Longhorn Village

Last verified: October 2026 against the HHSC directory and TULIP record.

License + contact information

Phone: (512) 382-4664 · Official site

Who operates Longhorn Village, and how large is it?

Longhorn Village is licensed to Longhorn Village, with 56 licensed places in total, the 77th-largest of the 162 active assisted living licenses in the five-county Austin metro.

HHSC first licensed it on March 24, 2010, about 16 years ago. Ask what has been renovated and whether ownership or management has changed in that time, since the licensee and management company above are the current ones.

A Life Plan Community in the Steiner Ranch master-planned neighborhood of northwest Austin, near Lake Austin. The community offers independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing and rehabilitation, and publishes Texas license numbers 146167 (assisted living), 149511 (memory care) and 143677 (skilled nursing).

Longhorn Village occupies 12501 Longhorn Parkway in the master-planned Steiner Ranch neighbourhood of west Austin (78732), in the hills near Lake Travis. It is a not-for-profit Life Plan Community. The operator tells its own origin story plainly: in 1998 a retirement community manager and a developer approached the University of Texas about building a community for university staff and alumni, an idea The Texas Exes had also been considering, and the first residents moved in during the summer of 2009. In 2018 the community affiliated with Brazos Presbyterian Homes, a Houston-rooted organisation that has provided senior living services for more than fifty years.

A Life Care contract underpins the model, guaranteeing independent living plus priority access to assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation on campus. The website publishes its Texas licence numbers in the footer: assisted living 146167, memory care 149511 and skilled nursing 143677. Independent living pages cover floor plans, services and amenities, and the recently opened Ballantyne expansion. Community Life sections describe dining, lifelong learning tied to University of Texas programming, and a wellness programme.

Leadership listed on the site includes Deidre Kinsey as chief executive of Brazos Presbyterian Homes Holding and Nichole Ulrich as executive director. The community describes its residents as professors, engineers, attorneys and lifelong learners, and offers a MoneyGauge tool for families testing whether the finances work. Longhorn Village states explicitly that its lifestyle is open to everyone regardless of collegiate affiliation. The main number is 512.266.5600.

What does Longhorn Village's Type B license mean for a resident?

Longhorn Village holds a Type B license, which allows residents who need staff help to evacuate, need attendance at night or need help transferring, as long as they are not permanently bedfast.

Type B is the license most Austin-area communities hold, and it is the only one that can carry an Alzheimer's certification.

16 of its 56 licensed places (29%) are Alzheimer's-certified. That certified number is the cap on memory care residents, so ask how many of those places are open today and whether assisted living residents get priority when one opens.

What do Texas HHSC inspections show for Longhorn Village?

TULIP shows a most recent inspection exit for Longhorn Village on June 4, 2025 and lists no cited state violations in the inspection history it publishes for this license.

A clean published history is a good sign, but it is not a guarantee. Ask the community for its most recent inspection report directly; Texas facilities must make it available on request.

Has Longhorn Village been fined or sanctioned by Texas HHSC?

No. The TULIP record lists no administrative penalties or other enforcement actions for Longhorn Village as of October 24, 2026.

Enforcement in Texas assisted living usually takes the form of an administrative penalty: a fine tied to a specific rule. A blank enforcement record means none is published for this license; it does not mean the community has never been cited, so read it alongside the inspection history above.

Where is Longhorn Village in Austin, and what else is licensed nearby?

Longhorn Village is at 12001 Longhorn Parkway, Austin, Texas 78732, in Travis County. The nearest other licensed assisted living building is Belmont Village Lakeway, about 2.9 miles away.

Austin proper has the widest range of care levels in the metro and the widest range of prices with it. Central and west-side communities price toward the top of the market; north and northeast Austin is generally more moderate. Traffic is the practical constraint families underestimate — a community fifteen minutes away at 10 a.m. can be forty at six in the evening, and evening is when most visits actually happen.

Straight-line distances from HHSC geocodes; drive times are longer.

How does Longhorn Village compare with other assisted living in Travis County?

At 56 licensed places, Longhorn Village is 1.6 times the size of the median Austin-metro assisted living license (36 places) and holds about 1% of the 4,994 licensed places in Travis County's 74 facilities.

A smaller building tends to mean the same caregivers every day and a quicker read on a resident's changes; it can also mean less depth when staff are out. Ask who covers nights and weekends and what happens when a regular caregiver is off.

What does assisted living cost near Austin?

Longhorn Village does not publish its rates in the state record, and we do not estimate them. The best published benchmark is the 2025 CareScout Cost of Care Survey Texas median of $5,666 a month ($184 per day) for a private one-bedroom in assisted living, which is a statewide figure, not an Austin one.

Austin's rapid growth, competitive labor market, and newer inventory generally push local pricing above the Texas median. We do not publish an Austin-specific dollar figure because no primary source publishes one. Ask each community directly for a current all-in monthly quote.

CareScout does not survey memory care as a separate category, so no authoritative memory care median exists for Texas or for Austin. Any memory care price you see quoted online is an estimate, not survey data. Expect a certified memory care place to cost more than assisted living in the same building.

Ask for the base rent, the care-level fee your parent would be assessed at today, and what moves them to the next level, all in writing. See what senior care costs in the Austin area and how STAR+PLUS can cover assisted living services.

What should you ask on a tour of Longhorn Village?

Bring questions built from the state record rather than the brochure: the record tells you where to push, and a good community answers them without hesitation.

1. How many of your 16 Alzheimer's-certified places are open, and what is the overnight staff ratio inside the secured unit?
2. Which care needs would mean my parent has to leave, and how much notice do families get?
3. Who administers medications, and are they a licensed nurse or a trained attendant?
4. What does the care-level assessment cost and how often is it repeated?
5. Do you contract with STAR+PLUS for assisted living services, and how many residents use it today?

How do you verify Longhorn Village's license yourself?

Search the TULIP LTC Provider Search by license number 146167, 149511; the record shows license status, capacity, inspection citations and any penalties, and it is free and public.

To report a concern about care, call HHSC Complaint and Incident Intake at 1-800-458-9858. For free, confidential advocacy for a resident, call the Capital Area long-term care ombudsman at 512-916-6054.

We are a free referral service and are not affiliated with this community. Licensing data is reproduced from Texas HHSC public records; confirm details directly before deciding.