North Shoal Creek, Austin, Texas

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North Shoal Creek is a neighborhood in north central Austin, Texas established in the 1960s.

North Shoal Creek comprises United States Census tract 18.17 and ZIP code 78757 in Travis County and is named after Shoal Creek, which flows through the neighborhood.

The area is bordered by Mopac to the west, Research Blvd on the North, Burnet Road to the East and Anderson Lane on the South, located in the north part of the City of Austin's Urban Core [1] and increasingly popular North Burnet Road Area.[2] The North Shoal Creek neighborhood borders the following neighborhoods: Allandale (to the south), Wooten (to the east), North Burnet (to the north) and Northwest Hills (to the west).

Centrally located in between Mopac Expressway/Loop 1 (to the west) and 183/Research Blvd. (to the north), the North Shoal Creek neighborhood has an area of 1.179 square miles (3.1 km2) and a population of 4,302 or 0.6% of Austin's population.[3]

The neighborhood area is pedestrian friendly and integrates bus routes, biking trails and sidewalks. It is located next to retail and recreational facilities, many of which are local businesses. According to the website Walk Score, North Shoal Creek is the 14th most walkable neighborhood in Austin; the neighborhood scores Very Walkable with an average Walk Score of 74, scoring 21 points higher than Austin's overall Walk Score of 49.[4]

  1. ^ "City of Austin - Neighborhood Planning : North Shoal Creek". www.ci.austin.tx.us. Archived from the original on 2010-08-23.
  2. ^ "NoBu".
  3. ^ Census 2010 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File
  4. ^ "North Shoal Creek neighborhood in Austin".