Market Overview for Hyde Park
There are 31 active listings in Hyde Park with a median list price of $610K and a median sold price of $715K.
Homes average 77 days on market.
Over the past 30 days, 7 homes have sold, with 80 sales in the past 12 months.
The average price per square foot is $443.
About Hyde Park
Hyde Park is a historic residential neighborhood in central Austin, Texas, bounded roughly by Guadalupe Street to the west, 38th Street to the south, Duval Street to the east, and 45th Street to the north. Established in 1891 by developer Monroe M. Shipe as a streetcar suburb, Hyde Park is recognized as Austin's first planned suburb. The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and Austin City Council designated most of Hyde Park south of 45th Street as the Hyde Park Local Historic District in December 2010. The built environment includes Victorian-era cottages, Craftsman bungalows, Tudor Revival homes, and more recent duplex infill, reflecting over 130 years of residential construction. Streets are laid out in a grid, and the neighborhood's proximity to the University of Texas campus, located approximately one mile south, has influenced its demographics and character since its founding.
The Austin Independent School District serves Hyde Park. Kealing Middle School is the primary middle school for the neighborhood, located at 1607 Pennsylvania Avenue and enrolling roughly 600 students in grades 6 through 8. Kealing operates a magnet program for academically advanced students that draws enrollment from across the district. Lamar Middle School, located at 6201 Wynona Avenue, also serves a portion of the Hyde Park area. McCallum High School, at 5600 Sunshine Drive, is a feeder high school for the area and offers a Fine Arts Academy with concentrations in visual arts, theater, dance, music, and creative writing. LBJ Early College High School, located on Lazy Creek Drive, provides another option within Austin ISD and partners with Austin Community College to allow students to earn college credit during high school. Austin ISD operates over 120 campuses across the city and is the largest school district in Central Texas by geographic coverage.
Shipe Park, a 2-acre neighborhood park dedicated in 1928 and named after the neighborhood's founder, sits at the intersection of Avenue G and 45th Street. The park contains a swimming pool with separate main and wading sections open seasonally, two lighted tennis courts, a playground, two basketball courts, and covered picnic areas shaded by mature live oak trees. The Elisabet Ney Museum, at 304 East 44th Street, occupies the 1892 castle-style studio of German-born sculptor Elisabet Ney, who was among the first property owners in Hyde Park. The museum houses Ney's original plaster models and sculptures and is operated by the City of Austin with free admission, open Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 5:00 PM. Avenue B Grocery and Market, operating since the early 1900s, is the oldest continually operating grocery store in Austin and serves deli sandwiches from its location on Avenue B. Quack's 43rd Street Bakery has operated in Hyde Park since 1983, baking from scratch daily.
