Austin-Round Rock, TX

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2024 Population
2.43M
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
36
0.279% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
9.81%
1.25% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$100,431
2.86% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$465,000
6.95% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
1.33M
3.28% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Austin-Round Rock, 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.

90.5% of the residents in Austin-Round Rock, TX are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Austin-Round Rock, TX are The University of Texas at Austin (17,518 degrees awarded in 2023), Texas State University (8,781 degrees), and Austin Community College District (6,798 degrees).

In 2024, the median property value in Austin-Round Rock, TX was $465,000, and the homeownership rate was 58.3%.

Most people in Austin-Round Rock, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 27.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Austin-Round Rock, TX was 2 cars per household.

Austin-Round Rock, TX borders Killeen-Temple, TX and San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.

About the photo: The Percy V. Pennybacker Jr. Bridge in Austin, Texas, is a through-arch bridge across Lake Austin which connects the northern and southern sections of the Loop 360 highway, also known as the "Capital of Texas Highway."
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Population & Diversity

Austin-Round Rock, TX is home to a population of 2.43M people, from which 90.5% are citizens. As of 2024, 16.2% of Austin-Round Rock, TX residents were born outside of the country (393k people).

In 2024, there were 3.3 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.18M people) in Austin-Round Rock, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 358k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 192k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

90.5%
2024 Citizenship
91.1%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 90.5% of Austin-Round Rock, TX residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Austin-Round Rock, TX was 91.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Austin-Round Rock, TX
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.18M ± 2.69k
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    358k ± 8.22k
  3. White (Hispanic)
    192k ± 6.55k
32.2%
Hispanic Population
781k people

In 2024, there were 3.3 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.18M people) in Austin-Round Rock, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 358k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 192k White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

32.2% of the people in Austin-Round Rock, TX are hispanic (781k people).

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Texas.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    2,397,739 ± 36,447 people
  2. India
    325,248 ± 13,925 people
  3. El Salvador
    221,729 ± 11,517 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Texas was Mexico, the natal country of 2,397,739 Texas residents, followed by India with 325,248 and El Salvador with 221,729.

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Foreign-Born Population

16.2%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
393k people
15.4%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
363k people

As of 2024, 16.2% of Austin-Round Rock, TX residents (393k 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-Round Rock, TX was 15.4%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    38,333 ± 1,790
  2. Vietnam
    26,955 ± 1,321
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    21,519 ± 1,427

Austin-Round Rock, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.42 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Austin-Round Rock, TX employs 1.33M people. In 2024, the largest industries in Austin-Round Rock, TX were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (202,641 people), Retail Trade (136,674 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (135,289 people), and the highest paying industries were Management of Companies & Enterprises ($103,336), Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($102,010), and Utilities ($88,301).

Employment

Occupations

1.33M
2024 Value
± 11,577
3.28%
1 Year growth
± 1.21%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Austin-Round Rock, TX grew at a rate of 3.28%, from 1.29M employees to 1.33M employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Austin-Round Rock, TX, are Management Occupations (195,640 people), Sales & Related Occupations (128,607 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (125,920 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Austin-Round Rock, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

1.33M
2024 Value
± 11,577
3.28%
1 Year growth
± 1.21%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Austin-Round Rock, TX grew at a rate of 3.28%, from 1.29M employees to 1.33M employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Austin-Round Rock, TX, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (202,641 people), Retail Trade (136,674 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (135,289 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Austin-Round Rock, TX, though some of these residents may live in Austin-Round Rock, 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

$67,320
Median earning men ± $1,039
$50,953
Median earning women ± $509

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($101,885), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($98,190), and Information ($96,242).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($74,664), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($72,886), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($65,790).

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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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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 8,506
    Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
  2. 3,726
    Construction
  3. 3,538
    Real Estate and Rental and Leasing

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $16.7M
    Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
  2. $8.35M
    Information
  3. $7.4M
    Health Care and Social Assistance

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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-Round Rock, 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 2023, universities in Austin-Round Rock, TX awarded 38,543 degrees. The student population of Austin-Round Rock, TX in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 58,953 male students and 82,174 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Austin-Round Rock, TX are White (15,332 and 42%), Hispanic or Latino (11,660 and 31.9%), Asian (4,763 and 13%), and Black or African American (2,691 and 7.37%).

The largest universities in Austin-Round Rock, TX by number of degrees awarded are The University of Texas at Austin (17,518 and 45.5%), Texas State University (8,781 and 22.8%), and Austin Community College District (6,798 and 17.6%).

The most popular majors in Austin-Round Rock, TX are General Studies (1,789 and 4.64%), General Business Administration & Management (1,731 and 4.49%), and General Computer & Information Sciences (1,396 and 3.62%).

The median tuition costs in Austin-Round Rock, TX are $43,117 for private four year colleges, and $8,606 and $20,366 respectively, for public four year colleges for in-state students and out-of-state students.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University
Measure

In 2023 in Austin-Round Rock, TX, the percentage of applicants admitted was 52.5%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 30.1%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 141,127 (41.8% men and 58.2% women).

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Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 141,127 students enrolled in Austin-Round Rock, TX, 41.8% men and 58.2% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 50,569 records, of which 57.1% were women and 42.9% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. General Psychology
    1,175 degrees awarded
  2. General Biological Sciences
    884 degrees awarded
  3. General Business Administration & Management
    788 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Austin-Round Rock, TX was General Psychology with 1,175 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Austin-Round Rock, TX according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
  1. The University of Texas at Austin
    17,518 degrees awarded
  2. Texas State University
    8,781 degrees awarded
  3. Austin Community College District
    6,798 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was The University of Texas at Austin with 17,518 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 15,891 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Austin-Round Rock, TX, which is 0.702 times less than the 22,652 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 15,332 degrees mean that there were 1.31 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 11,660 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($43,117) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 4-year or above ($4,707) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Private for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,950) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Austin-Round Rock, TX was $465,000 in 2024, which is 1.4 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $434,800 to $465,000, a 6.95% increase. The homeownership rate in Austin-Round Rock, TX is 58.3%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Austin-Round Rock, TX have an average commute time of 27.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Austin-Round Rock, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$465,000
Median Property Value 2024
±$2,494
$576,470
Median Property Taxes
±$6,465

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-Round Rock, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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Rent vs Own

58.3%
Homeownership
2024
64.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 58.3% of the housing units in Austin-Round Rock, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 58.9%.

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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.
$100,431
Median Household Income
± $996
989k
Number of Households
± 9,808

In 2024, the median household income of the 989k households in Austin-Round Rock, TX grew to $100,431 from the previous year's value of $97,638.

The following chart displays the households in Austin-Round Rock, TX distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Austin-Round Rock, TX is from Texas.
0.475
2023 Wage GINI in Texas
0.476
2022 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2023, the income inequality in Texas was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.208% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (60.9%)
  2. Worked At Home (26.8%)
  3. Carpooled (7.49%)

In 2024, 60.9% of workers in Austin-Round Rock, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (26.8%) and those who carpooled to work (7.49%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

27.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Austin-Round Rock, TX have a longer commute time (27.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.91% of the workforce in Austin-Round Rock, 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-Round Rock, TX distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Austin-Round Rock, TX have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

9.81% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Austin-Round Rock, TX (234k out of 2.38M 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 Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Austin-Round Rock, TX is Hispanic, followed by White 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

88% of the population of Austin-Round Rock, TX has health coverage, with 57.3% on employee plans, 8.25% on Medicaid, 8.51% on Medicare, 12.7% on non-group plans, and 1.17% 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, 50.4% were men and 49.6% 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 23.3% under 18 years, 25.1% between 18 and 34 years, 39.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 11.8% over 64 years.

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

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Uninsured People

12%
Uninsured
57.3%
Employer Coverage
8.25%
Medicaid
8.51%
Medicare
12.7%
Non-Group
1.17%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Austin-Round Rock, TX declined by 0.257% from 12.1% to 12%.

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