |
| April | 83° | 68° | 56° |
| July | 99° | 85° | 74° |
| October | 86° | 71° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Garrison Park, Austin
Austin-Bergstrom International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 10.7 million passengers in 2025, with 127 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Garrison Park, Austin
Schools across Garrison Park, Austin average a D+, better than 22% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Sunset Valley ElC · 35% proficient
- Cunningham ElC− · 29% proficient
- Wayside Eden Park AcademyD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Covington MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Bedichek MiddleD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Crockett EchsC · 34% proficient
- Austin OaksD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Garrison Park, Austin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Garrison Park, Austin measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Garrison Park, Austin against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Garrison Park, Austin
Is Garrison Park, Austin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Garrison Park, Austin ranks 1,877th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, a stable housing market, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Garrison Park, Austin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $487,044. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $90,381 median income, cost of living beats 76% of neighborhoods.
Is Garrison Park, Austin safe?
Yes, Garrison Park, Austin is safer than 67% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $415 per resident a year.
Compare Garrison Park, Austin with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Garrison Park, Austin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Garrison Park, Austin represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Garrison Park, Austin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Garrison Park, Austin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Garrison Park, Austin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Garrison Park, Austin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Garrison Park, Austin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Garrison Park, Austin detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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