Market Overview for Zip Code 78725
There are 39 active listings in Zip Code 78725 with a median list price of $278K and a median sold price of $284K.
Homes average 52 days on market.
Over the past 30 days, 12 homes have sold, with 130 sales in the past 12 months.
The average price per square foot is $205.
About Zip Code 78725
Zip code 78725 covers the Hornsby Bend area and portions of southeast Austin and unincorporated Travis County, located approximately 12 miles southeast of downtown Austin. The zip code extends east of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport along the Colorado River corridor, encompassing rural land, the Tesla Gigafactory Texas complex, and scattered residential development along FM 973 and SH-130. The area takes its name from Hornsby Bend, a large meander of the Colorado River where Reuben Hornsby established one of the first Anglo settlements in the Austin area in 1832. The terrain is flat Blackland Prairie with rich alluvial soils along the river bottom.
Residential real estate in 78725 is predominantly rural, with single-family homes on acreage tracts ranging from 2 to 50 or more acres. Prices range from $250K for older homes on smaller lots to $800K for updated properties on 10-plus acres with outbuildings and livestock facilities. Manufactured homes on private land are common, starting around $150K. New residential subdivision development has been limited due to floodplain restrictions along the Colorado River and the presence of the city's biosolids processing facility (Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant). Land values have increased since Tesla's 2020 announcement of its Gigafactory, and speculative land purchases for potential future development have driven vacant acreage prices up significantly.
Students in 78725 attend Del Valle ISD, which serves approximately 12,000 students across 16 campuses. Elementary schools in the area include Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary and Popham Elementary. Del Valle Middle School covers 6th through 8th grade, and Del Valle High School serves 9th through 12th. The district offers dual-language programs, career and technical education pathways, and an early college high school program partnered with Austin Community College. Del Valle ISD's tax base has benefited significantly from the Tesla Gigafactory and other commercial development along SH-130.
The 78725 zip code is traversed by SH-130 and FM 973, providing access to Austin-Bergstrom Airport (10 minutes west), downtown Austin (20 minutes via SH-71), and Round Rock (30 minutes north via SH-130). The Tesla Gigafactory Texas, a 10-million-square-foot manufacturing complex producing the Model Y and Cybertruck, is the dominant economic presence in the zip code, employing over 10,000 workers. Circuit of the Americas, a 3.41-mile Formula 1 racetrack, is approximately 5 minutes south. The Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory at the city's biosolids facility is one of the most productive birding sites in Central Texas, with over 360 documented species using the settling ponds and riparian habitat along the Colorado River.
