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Affluent neighborhood zips to top spot on list of Austin’s richest areas

Steiner Ranch is the wealthiest ZIP code in the Austin metro area, according to a recent study.

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If you want to find where the richest people in the Austin area live, zip on over to Steiner Ranch in West Austin.

New data from the Austin Business Journal shows 78732, which encompasses Steiner Ranch, is the wealthiest ZIP code in the five-county metro area, with a median household income of $175,118 based on 2020 figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. More than 18,000 people live in 78732.

The median household income in 78732 is just $91 above the next richest ZIP code, 78733, where the median household income is $171,027. This ZIP code is wedged between Lake Austin to the northwest and Bee Caves Road to the southeast. It includes a number of high-end neighborhoods, including several Rob Roy subdivisions.

Steiner Ranch is a 4,600-acre, master-planned community in Northwest Austin. According to Realtor.com, the median list price for a home there was $1 million in July. That’s nearly double the median home price for the entire metro area.

“Steiner Ranch is ideal for people who enjoy golfing, boating, swimming, biking, fishing, and any other outdoor activities. It is an upscale area that feels very safe and has many included amenities, making it a great place to raise a family,” according to the TripSavvy website.

Community amenities at Steiner Ranch include two junior Olympic-size pools, a resort pool, a splash pool, a splash pad, two baby pools, eight tennis courts, four basketball courts, seven parks, four multipurpose athletic fields, more than 20 miles of hiking trails, and access to the Lake Club.

Rounding out the top 10 wealthiest ZIP codes in the Austin area are:

78739, including the Circle C neighborhood, median household income of $169,023
78746, including Rollingwood and West Lake Hills, median household income of $151,488
78619, including Driftwood, median household income of $136,779
78737, including the Belterra neighborhood, median household income of $134,545
78669, including Spicewood, median household income of $133,673
78701, encompassing downtown Austin, median household income of $127,782
78717, including Avery Ranch, median household income of $117,803
78738, including Wells Branch, median household income of $117,371

“Wealthiest ZIPs can be found from the city to the suburbs and extending out into rural areas,” the Austin Business Journal says. “Some rankings may even be surprising. For example, certain affluent neighborhoods, such as downtown’s 78701 (No. 8) and SoCo’s 78704 (No. 43), did not rank as high as would have been expected. This is often due to high number of rentals verses owner-occupied homes.”

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UT Austin ranks among best U.S. schools for entrepreneurship in 2025

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The University of Texas at Austin has earned two top-10 spots on The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s lists of the best graduate and undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies for 2025.

UT Austin's McCombs School of Business ranks seventh in the graduate category, and UT ranks second in the undergraduate category.

The school is no stranger to the prestigious national lists. In the 2024 rankings, UT also appeared as No. 2 among undergraduate programs, and No. 6 in the ranking for the best graduate programs.

This year marks the fourth time that the school has landed in the top 5 on the undergraduate side, and the 12th time in 15 years that McCombs has made the top 10 among graduate programs in the annual ranking, UT notes in a news release.

The only other schools in Texas to make either top-10 list for 2025 were Rice University (No. 1 graduate school) and the University of Houston (No. 1 undergraduate program).

Rankings for The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s 2025 lists were based on a survey of administrators at nearly 300 schools in the U.S., Canada, and Europe that offer entrepreneurship studies. Among the more than 40 factors used for the rankings were academic programs, faculty credentials, mentorship opportunities, and alumni entrepreneurship ventures.

"If the focus of the MBA program at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin were to be summed up in one word, it would be 'collaboration,'" reads the 2025 graduate schools report. "Students in more than 20 concentrations uniformly crow over its 'incredibly collaborative culture,' citing the 'supportive culture' as a top reason they ultimately picked the program. As a 'top 20 school,' the 'rigorous academic[s]' and 'focus on clean energy,' 'technology,' and 'entrepreneurship,' are other stand-out elements of the program."

The top 10 schools on the list of 50 best graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025 are:

1. Rice University
2. University of California-Los Angeles
3. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
4. Washington University in St. Louis
5. Babson College
6. University of Washington
7. University of Texas at Austin
8. University of Virginia
9. Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands
10. University of South Florida

The top 10 schools on the list of 50 best undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025 are:

1. University of Houston
2. University of Texas at Austin
3. Babson College
4. University of Washington
5. Washington University in St. Louis
6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
7. University of Maryland-College Park
8. Miami University of Ohio
9. Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico
10. Northeastern University

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The story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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