Oakmont Heights Homes for Sale

Oakmont Heights is a small Central Austin neighborhood in ZIP 78731, bounded by MoPac on the west, 35th Street on the south, Shoal Creek on the east, and 45th Street on the north. It sits directly west of Rosedale and directly north of Bryker Woods, and it is small enough that plenty of Austinites know the streets without knowing the name.

That obscurity is part of its appeal. It carries less through-traffic than the neighborhoods either side of it, and it has never been a name people shop by, which has historically kept it a slightly better value than its immediate neighbours for comparable land.

These three get spoken of together and they are genuinely different places.

Geography. Bryker Woods sits south of 35th Street between Lamar and Shoal Creek. Oakmont Heights sits north of 35th on the far side of Shoal Creek, toward MoPac. Rosedale sits east of Oakmont Heights, between Lamar and Burnet. Shoal Creek is the dividing line between Oakmont Heights and the other two, and it is a real one.

Lot size. Oakmont Heights began in the 1930s and 1940s as an extension of Rosedale, and its early homes went in on noticeably larger lots than the tight platting of Bryker Woods, where many lots run under 6,000 square feet. That difference is the main reason to choose one over the other.

Feel. Quieter and less trafficked than either, with no commercial strip inside it. What that buys is calm. What it costs is that the shops are a few blocks outside the neighborhood rather than in it.

Original 1930s and 1940s houses on generous lots, with a steady layer of careful renovation and a growing number of full rebuilds. The larger lots are why redevelopment interest here is real: there is room to add on or start over in a way there frequently is not a few blocks south.

Streets are tree-lined and the neighborhood association is active, which matters more in a small neighborhood than a large one because a handful of houses changing character is visible immediately.

Oakmont Heights is in Austin ISD and the neighborhood elementary is Bryker Woods Elementary, the same school that serves the neighborhood of that name south of 35th Street. From there the path runs to O. Henry Middle School and Austin High School.

Austin ISD redraws attendance zones periodically, so confirm the current assignment for a specific address with the district before you rely on it. We will pull it for any property you are considering.

The Shoal Creek Trail runs the eastern boundary and connects south toward downtown and Pease Park. The 35th Street corridor is immediately south, putting Ascension Seton Medical Center, Kerbey Lane, and the Bryker Woods shops within a short drive or a long walk. Central Market and the 38th Street corridor are a few minutes east, and Burnet Road is a few minutes further.

MoPac on the western edge is what makes the commute quick and what makes the westernmost streets noisier. That is the trade-off to weigh street by street here, and it shows up clearly in what houses trade for.

Oakmont Heights suits buyers who want Central Austin lot size without Pemberton Heights pricing, who intend to renovate or build, and who are comfortable in a neighborhood that is genuinely small and genuinely quiet.