Cottonwood Shores is a city in Llano County, Texas, home to about 1,859 people across 1.1 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 78657.
Homes sold for a median of $281 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Horseshoe Bay; part is in Cottonwood Shores
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Cottonwood Shores. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS)49 miles away |
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| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Austin, TX41 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | San Antonio, TX75 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Cottonwood Shores; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Cottonwood Shores had 1,403 residents in the 2020 census, up 60% since 2000.
It’s the 765th largest of 1,778 towns in Texas by population.
Llano County grew from 7,301 residents in 1900 to 21,243 in 2020.
Llano County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 96°F in summer, and winter lows average 38°F. About 28.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Burnet Muni Ap, TX weather station (16 miles away).
4,327 jobs at 561 businesses in Llano County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
27 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Cottonwood Shores.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Primary care doctors | 5 |
|---|---|
| Specialist doctors | 4 |
| Dentists | 4 |
| Nurse practitioners and physician assistants | 6 |
| Mental health providers | 7 |
| Chiropractors | 1 |
| Pharmacies | 2 |
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Grocery stores
Theaters and performance venues
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Horseshoe Bay and Marble Falls.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.