Downtown
Apartments near downtown Kyle
What a home near the middle of Kyle costs, sorted by how far each community really sits from the city center, with weekday morning drive times to the places Kyle renters head for.
- 1
- Within a mile of the center
- 4
- Within two miles
- 19
- Within four miles
- $999
- Cheapest within two miles
Rebuilt every day from a paid apartment feed, community leasing pages and our own legwork. Latest update November 7, 2026.
The rings
What the center is worth per mile
| Ring from the center | Communities | Cheapest start | Median start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under one mile | 1 | $999 | $999 |
| Under two miles | 4 | $999 | $1,090 |
| Under four miles | 19 | $828 | $1,104 |
Straight-line distance from where each community sits on our map to the geocoded city center. Starting rents come from a paid apartment feed, community leasing pages and our own legwork.
The drive
The number that decides it
Most people renting in Kyle are trading highway time for rent, so the drive is not a detail, it is the whole decision. These are median times from the communities within two miles of the center, measured for a weekday morning arrival.
| Destination | Typical drive |
|---|---|
| Austin, downtown | 47 min |
| UT Austin | 52 min |
| Ascension Seton Hays | 8 min |
| Texas State, San Marcos | 20 min |
| Tesla Giga Texas | 32 min |
Median across the downtown roster, traffic-aware, weekday morning.
Closest to the center right now
See these on the mapNearest to the city center first, each at the lowest rent our bank holds for it today.
Communities we work with
These are our picks, and we're paid a fee by many of them when someone leases. Everything below is ordered by the deal math, not by that.
Inside four miles of the city center (19)
The full roster behind the numbers above.
- The Aidan · from $828 · Kyle Parkway & the East Side
- The Strand Apartments · from $849 · Kyle Parkway & the East Side
- Oasis at Plum Creek Apartments · from $905 · Plum Creek
- Hays Park · from $940 · Kyle Parkway & the East Side
- Oaks of Kyle · from $999 · South Kyle & Bunton Creek
- Ariza Plum Creek · from $1,009 · Plum Creek
- Estates at Plum Creek · from $1,014 · Plum Creek
- Opal Point at Kyle Apartments · from $1,035 · South Kyle & Bunton Creek
- ThreeTwenty at the Vybe · from $1,041 · Kyle Parkway & the East Side
- The Brick and Mortar District Apartments · from $1,104 · Plum Creek
- Cromwell at Plum Creek · from $1,121 · Plum Creek
- Ventana Plum Creek · from $1,130 · Plum Creek
- Preserve at Plum Creek · from $1,145 · Plum Creek
- Arden at Kohlers Crossing · from $1,150 · Kyle Parkway & the East Side
- Axis Marketplace · from $1,165 · Plum Creek
- The Chloe · from $1,198 · Kyle Parkway & the East Side
- The Vine Kyle Parkway · from $1,240 · Kyle Parkway & the East Side
- The Green at Plum Creek · from $1,380 · Plum Creek
- Magnolia at Bunton Creek (Formerly: Beacon at Bunton Creek) · from $1,948 · South Kyle & Bunton Creek
Questions renters actually ask
Why do people rent in Kyle rather than Austin?+
Almost always the arithmetic. Kyle is far enough down I-35 to price well below south Austin and close enough that the drive is a commute rather than a relocation. What you trade is time on the highway, and that is worth pricing honestly before you sign.
How bad is the drive to Austin?+
The table above is measured traffic-aware for a weekday morning arrival, not for an empty road. It is longer than a mapping app will show you on a Sunday, and that longer number is the one to plan around.
Is Kyle actually walkable?+
Around the old depot square, in patches. 1 of the communities we track sit within a mile of the center. Beyond that Kyle is a driving town, and the newer subdivisions are built on that assumption.
What is here besides the commute?+
A hospital that employs a lot of the town, a growing retail strip along the parkway, and parks. Kyle has been one of the fastest growing cities in Texas for a decade, so a good deal of what you see was built in the last few years.
Keep reading
The I-35 corridor
Closest to the ramps, for the drive.
Move-in specials
Every concession on the table right now.
Walk to the grocery store
Measured distance to a full grocer.
True cost calculator
What the whole month actually costs.
Rent history
What these rents have done over time.
The live map
Every tracked community, on today’s pricing.