78719 ZIP Code — Austin, TX

ZIP code 78719 covers Austin, Texas, with a population of about 1,556.

Population: 1,55679 per square mile
Median age: 43.75 points above the US average
Poverty rate: 9.8%2.6 points below the US average
Typical home value: $421,772down 6.9% in five years
Degree or higher: 13.7%21.3 points below the US average
Homeownership: 97.2%32.2 points above the US average
Time zone: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 137

Where 78719 is

Austin, Texas — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population	1,556
Median age	43.7
Family households	77.6%
Born outside the US	36.2%
Speaks a language other than English at home	62.1%
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%
Black (non-Hispanic)	1.9%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	70%
Veterans	8%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Income per person	$26,766
Poverty rate	9.8%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	2.1%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	2.2%
$10–15k	2.2%
$15–20k	10.4%
$20–25k	0.0%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	7.1%
$35–40k	2.1%
$40–45k	0.0%
$45–50k	6.0%
$50–60k	21.5%
$60–75k	3.7%
$75–100k	10.4%
$100–125k	22.9%
$125–150k	6.3%
$150–200k	0.4%
$200k or more	4.7%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Tax returns filed	810
Mean adjusted gross income	$44,386
Returns declaring $200,000 or more	0%
Returns, under $25k	35.8%
Returns, $25k–$50k	33.3%
Returns, $50k–$75k	16.0%
Returns, $75k–$100k	6.2%
Returns, $100k–$200k	8.6%
Returns, $200k or more	0.0%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Owner-occupied	97.2%
Vacant homes	9.8%
Median year built	1998

What the homes are

Detached house	34%
Mobile home	66%

Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value	$421,772as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 3%
Typical home value, 5 years	down 6.9%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 80%

Typical home value since 2000

$171,815 in 2000 to $421,772 in 2026.

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	0.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%
High school diploma or higher	60.8%
Works from home	8.3%
Drives to work alone	73.1%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	14.4%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity	36% 2.6 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes	13.3% 1.3 pts above the national average of 12%
Currently smokes	12.5% 0.7 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure	29% 5.1 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health	28% 7.7 pts above the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)	34.8% 23.5 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depression	20.5% 1.4 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity	33.3% 7.9 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis	18.2% 6.9 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking	17.7% 1.7 pts above the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication	70.1% 4.6 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)	4.5% 3.2 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma	8.9% 1.5 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease	5.5% 0.7 pts below the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year	69.3% 7.4 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening	81.7% 4.2 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability	18% 3.2 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening	54% 10.3 pts below the national average of 64.3%
COPD	5.1% 1.5 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist	44.2% 17.1 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Any disability	33.9% 3.2 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Hearing disability	6.5% same as the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol	34.5% 1.7 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Independent living disability	9.4% 1 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Mammography use	71.7% 4.2 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)	17.7% 0.9 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability	15.7% 1.7 pts above the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)	14.9% 1.4 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability	4.9% 0.9 pts above the national average of 4%
Sleeps under 7 hours	34.5% 1.9 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke	3% same as the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost	15.8% 2.8 pts above the national average of 13%
Vision disability	8.3% 2.7 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	137
People employed	6,207
Annual payroll	$444,109,000

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 34.8% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Very Low to Relatively Low across the 3 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss	26.7 out of 100
Community resilience	62.6 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Drought	82.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	75.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	73.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	62.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	48.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	46.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	43.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	28.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	28Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	24.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	23.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	22.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	16.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	5.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with Texas and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Texas	United States
Median household income	—	$76,292	$78,538
Income per person	$26,766	$39,446	$43,289
Poverty rate	9.8%	13.8%	12.4%
Median home value	—	$260,400	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,339	$1,348
Homeownership	97.2%	62.6%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	33.1%	35%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.1%	5.2%
Works from home	8.3%	12.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	36.2%	17.2%	13.9%
Median age	43.7	35.5	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	AUSTIN BERGSTROM AP, TX US1.3 km away
Rain in a year	36 in
Snow in a year	0 in

Average high and low by month

January	62.5°F / 37.7°F2.82 in rain
February	66.4°F / 42.1°F1.89 in rain, 0.1 in snow
March	73.1°F / 49°F2.9 in rain
April	80.1°F / 56.1°F2.39 in rain
May	86.8°F / 65.2°F5 in rain
June	93°F / 71.5°F3.37 in rain
July	96.1°F / 73°F2.16 in rain
August	97°F / 72.6°F2.47 in rain
September	90.9°F / 67.2°F3.03 in rain
October	82.5°F / 57.2°F4.25 in rain
November	71.7°F / 46.9°F2.68 in rain
December	64.1°F / 39.5°F2.61 in rain, 0.1 in snow

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

This ZIP code is served by 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Del Valle Independent School District	98.9% of this ZIP code's land area
Austin Independent School District	1.1% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Walkability	5.1 out of 20Least walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

78617 Del Valle, TX	5.2 km away
78742 Austin, TX	5.7 km away
78744 Austin, TX	7.8 km away
78741 Austin, TX	7.8 km away
78725 Austin, TX	9.4 km away
78747 Austin, TX	9.9 km away
78721 Austin, TX	10.4 km away
78702 Austin, TX	10.5 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Travis County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	19.77 sq mi
Population density	79 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	30.1802, -97.6667

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.