Westwood is a neighborhood in Leander, TX, built out in phases between 2000 and 2010 on the west side of town, off FM 2243 (Leander Road). It’s reached from I-35 by heading west on 2243 and turning onto Sunny Brook Drive. Homes here run from around 1,000 to just under 2,800 square feet on lots close to a fifth of an acre, so you’ll see simpler floor plans from the early 2000s mixed in with later-phase homes, and a good number of them sit on cul-de-sac streets. If you want to see what’s actually on the market in Westwood right now, that’s below.
I’m Robbie English, REALTOR/Broker at Uncommon Realty, and I work Leander and the rest of the Austin metro. You can read more about my background on my about page.
Where Westwood Sits in Leander
Westwood’s location off FM 2243 puts you close to two different routes out of the neighborhood. I-35 handles the run south into Austin, and the 183A Toll gets you into Cedar Park and on toward Georgetown. The 183A Toll runs about 16 miles from RM 620 in northwest Austin, through Cedar Park and Leander, up to State Highway 29, so it covers most of the area you’d need for work or errands without dealing with 183’s surface-street traffic. Plan on roughly 30 to 40 minutes to downtown Austin depending on traffic and time of day.
For everyday errands, most Westwood residents end up at the H-E-B Plus at Highway 183 and Hero Way, which anchors a shopping center with a mix of restaurants and retail. That same intersection is across from the Leander Station Metro Rail stop and Austin Community College’s San Gabriel campus, so if you commute by rail instead of driving, it’s a realistic option depending on where in Leander you land. Old Town Leander, the small-town core of the city with its own shops and cafes, is a short drive from Westwood, as is Mason Creek, one of the older established neighborhoods in this part of town if you’d rather have mature trees than a newer build. For outdoor space, Devine Lake Park on Waterfall Avenue has a fishing lake, walking trails, and a playground, and it’s one of the larger public parks in the city if you’re used to having more than an HOA pool and a playground nearby.
Leander itself has grown fast, and that context matters if you’re buying here. The city had about 7,600 residents in 2000 and had climbed to nearly 60,000 by 2020; recent estimates put the population close to 90,000 as of 2025, and Leander was the fastest-growing city in the Austin metro between mid-2023 and mid-2024. A lot of that growth is showing up at Northline, a roughly 116-acre mixed-use district under construction at Highway 183 and San Gabriel Parkway that’s meant to become Leander’s new downtown, with retail, restaurants, housing, and a future city hall. None of that is inside Westwood itself, but it’s close enough that it will keep shaping what the area around the neighborhood looks like over the next several years.
The Neighborhood Itself
Westwood has an HOA, established in 2001 and currently managed by Goodwin & Company. Residents have access to a community pool with lounge seating, a pavilion, and a park with a playground. Resale certificates for the neighborhood run around $375 through the management company, which is worth knowing if you’re selling and budgeting for closing costs. If you have questions about current dues or need documentation for a specific address, Goodwin & Company can pull those numbers directly rather than guessing from an old listing.
The neighborhood is zoned to Leander ISD, the largest school district in Williamson County and one of the fastest-growing in the state, with 23 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, and 5 high schools districtwide. Based on current LISD attendance maps, Westwood feeds into Bagdad Elementary, Leander Middle, and Glenn High School. School zoning in a fast-growing district can shift as new campuses open, so if schools are a deciding factor for you, I’d confirm current boundaries directly with LISD before you write an offer rather than relying on what a listing says.
I’ve worked enough buyers and sellers through Leander to know the practical stuff that doesn’t show up in a listing description: how a street actually feels at rush hour, what’s still under construction nearby, which sections of a neighborhood tend to hold value better than others. I’m not going to tell you a house is perfect if it isn’t, and I’d rather walk a property with you and point out the real issues than hand you a glowing paragraph that doesn’t hold up once you’re standing in the kitchen. That goes for pricing too. If a Westwood home is overpriced for what it is, I’ll tell you that before you write an offer, not after an appraisal comes back low.
If you’d like to talk through what’s available in Westwood or anywhere else in Leander, get in touch and I’ll help you figure out next steps, whether that’s touring a specific house or just getting a read on what homes in this part of Leander are actually selling for right now.
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