Is Point Venture a good place to live?
Point Venture’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and health; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. Point Venture’s median rent is $2,250 a month, against $1,208 a month in Texas’ towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Only 21 of Texas’ 998 towns score lower on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. 83% of the land in Point Venture is conserved, above both the Texas town median (1.9%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 25 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on history. Point Venture's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 88% of U.S. towns. Point Venture has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Point Venture stand out
Where Point Venture beats most towns.
1,233 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Point Venture grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Point Venture is from typical.
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Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Point Venture. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaDarrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium
25 mi CaveJacob's Well (Texas)
6 mi LakeLake Travis
18 mi Stadium & arenaMoody Center
14 mi LakeLake Austin
19 mi LakeLady Bird LakePhoto credits
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium: Brint03, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jacob's Well (Texas): Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Travis: Trey Perry, CC BY 3.0 · Moody Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Austin: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Lady Bird Lake: Arvindn on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Point Venture: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Point Venture, 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 Point Venture.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Point Venture
2.4 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Point Venture’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A smaller share of adults in Point Venture sleep under 7 hours than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
28% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Point Venture. Point Venture beats the Texas average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 19% of adults get no exercise outside work in Point Venture.
| Point Venture | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 39% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 30% | 25% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 20% | 14% |
| What stands out | Point Venture | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.7% | 19.3% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.5% | 16.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Point Venture’s typical home value is about $401K
The typical Point Venture home is worth about $401,000, down 3.3% in a year, 35% above the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most of Point Venture’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Point Venture for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Point Venture is 35 minutes. Since 2013, Point Venture has added 85 jobs, to 182 in 2023.
| Point Venture | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Point Venture faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Point Venture has mild winters and hot summers
Point Venture has mild winters and hot summers. July afternoons reach 96°, January nights drop to 37° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Point Venture
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Point Venture
About 3 of every 100 Point Venture residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
97% of working residents leave Point Venture for work
Where Point Venture’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Point Venture
Village in Texas, United States
Point Venture is a village in western Travis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,260 as of the 2020 census. Located on the north bank of Lake Travis, Point Venture has been a second home and family vacation destination since the early 1970s. It has matured into a community of full-time residents, with over 150 children attending Lago Vista Schools. It features golfing, boating, lake access, and other amenities. Point Venture was incorporated in August 2000. The Lago Vista Independent School District serves area students.
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- Area
- 1.9 sq mi
Questions about Point Venture
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Point Venture, TX expensive?
Yes. That is 4 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 D−.