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$1,250,000
6bd4ba4,240 sf
20001 Hamilton Pool RD, Dripping Springs, TX, 78620
Vista Oaks
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$875,000
3bd3ba2,972 sf
117 Vista Oaks DR, Dripping Springs, TX, 78620
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Market Overview for Vista Oaks
There are 2 active listings in Vista Oaks with a median list price of $1.1M.
The average price per square foot is $295.
About Vista Oaks
Vista Oaks is a small residential enclave in the Dripping Springs area of Hays County, Texas, situated along Vista Oaks Drive off Ranch Road 12 in the central Hill Country west of Austin. The neighborhood dates to the early 1990s and consists of homes on acreage lots, most of which are five acres or larger. With no homeowners association and limited deed restrictions, the community offers a rural living arrangement that allows livestock, outbuildings, and custom home designs. The 78620 zip code surrounding Vista Oaks encompasses much of the greater Dripping Springs area, a region that has seen steady population growth since the early 2000s as families and remote workers have moved west from Austin seeking lower density and Hill Country terrain.
Dripping Springs Independent School District serves Vista Oaks and operates campuses that have consistently received strong accountability ratings from the Texas Education Agency. Dripping Springs Middle School enrolls students in grades 6 through 8 and feeds into Dripping Springs High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 and maintains graduation rates above 95 percent. A small number of Vista Oaks addresses fall within the Lake Travis ISD attendance zone, where students may attend Lake Travis Middle School and Lake Travis High School in Lakeway. Dripping Springs ISD has expanded its campus count over the past decade to accommodate enrollment growth, opening new elementary schools and a second middle school site to keep pace with residential development across the district.
The greater Dripping Springs area has built a reputation around its concentration of distilleries, wineries, and breweries along Ranch Road 12 and Hamilton Pool Road. The Dripping Springs Vodka distillery produces spirits using water sourced from the local aquifer. Treaty Oak Distilling operates a 28-acre ranch property with a full restaurant, live music venue, and spirits production facility. Jester King Brewery, located on a 165-acre ranch in the hills south of Fitzhugh Road, specializes in farmhouse ales brewed with well water and wild yeast strains. Mercer Street in downtown Dripping Springs has added restaurants, coffee shops, and retail storefronts over the past several years, giving the town a walkable commercial core that did not exist a decade ago. Hamilton Pool Preserve, a natural swimming hole formed by the collapse of a river dome, sits approximately 15 minutes west of Vista Oaks and operates as a Travis County park requiring reservations during peak months.
Vista Oaks sits roughly 25 miles west of downtown Austin, with access via Ranch Road 12 to US Highway 290 and then east into the city. Commute times to central Austin range from 35 to 50 minutes depending on traffic. The community's position between Dripping Springs proper and the Bee Cave commercial corridor along Ranch Road 620 puts grocery stores, medical offices, and retail within a 10- to 15-minute drive in either direction. Belterra Village, a 93-acre mixed-use development at the intersection of US 290 and Nutty Brown Road, includes an H-E-B grocery, restaurants, a fitness center, and professional services. The Hill Country Galleria in Bee Cave adds a second retail and dining hub approximately 12 miles to the east.