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Austin, TX

964,000 Population
319.9 square miles 3,013.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$53,937 ±$1,860 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: $47,161 ±$954
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
$79,542 ±$2,388 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: $86,530 ±$1,873
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513

12.7% ±1.8% (119,757  ±16,812) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 10.3% 238,424 (±0.9% / ±21,264)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,122,538 (±0.3% / ±79,332)

24.5 minutes ±0.2 (10,929,560  ±164,980) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 27.5 27,251,476 (±0.2 / ±261,148)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

449,399 ±7,214 Number of households
  • the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 955,207 ±6,768
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
2.1 ±0 (940,363  ±9,196) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 2.4 2,308,962 (±0 / ±9,860)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772

4.5% ±0.8% (12,540  ±2,266) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 5.7% † 35,408 (±0.6% / ±3,945)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)

Housing

469,156 ±6,990 Number of housing units
  • the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 996,718 ±4,335
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642

$482,900 ±$12,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: $397,100 ±$6,798
  • about double the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389

22.5% ±1.9% (214,525  ±17,921.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 18.1% 421,746 (±1% / ±24,261.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)

Social

92.8% ±2.3% (637,775  ±17,274.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 91.9% 1,482,632 (±1.7% / ±26,853.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
59.9% ±1.8% (411,354  ±12,931.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 50% 807,566 (±1.1% / ±18,065.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

18.2% ±1.4% (175,645  ±13,326) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 15.7% 369,773 (±0.8% / ±17,603)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)

4.1% ±0.4% (31,607  ±3,241) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX Metro Area: 6.2% 113,048 (±0.4% / ±7,410)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
31,607 Total veterans ±3,241 27,040 Male ±3,252 4,567 Female ±1,109

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