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Austin, TX
993,588 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4805000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Austin ranked #175 of 340 cities and 6th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Austin and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: San Antonio TX, Albuquerque NM, Jacksonville FL, Oklahoma City OK, Nashville TN, Tucson AZ, Indianapolis IN, Columbus OH, Charlotte NC, Fort Worth TX, Phoenix AZ, Memphis TN, Tulsa OK · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #175 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #170 | #114 | #126 | #123 | #91 | #188 | #93 | #108 | #65 | #91 | #75 | #96 | #79 | #95 | #85 | #77 | #83 | #104 | #175 | #160 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 708,423 | 730,373 | 749,641 | 764,945 | 780,172 | 806,164 | 828,459 | 854,482 | 875,003 | 901,170 | 921,114 | 939,447 | 951,553 | 962,469 | 978,908 | 965,893 | 969,940 | 979,214 | 989,583 | 993,588 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #286 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group | +0.7 | +2.1 | +1.6 | +1.1 | +1.0 | — | +1.5 | +1.7 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.2 | -0.8 | -1.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #37 of 271 cities with data · 3rd of 10 in its peer group with data | 12.4 | 12.7 | 10.4 | — | 4.5 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 11.9 | 13.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 12.2 | 13.8 | 15.0 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 9.5 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #140 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 20.3% | 20.2% | 20.3% | 20.8% | 21.1% | 22.8% | 21.7% | 22.3% | 21.5% | 22.3% | 22.0% | 21.5% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 21.2% | — | 21.5% | 21.2% | 23.1% | 23.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #170 of 304 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 3.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #194 of 295 cities with data · 1st of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 58.3 | 99.8 | 116.3 | 128.1 | 107.3 | 95.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 512,269 | 536,727 | 551,546 | 567,373 | 566,053 | 576,193 | 609,744 | 573,804 | 600,839 | 612,596 | 655,190 | 674,382 | 687,629 | 712,395 | 734,362 | 722,772 | 751,910 | 823,259 | 855,230 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #249 of 329 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.4 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.3 | +0.2 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -4.1 | +0.6 | -0.8 | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -0.4 | +0.3 | -0.1 | -1.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 444,984 | 458,474 | 492,732 | 502,854 | 530,174 | 548,311 | 551,084 | 564,744 | 577,370 | — | 570,435 | 602,409 | 602,008 | 606,760 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #116 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.3% | 7.1% | 5.9% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 3.4% | — | 5.3% | 3.0% | 4.0% | 4.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | 79% | 78% | 82% | 66% | 75% | 70% | 70% | 64% | 73% | 74% | 71% | 71% | 71% | 69% | 66% | 68% | 69% | 67% | 65% | 63% | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #122 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 16% | 17% | 11% | 21% | 18% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 19% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 20% | 15% | 20% | 26% | 28% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #283 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | $10,029 | $8,280 | $9,374 | $9,299 | $9,452 | $9,557 | $9,169 | $8,911 | $8,994 | $7,135 | $8,774 | $8,977 | $7,255 | $5,628 | $4,109 | $2,786 | $1,387 | $8,139 | $8,198 | $7,026 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Austin. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.