Real estate
BY AMANDA CUTSHALL
Home Edition
2026
Welcome to Community Impact’s Home Edition. Our annual Home Edition is a Bastrop and Cedar Creek reader favorite, featuring expanded real estate coverage to help you navigate your biggest investment. Whether you are looking to renovate, buy, or track local trends, this edition serves as a trusted resource. We are proud to shine a light on the people and businesses that make our community so special. Thank you to the local advertisers who make this free news possible—please support them as a sign of appreciation. This year’s Home Edition opens the door to Bastrop’s next chapter. As more people put down roots in Bastrop, growth is shaping the city’s housing market, neighborhoods and approach to development. This edition gives readers an inside look at Bastrop’s new development code, local home-related services, real estate trends and more— all showing how Bastrop is making room for growth while holding onto the values and charm that make it feel like home.
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Market snapshot Bastrop oers historic hometown charm while continuing to experience growth inuenced by Austin-area proximity, housing costs and natural amenities such as the Colorado River and state parks.
Bastrop housing highlights
By the numbers
Population 11,156
Median home value (owner-occupied): $339,600 Median gross rent: $1,443
Median household income $81,551
Owner-occupied housing rate: 56.1% Renter-occupied housing rate: 39.5%
Bastrop city limits
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People per household 2.23
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Households 4,917
Vacant housing rate: 4.4%
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Changing costs Median home prices in Bastrop ZIP codes 78602 and 78612 increased more than 40% since 2016 as inventory, development and buyer demand reshaped the local housing market.
Did you know? Bastrop homeowners with a mortgage had median monthly owner costs of $2,066 from 2020-24—more than double the $860 median for homeowners without a mortgage.
Getting around Bastrop residents had a mean
commute time of 29.7 minutes from 2020-24, according to U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts.
SOURCES: AUSTIN BOARD OF REALTORS, EXPLORE BASTROP COUNTY, UNLOCK MLS, U.S. CENSUS BUREAUCOMMUNITY IMPACT
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