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Commute

Buda apartments by the drive to Texas State University.

Buda is the quiet end of the San Marcos commute, and for a lot of staff and graduate students that is the point. Here is what the drive actually costs in minutes.

Closest
21 min
Covey Homes Harvest Meadows
Furthest
25 min
Ryze at Sunfield
Spread
4 min
across the whole town
Measured
12
of 12 communities

The drive is not the deciding factor here.

4 minutes separates the closest Buda community from the furthest, which over a year of commuting is not enough to override a rent difference or a floor plan you prefer. Pick on the apartment. The table is below anyway, since 4 minutes is still 4 minutes twice a day.

Cheapest inside the shorter half
The Bradford
$870 to start · 21 minutes to Texas State University · Up to 4.3 weeks free on some homes
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CommunityDriveFromSpecial
Covey Homes Harvest MeadowsSouth Buda & FM 200121 min$1,979Up to 8 weeks free on some homes
Silverado CrossingDowntown Buda & Main Street21 min$1,059none
The BradfordSouth Buda & FM 200121 min$870Up to 4.3 weeks free on some homes
Carrington OaksDowntown Buda & Main Street22 min$1,0574.3 weeks free
Emerson at BudaSouth Buda & FM 200123 min$1,086Up to 12 weeks free on some homes
JunewoodDowntown Buda & Main Street23 min$1,199Up to 10 weeks free on some homes
Luxe of BudaSouth Buda & FM 200123 min$1,294Up to 10 weeks free on some homes
Mansions of BudaSouth Buda & FM 200123 min$1,36710.8 weeks free
Springs At SunfieldDowntown Buda & Main Street23 min$1,0014.3 weeks free
Tuscany Park at Buda (Tax Credit)Downtown Buda & Main Street24 min$1,0708.7 weeks free
Prose BudaSouth Buda & FM 200125 min$1,26910.8 weeks free
Ryze at SunfieldDowntown Buda & Main Street25 min$1,139Up to 8 weeks free on some homes
Drive times are measured from each community's own address to Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA, in typical traffic, from the same bake every card on this site reads. Starting rents banked November 7, 2026. Your morning will be worse than these numbers and your Sunday will be better.

Working somewhere else?

We hold drive times to 12 destinations from every Buda community. Tell us where you work and the shortlist comes back sorted by that drive rather than by whoever is paying for placement.

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