Steiner Ranch is a
planned community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Travis County
Travis County is located in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,290,188. It is the fifth-most populous county in Texas. Its county seat and most populous city is Austin, the state's capital. The county was established i ...
,
Texas
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, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in the
2020 census.
[
It is in the west-central part of the county, occupying on a ridge running within a large bend on the north side of the ]Colorado River
The Colorado River () is one of the principal rivers (along with the Rio Grande) in the Southwestern United States and in northern Mexico. The river, the List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem), 5th longest in the United St ...
between Lake Travis
Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States. It is named in honor of William B. Travis.
Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height cha ...
and Lake Austin
Lake Austin, formerly Lake McDonald, is a water reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1939 by the construction of Tom Miller Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Austin is one of the seven Texa ...
. The community is surrounded by the city limits of Austin
Austin refers to:
Common meanings
* Austin, Texas, United States, a city
* Austin (given name), a list of people and fictional characters
* Austin (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
* Austin Motor Company, a British car manufac ...
, the state capital, and is by road northwest of downtown.
Real estate developer Al Hughes initially purchased the land for development in the late 1980s from the Steiner family.
Demographics
Steiner Ranch first appeared as a census designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
in the 2020 U.S. Census.[
]
2020 Census
Steiner Ranch's total population, as of 2021, is 17,780, with 8,748 males and 9,032 females. The median age is 40.7. The total number of households in 5,867 with an average of 3 people per household. Families account for 4,334 of those households, and non-families, 1,533. Of those households, 3,148 have children. 1,626 Steiner residents are self-employed, while 5,650 work for private companies. Governmental workers number 877 and those working for non-profit companies, 432.
Education
Steiner Ranch is located in Leander Independent School District
Leander Independent School District is a school district based in Leander, Texas ( USA) and covering a total of in Leander, Cedar Park, Georgetown, Jonestown, Round Rock in Williamson County and northwest Austin in Travis County. In 201 ...
. It contains three elementary schools:
* Steiner Ranch Elementary School
Steiner may refer to:
People
*Steiner (surname)
*Steiner Brothers, a professional wrestling tag team
*Steiner Brothers (tap-dancing trio), a 1950s–1960s Canadian act
Places
*Steiner, Michigan, U.S.
*Steiner, Mississippi, U.S.
Math and science
...
* Laura Welch Bush Elementary School
* River Ridge Elementary School
The community also contains one middle school: Canyon Ridge Middle School. High School students attend Vandegrift High School
Vandegrift High School is a public high school in Austin, Texas. It educates students in grades 9-12 for the Leander Independent School District.
History
The school is named for United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant Matthew Ryan Vandegrift ...
located at 9500 McNeil Drive, Austin, TX 78750.
References
Populated places in Travis County, Texas
Census-designated places in Travis County, Texas
Census-designated places in Texas
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