Mustang RidgeTX
A town of 1,025.
Is Mustang Ridge a good place to live?
Mustang Ridge’s best subject grade is an A− for incomes; its weakest is a D for health. Mustang Ridge’s average trip to work is 41 minutes, above both the Texas town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. Among 489 Texas towns, just 2 have a higher violent crime rate than Mustang Ridge. Mustang Ridge's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns. Mustang Ridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,025 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Mustang Ridge grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Mustang Ridge is from typical.
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Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mustang Ridge. Close and well known come first.
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
25 mi CaveJacob's Well (Texas)
7 mi Park & preserveCOTALAND
16 mi Stadium & arenaMoody Center
14 mi LakeLady Bird Lake
15 mi LandmarkTexas State CemeteryPhoto credits
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium: Brint03, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · COTALAND: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Moody Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Lady Bird Lake: Arvindn on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Texas State Cemetery: WhisperToMe, Public domain
Moving to Mustang Ridge: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mustang Ridge, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mustang Ridge.
Residents of Mustang Ridge are less healthy than 92% of U.S. towns
Mustang Ridge beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 32% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Mustang Ridge, where Texas’ towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 8.1%. 38% of Mustang Ridge adults get no exercise outside work.
| Mustang Ridge | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mustang Ridge | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 32.2% | 19.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mustang Ridge has mild winters and hot summers
Mustang Ridge has mild winters and hot summers. Mustang Ridge’s July high is 96°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Mustang Ridge’s working residents commute to Austin
Most working residents leave Mustang Ridge for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Mustang Ridge grew to 399 in 2023, 263 more than in 2013. 8.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Mustang Ridge.
| Mustang Ridge | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crime reported in Mustang Ridge
Mustang Ridge's reported crime rate is well above Texas's. The property crime rate in Mustang Ridge is 29.5 per 1,000 residents. 14 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Mustang Ridge faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical home in Mustang Ridge is valued at about $317K
The typical Mustang Ridge home is worth about $317,000, down 4.4% in a year, 7% above the Texas typical home.
| Mustang Ridge | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 90% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,368 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Mustang Ridge
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Mustang Ridge
About 3 of every 100 Mustang Ridge residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Mustang Ridge
City in Texas, United States
Mustang Ridge is a city in Caldwell, Bastrop, and Travis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 623 ft
Questions about Mustang Ridge
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mustang Ridge, TX expensive?
That is 3.2 years of the area's median household income ($100,431 across the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.