Plumbing repair in Pflugerville, TX

What the local data means for plumbing in Pflugerville

Pflugerville is one of the most established suburbs tracked here — 68,316 people (2025 estimate), up just 4.8% since 2020^[2]. It covers 26.2 square miles (2,605 residents per square mile, the 5th densest), spans Travis County and Williamson County, in ZIP code 78660^[3].

With 33% of homes built since 2010 and 4% before 1980^[1], Pflugerville's plumbing runs from brand-new supply lines and fixtures to aging pipe, original valves and water heaters past their rated life.

One ZIP code covers the whole city: 78660^[7].

Nearest of the other suburbs we track: Round Rock (6.5 mi NW), Manor (7.0 mi S) and Hutto (7.3 mi NE)^[3].

4% of Pflugerville's 25,627 housing units predate 1980 and 33% went up in 2010 or later^[1] — the 5th-lowest pre-1980 share of the 15 Austin-area suburbs we cover; nearby, Round Rock (11%), Manor (2%), and Hutto (3%) predate 1980. The 34% built in 1980–1999 are at the age where original water heaters and valves get replaced.

The biggest single slice — 29% — was built 2000 to 2009, and the median home dates to 2004^[1]. Neighbours from the same era tend to hit the same plumbing problems at the same time.

Freeze risk: the travis forecast zone logged 22 winter-storm, ice or hard-freeze days in 2016–2025, including February 2021; the latest was Feb 22, 2025^[4].

Water from the sky is plumbing work too: 20 flood or flash-flood reports within 10 miles over 2016–2025^[4], and FEMA logged 49 flood-insurance claims across Pflugerville's ZIPs^[5]. Homes that take water need working drainage, sump pumps and backflow prevention.

51% of homes heat with utility gas, and 30% of households rent^[1].

Measured against the 15 suburbs on this site, Pflugerville records the 3rd-oldest housing (by median year built) (2004, tied with Lakeway and Lago Vista)^[1] and the 3rd-highest gas-heat share (51%)^[1].