Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX

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2024 Population
121,947
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
40.2
0.248% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
5.99%
0.463% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$132,622
3.36% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$668,200
8.14% 1-year growth
2023 Employed Population
62,463
0.424% 1-year growth

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18.6% of the households in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

95% of the residents in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX are National American University-Austin South (8 degrees awarded in 2017).

In 2024, the median property value in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was $668,200, and the homeownership rate was 63%.

Most people in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24.9 minutes. The average car ownership in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX is home to a population of 122k people, from which 95% are citizens. As of 2024, 11.4% of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX residents were born outside of the country (13.9k people).

In 2024, there were 7.41 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (77.3k people) in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 10.4k White (Hispanic) and 10k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

The most common non-English languages spoken as the primary language in households in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX are Spanish (12,431 households), Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese) (1,530 households), and Tamil (858 households).

Population & Diversity

Residents by Gender and Age

RACE/ETHNICITY
62,621
Women
51.1%
59,900
Men
48.9%

The resident population of United States in 2023 was 122,521 inhabitants, with 48.9% men, and 51.1% women.

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Citizenship

95%
2024 Citizenship
94.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 95% of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was 94.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    77.3k ± 2.26k
  2. White (Hispanic)
    10.4k ± 1.94k
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    10k ± 1.26k
21.4%
Hispanic Population
26k people

In 2024, there were 7.41 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (77.3k people) in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 10.4k White (Hispanic) and 10k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

21.4% of the people in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX are hispanic (26k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

Most Common Origin
  1. India
    2,437 ± 1,200 people
  2. Mexico
    2,181 ± 1,136 people
  3. China
    941 ± 750 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was India, the natal country of 2,437 Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX residents, followed by Mexico with 2,181 and China with 941.

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Foreign-Born Population

11.4%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
13.9k people
11.7%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
14.3k people

As of 2024, 11.4% of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX residents (13.9k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was 11.7%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Non-English Households

Most Common Non-English Languages
  1. Spanish
    12,431 households (10.8%)
  2. Chinese (Incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)
    1,530 households (1.33%)
  3. Tamil
    858 households (0.744%)

18.6% of the households in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language, which is lower than the national average of 22.3%. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

In 2024, the most common non-English language spoken in households in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was Spanish. 10.8% of the households in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary shared language between all members living in the household.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    1,489 ± 455
  2. Vietnam
    1,392 ± 282
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    913 ± 273

Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.07 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX employs 62.5k people. In 2023, the largest industries in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX were Computer Systems Design (5,653 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,307 people), and Construction (2,615 people), and the highest paying industries were Management of companies & enterprises ($282,027), Investigation & security services ($265,684), and Household appliances & electrical & electronic goods merchant wholesalers ($243,012).

Males in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX have an average income that is 1.51 times higher than the average income of females, which is $95,950. The income inequality in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX (measured using the Gini index) is 0.458, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Workforce Diversity

Measure
RACE/ETHNICITY
29,348
Women
47%
33,115
Men
53%

The workforce of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX in 2023 was 62,463 people, with 47% woman, and 53% men.

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Occupations

62.5k
2023 Value
0.424%
1 Year growth
± 0.424%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 0.424%, from 62.2k employees to 62.5k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX, are Other managers (3,625 people), Software developers (2,874 people), and Chief executives & legislators (2,068 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

62.5k
2023 Value
0.424%
1 Year growth
± 0.424%

From 2022 to 2023, employment in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX grew at a rate of 0.424%, from 62.2k employees to 62.5k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX, are Computer Systems Design (5,653 people), Elementary & secondary schools (3,307 people), and Construction (2,615 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX, though some of these residents may live in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$94,115
Median earning men ± $5,126
$66,766
Median earning women ± $3,229

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($141,458), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($133,892), and Information ($119,257).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($110,417), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($103,594), and Information ($101,250).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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4.59%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 9.63%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Texas.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX. Showing the available data for Texas.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (56.1%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (42.5%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Jill Stein (0.726%)
    Green Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Texas for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Texas

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John Cornyn
Senator from Texas2
Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.
Ted Cruz
Senator from Texas1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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Education

In 2017, universities in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX awarded 8 degrees. The student population of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX in 2016 is skewed towards women, with 25 male students and 54 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX are White (4 and 50%), Hispanic or Latino (2 and 25%), and Black or African American (2 and 25%).

The largest universities in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX by number of degrees awarded are National American University-Austin South (8 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX are General Business Administration & Management (3 and 37.5%), Small Business Administration & Management (2 and 25%), and Logistics, Materials, & Supply Chain Management (1 and 12.5%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2016 there were 79 students enrolled in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX, 31.6% men and 68.4% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 37 records, of which 56.8% were women and 43.2% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Small Business Administration & Management
    2 degrees awarded
  2. General Business Administration & Management
    2 degrees awarded
  3. Cardiovascular Technologist
    1 degrees awarded

In 2017, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was Small Business Administration & Management with 2 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
National American University-Austin South
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
8 degrees awarded

In 2017, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was National American University-Austin South with 8 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2017, 3 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX, which is 0.6 times less than the 5 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2017, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 4 degrees mean that there were 2 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 2 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($15,000) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2017.

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,350) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Working Population

Educational Pyramid

Measure

In 2023, 0.307% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.717% of women were in the same situation.

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Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX in 2023 were Bachelors Degree (37.9k), Graduate Degree (26.1k), and Some college (14.6k).

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was $668,200 in 2024, which is 2.01 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $617,900 to $668,200, a 8.14% increase. The homeownership rate in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX is 63%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX have an average commute time of 24.9 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$668,200
Median Property Value 2024
±$14,082
$33,174
Median Property Taxes
±$1,543

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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Rent vs Own

63%
Homeownership
2024
63.8%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 63% of the housing units in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 64.6%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$132,622
Median Household Income
± $4,246
52.6k
Number of Households
± 1,979

In 2024, the median household income of the 52.6k households in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX grew to $132,622 from the previous year's value of $128,313.

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Wage Distribution

0.458
2023 Wage GINI in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX
0.464
2022 Wage GINI in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX

In 2023, the income inequality in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was 0.458 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.34% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (56.5%)
  2. Worked At Home (35.2%)
  3. Carpooled (5.42%)

In 2024, 56.5% of workers in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (35.2%) and those who carpooled to work (5.42%).

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Commute Time

24.9 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX have a shorter commute time (24.9 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.15% of the workforce in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

5.99% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX (7.25k out of 121k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Males 45 - 54 and then Males 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

93.9% of the population of Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX has health coverage, with 66.1% on employee plans, 3.28% on Medicaid, 10.5% on Medicare, 13.3% on non-group plans, and 0.606% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Texas see 1,657 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,657 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1590 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 590 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,657 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Texas

Primary care physicians in Texas see an average of 1,657 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,657 patients).

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Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.2% under 18 years, 18.9% between 18 and 34 years, 43.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.3% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.6% were men and 50.4% were women.

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Uninsured People

6.14%
Uninsured
66.1%
Employer Coverage
3.28%
Medicaid
10.5%
Medicare
13.3%
Non-Group
0.606%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Austin City (Southwest), Lost Creek & Barton Creek PUMA, TX grew by 11.7% from 5.5% to 6.14%.

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