Mustang Ridge, Texas
Mustang Ridge is a small city in Travis County, on the southern edge of the Austin metropolitan area about 15 miles south of downtown Austin. It sits in the transitional country between the Hill Country and the Blackland Prairie, along the Interstate 35 corridor between Austin and San Marcos. The area remains largely rural, with farmland and open land bordering the expanding suburbs to the north.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 1,025
- Change from 2020 base
- +7.9%
- Land area
- 3.7 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Bastrop County, Caldwell County, and Travis County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Mustang Ridge crosses county lines, so the appraisal district and tax office depend on the parcel address. School, city-limit, MUD, PID, and other special-district lines can be different too. Start with the full county list below instead of treating one county as the answer.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Mustang Ridge
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Mustang Ridge.
History
The Man Behind the Name: Baron de Bastrop
Bastrop County is named for Felipe Enrique Neri, a Dutch man who called himself Baron de Bastrop and helped Stephen F. Austin secure land grants from Mexico.
Property tax
Homestead Exemption Cuts Your School Tax Bill
If you own and live in your home in Bastrop County, you can apply for a homestead exemption that removes $140,000 from your school district taxable value.
Oil History
Luling still wears its 1922 oil story in plain sight
Edgar B. Davis's 1922 discovery turned Luling into an oil boomtown, and decorated working pump jacks still carry that history through town.
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