How many rooms for rent are available in Pflugerville, TX right now?
Pflugerville had 549 residents in 1970 and more than 65,000 by the last census, which means almost nothing here is old housing: the rooms on offer sit in subdivision homes built this century rather than in aging apartment stock. Roomster has 18 rooms for rent posted around the city, spread across Springbrook, Cambridge Heights, Highland Park, Blackhawk, Falcon Pointe, and the streets near Old Town and Lake Pflugerville. Nearly the whole city sits in ZIP 78660, so filter by the city name rather than the ZIP, or you will pull in half of north Austin.
How much does a room for rent in Pflugerville cost per month?
Room listings run from about $410 to $1,150 a month, and the average across all of them lands near $487, which is low because a large share are shared-room arrangements in houses rather than private bedrooms. A private room with its own bathroom in a newer subdivision sits at the top of that band. You can find rooms under $700 a month around Springbrook, Cambridge Heights, and the older blocks near Old Town Pflugerville, where the median asking rent is closest to $1,287. Against a Pflugerville one-bedroom at roughly $1,176, a room is the only option here well under $1,000.
Which Pflugerville neighborhoods have the cheapest rooms for rent?
The older, closer-in west side prices lowest. Springbrook near $1,287 and Cambridge Heights near $1,400 are the value end, with Picadilly Ridge around $1,551 next up, and the blocks around Old Town and Pfluger Park hold the most modestly priced rooms in the city. The premium sits east and north in the newer master-planned tracts: Wells Point near $2,082 and the Villages of Hidden Lake around $2,174, plus Falcon Pointe and Blackhawk out toward the tollways. Rent follows build date here more closely than it follows distance from Austin.
Can I find a room for rent near the Samsung, Applied Materials, or Dell campuses?
Yes, and that commute is the reason many people rent here at all. Manufacturing is Pflugerville's second-largest employment sector, at roughly 4,200 workers, and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Applied Materials, NXP, AMD, Dell, and Apple all sit within about a 30-minute drive. Rooms on the east side near State Highway 130 put you closest to the Taylor and northeast corridor sites, while the I-35 side suits the Round Rock and north Austin campuses. If you work a 12-hour fab shift, say so up front, because a host who has lived with someone on that rotation knows whether it fits.
Are Pflugerville rooms for rent near transit, or do I need a car?
You need a car, and this is the sharpest difference between Pflugerville and Austin proper. Pflugerville is not a Capital Metro member city, so there is no city bus network; regional service comes through CARTS rather than CapMetro routes. The result shows up in the numbers: the average local commute runs 27.4 minutes and nearly everyone drives alone. Budget for the tollways too, since State Highway 130 and State Highway 45 are the fast routes out of town and the tags add up over a month. When you compare two rooms here, compare the toll cost of each commute, not just the rent.
What should I check before renting a room in Pflugerville?
Settle whether you are a tenant on the lease or a lodger in someone's home, because that changes your standing if things go wrong. Then the money, which works differently in Texas than in most states: there is no cap on a security deposit, so a host can ask whatever the market bears, and the deposit must come back within 30 days of move-out with an itemized statement rather than the shorter window other states use. Ask what the electricity bill looks like in July and August, when Central Texas runs long stretches above 100 degrees. See the room in person or on video, and never send money before you do.
