Downtown

Apartments near Main Plaza and Landa Park

The courthouse, the shops, the Comal springs and the park, all inside one walk. Here is what living in that circle costs, measured from each community's own location.

6
Within a mile of the plaza
15
Within two miles
49
Within four miles
$844
Cheapest within two miles

Checked against each community's own website. Latest check September 10, 2026.

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The rings

What the plaza is worth per mile

Ring from Main PlazaCommunitiesCheapest startMedian start
Under one mile6$846$1,242
Under two miles15$844$1,155
Under four miles49$799$1,013

Straight-line distance from each community's verified pin to the geocoded Main Plaza. Starting rents are proven figures from each community's own site or feed.

Landa Park and the Comal springs sit at the edge of this ring, and the Comal is the shortest river in Texas at about two and a half miles. That is the whole reason this part of town exists where it does.

The drive

Living between two metros

New Braunfels sits almost exactly between San Antonio and Austin. That is the town's economic position and it is why the rent here does what it does. These are median drive times from the communities within two miles of the plaza, measured traffic-aware for a weekday morning arrival rather than an empty road.

DestinationTypical drive
Downtown San Antonio39 min
Downtown Austin65 min
Texas State, San Marcos27 min
Resolute Health Hospital12 min
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa8 min
Continental Automotive8 min

Median across the downtown roster, traffic-aware, weekday morning.

Closest to downtown right now

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Ordered by distance from Main Plaza, with today's proven starting rents.

The Landmark, Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park, New Braunfels, TX

Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park

Class B+

The Landmark

144 Landa Street, New Braunfels, TX

4 min to Main Plaza · 41 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,450 – $3,500/mo base rent

Studio – 2 Beds

Braunwood at Town Creek, Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park, New Braunfels, TX8.7 weeks free

Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park

Class A

Braunwood at Town Creek

902 N Academy Ave, New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 40 min to downtown San Antonio

$2,097 – $2,893/mo base rent

3 Beds – 4 Beds

100% off rent for 2 month(s) on a 15 mo lease | Other Concessions: Sign a 15-month lease for up to 2 months rent free (truncated)

up to 8.7 wks free applied: from $1,818/mo net effective on a 15 mo lease

I-35 South Corridor

Class C-

RiverStone

845 S Business IH-35, New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 38 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,009 – $1,274/mo base rent

Studio – 2 Beds

100% off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | Other Concessions: 1 month free for all floor plans on 12-15 month leases (truncated)

4.3 wks free applied: from $925/mo net effective

Braunfels Place, I-35 South Corridor, New Braunfels, TX4.8 (65)

I-35 South Corridor

Class B-

Braunfels Place

1231 Huisache Ave., New Braunfels, TX

6 min to Main Plaza · 38 min to downtown San Antonio

$846 – $1,599/mo base rent

1 Bed – 3 Beds

$500 off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | Other Concessions: $500 off the first month rent on selected units (truncated)

The Augusta at Gruene, Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park, New Braunfels, TX4.3 weeks free

Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park

Class C+

The Augusta at Gruene

2293 Common St., New Braunfels, TX

4 min to Main Plaza · 41 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,199 – $2,019/mo base rent

1 Bed – 2 Beds

100% off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | Other Concessions: 1 month free on a 12 month lease, Linda loft reduced (truncated)

4.3 wks free applied: from $1,099/mo net effective

Riverbend, I-35 South Corridor, New Braunfels, TX4.8 (129)

I-35 South Corridor

Class B

Riverbend

453 North Business I-35, New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 35 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,285 – $1,744/mo base rent

1 Bed – 2 Beds

Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park

Class C+

Laurel Heights

483 Laurel Ln., New Braunfels, TX

6 min to Main Plaza · 39 min to downtown San Antonio

Accepts Section 8

$919 – $1,091/mo base rent

1 Bed – 2 Beds

100% off rent for 1 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | Other Concessions: One month free on a 12-month lease

4.3 wks free applied: from $843/mo net effective

Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park

Class C

Braunfels Haus

730 Howard St., New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 40 min to downtown San Antonio

Contact for pricing

1 Bed – 2 Beds

I-35 South Corridor

Class C

LakeHaus at Dunlap

241 Seville Dr, New Braunfels, TX

7 min to Main Plaza · 39 min to downtown San Antonio

Accepts Section 8

Contact for pricing

1 Bed – 2 Beds

Downtown, Main Plaza & Landa Park

Class C+

The Brook

575 E Torrey St, New Braunfels, TX

8 min to Main Plaza · 45 min to downtown San Antonio

Accepts Section 8

Contact for pricing

1 Bed – 2 Beds

I-35 South Corridor

Class C-

Vista del Sol

795 S IH 35, New Braunfels, TX

5 min to Main Plaza · 37 min to downtown San Antonio

Accepts Section 8

Contact for pricing

1 Bed – 2 Beds

I-35 South Corridor

Class B-

Westshore Colony

770 N IH-35, New Braunfels, TX

7 min to Main Plaza · 39 min to downtown San Antonio

$1,155 – $1,800/mo base rent

1 Bed – 3 Beds

100% off rent for 1.5 month(s) on a 12 mo lease | Other Concessions: 6 weeks free for all immediate move-ins with a 12 month lease (truncated)

6 wks free applied: from $1,022/mo net effective

Every community within four miles of the plaza (49)

The full roster behind the numbers above.

Questions renters actually ask

What is actually walkable from downtown?+

The plaza, the courthouse, the shops on San Antonio Street, Landa Park and the Comal springs are all inside a comfortable walk of each other. That cluster is the strongest argument for living here, and it is a genuinely short list of towns this size where it holds true.

Is downtown quieter than Gruene?+

Most of the year, yes. Downtown carries the everyday traffic rather than the weekend crowd, and the noise that reaches it is the plaza rather than Gruene Hall. Summer weekends near the Comal access are the exception.

How is the commute from here?+

New Braunfels sits between two metros, so both are reachable and neither is close. The table above gives median traffic-aware drive times from the communities within two miles of the plaza.

Is there much to rent right downtown?+

6 of the communities we track sit within a mile of the plaza. The core is mostly historic single family housing, so the apartment inventory starts a little further out.

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Keep reading

The Gruene area

Gruene Hall, the river access and the shops.

The I-35 corridor

Cheapest square footage, fastest on-ramp.

Walk to the grocery store

Measured distance to a full grocer.

Move-in specials

Every concession on the table right now.

True cost calculator

What the whole month actually costs.

The live map

Every tracked community, on today’s pricing.