78757 covers North Central Austin, taking in North Shoal Creek, Crestview, and the Allandale side of the Burnet Road corridor. I’m Robbie English, REALTOR, Broker with Uncommon Realty, and this is one of the mid-century Austin zip codes where a 1960s ranch on a quarter-acre lot sits a few doors down from a recent remodel or a new build.
Crestview and its neighbors grew up around the old Missouri-Pacific rail line, and that same rail corridor is now the Crestview MetroRail station and the Violet Crown Trail, which runs right through the area. Allandale, on the west side of 78757, leans more toward walkability to the restaurants and shops along Burnet Road and the Shoal Creek trail. Homes throughout the zip code are mostly Austin ISD, but the elementary assignment can differ block to block – Gullett and Wooten both serve parts of 78757, feeding into Lamar Middle and McCallum High – so I always confirm the specific campus for any address before a buyer gets attached to a house.
Northcross Park anchors the northern end of the zip code with walking trails, playgrounds, and open green space, and it’s an easy reference point when I’m describing where a listing actually sits relative to shopping and the highway. Most of 78757 sits between Burnet Road and MoPac, which keeps the commute downtown to roughly 10-15 minutes outside of rush hour.
If you’re looking specifically at condos rather than a house, I’ve got a separate page on the Allandale condo market. And if 78757 doesn’t have the right inventory this week, Brentwood just to the south has a similar mix of older ranch homes and remodels worth comparing.
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