What does it cost to live at Austin Country Club?

Homes inside the Davenport Ranch boundary around Austin Country Club sold for a median of $2,112,500 over the 12 months ending September 2026, across 28 sales, versus $1,598,000 the year before. Houses, 22 of the sales, had a median of $2,236,500, and condos, 6 sales, $1,012,500. 6 listings are for sale today. The right number for a specific home comes from recent sales of the same type and size on nearby streets.

Austin Country Club does not publish its fees. Rick's most recent read from members puts a full golf initiation at about $150,000, with premium monthly dues and a food-and-beverage minimum. The larger cost is time: membership is capped, new members usually need more than one sponsor, and the runway is typically several years. Rick keeps active relationships with ACC members and can make introductions for qualified buyers, but no agent can promise a membership.

No. At Austin Country Club, like most Austin clubs, buying a home and joining the club are separate decisions. Owning a house on the course does not make you a member, and you can usually join without living in Davenport Ranch. Your property HOA is separate from the club and has its own dues. If membership matters to you, start the club conversation at the same time as the home search, because the club's timeline, not the closing, is usually the slower one.

Pete and Alice Dye designed the current course, which opened on February 1, 1984, on 189.5 acres above Lake Austin in Davenport Ranch. The club itself is much older: it was organized in 1899 as the Austin Golf Club, and Harvey Penick became its head professional in 1923. The course hosted the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play from 2016 through 2023, with no event in 2020, and its opening holes run along Lake Austin.

The median home around Austin Country Club went under contract in 70 days over the last 12 months, versus 73 days the year before, counted on cumulative days on market so relisted homes are not reset. It sold for 93.0% of its original list price, and 43% of the homes that sold had cut their price. Add about 30 to 45 days from contract to closing. A home priced in line with recent sales on launch day usually beats the median.

Over the last 12 months, Austin Country Club had 28 sales at a median of $2,112,500 and 70 days on market. For comparison, over 12 months, Westlake CC had 32 sales at a median of $1,107,500 and 21 days on market, and River Place had 49 sales at a median of $953,000 and 22 days on market. Each club's median reflects its own mix of condos, older houses and new construction, so compare the same home type and size. Rick can pull side-by-side sales for the specific homes you are weighing, and walk you through how the clubs themselves differ.

The MLS does not flag course frontage reliably, so we do not publish a course-lot premium for Austin Country Club. In practice, a lot on the course sells for more than a similar house a street away when the view is good and the lot sits away from the landing areas. What matters is which side of the fairway, how close to a tee or green, and how much the lot sits above the course. Rick knows which streets back to the course and can tell you how each lot plays.

Start with the documents: the HOA and any sub-association rules, leasing and short-term rental limits, golf-ball easements on course-side lots, and whether a seller's club membership can transfer. Many houses date from the late 1980s and 1990s, so inspect roofs, foundations and systems closely, and ask about lake-view protections and any restrictions on rebuilding. Rick adds one more: ask the club, not only the seller, about the current membership timeline before you plan around playing the day you move in.

Of the 22 houses with a recorded build year that sold around Austin Country Club in the last 12 months, 7 were built before 1990, 13 between 1990 and 2009, and 2 in 2010 or later. The median house measured about 4,952 square feet and sold for about $530 per square foot, and the median lot was 0.61 acres. By price, 1 sales closed under $750,000, 9 from $750,000 to $1.5 million, 11 from $1.5 to $3 million and 7 at $3 million or more.

Tell Rick what you want in a club and a home. He can arrange a clubhouse tour and an honest membership conversation at Austin Country Club, and walk you through the homes around the course, including ones he hears about before they list. If you are seriously looking, he will also host you for a round at Westlake Country Club, his home club, to compare notes. Meanwhile, save a search inside the Davenport Ranch boundary so new listings reach you first.