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Austin, TX

979,700 Population
326.4 square miles 3,001.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,182 ±$2,570 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $56,724 ±$1,268
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$91,501 ±$2,910 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $98,508 ±$2,382
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

12% ±1.2% (115,237  ±11,144) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 9.5% 229,871 (±0.7% / ±16,755)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

24.1 minutes ±0.2 (10,437,865  ±165,624) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 27.3 26,764,616 (±0.2 / ±254,566)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

475,680 ±6,148 Number of households
  • the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 1,036,074 ±5,494
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2 ±0 (957,407  ±1,511) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 2.3 2,426,918 (±0 / ±3,532)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

3.6% ±0.8% (10,216  ±2,301) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 4.4% † 28,554 (±0.5% / ±3,057)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

506,121 ±5,538 Number of housing units
  • the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 1,090,174 ±1,438
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$600,600 ±$13,326 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: $487,200 ±$5,633
  • about double the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

20.4% ±1.4% (197,467  ±13,661.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 16.1% 394,178 (±0.8% / ±19,101.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

92.6% ±2.1% (655,965  ±15,592.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 92.5% 1,583,286 (±1.4% / ±23,121.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
61.7% ±1.6% (436,893  ±11,815.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 52.1% 892,384 (±1% / ±16,471.5)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.3% ±1.1% (179,467  ±11,086) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 16% † 394,659 (±3,584.3% / ±16,697)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

3.7% ±0.4% (29,642  ±3,266) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 109,464 (±0.3% / ±6,485)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
29,642 Total veterans ±3,266 25,729 Male ±3,112 3,913 Female ±1,384

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