City · Travis County, Texas

Pflugerville, Texas

Pflugerville is a city in Travis County, Texas, part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area. It has 65,971 residents. Pflugerville, Texas has a quality-of-life score of 65 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,512 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Texas it ranks #66 of 1,016 cities and towns. It ranks best on new business applications (high), average weekly wage (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on property crime rate (high), hot days (high) and drought exposure (high).

65High

Quality-of-life score: #5,512 of 15,651 cities and towns
Texas: #66 of 1,016 in TX
Population: 65,971 (2020-2024)
Land area: 26 mi²
Density: 2,515.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 4857176

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety24#11,814/15,637
Economy93#1,077/15,631
Housing46#8,160/14,977
Health83#2,655/15,609
Healthcare75#3,930/15,650
Environment10#13,914/15,453
Education63#5,728/15,649
Infrastructure82#2,809/15,650
Community36#9,981/15,651
Leisure & amenities78#3,398/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pflugerville, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Travis County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

New business applications · high35.2 /1k
98/100Texas 17.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauTravis County value
Average weekly wage · high$1,941
97/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTravis County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.348
97/100Texas 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
New homes permitted · high19.3 /1k
95/100Texas 6.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Gyms and fitness centers · high2.2 /10k
94/100Texas 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTravis County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Texas 5.5United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTravis County value

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,574 /100k
4/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationTravis County value
Hot days · high119 days
4/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationTravis County value
Drought exposure · high94%
5/100Texas 57%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAATravis County value
Median Air Quality Index · high53
10/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTravis County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
14/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesTravis County value
Grocery stores · low1.0 /10k
16/100Texas 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTravis County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
61,737 (2015-2019) → 65,971 (2020-2024)
+6.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
7.9 /1k (2021) → 19.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+145%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.5× (2015-2019) → 3.4× (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.2% (2015-2019) → 49.5% (2020-2024)
+6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$93,627 (2015-2019) → $117,799 (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
39.0% (2015-2019) → 43.0% (2020-2024)
+4 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Pflugerville, Texas improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Property tax−0.6 points2.19% → 1.58%
Bachelor's++4 points39.0% → 43.0%
Household income+26%$93,627 → $117,799

Declined1

Price / income+0.9×2.5× → 3.4×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Pflugerville, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.9 min2015-2019	27.4 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%2015-2019	43.0%2020-2024	+4 points	Improved	60%
Broadband subscriptions	94.5%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Child poverty rate	6.9%2015-2019	7.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Effective property tax rate	2.19%2015-2019	1.58%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Improved	95%
High school diploma or higher	92.2%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3642015-2019	0.3482020-2024	−0.016	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$93,6272015-2019	$117,7992020-2024	+26%	Improved	46%
Poverty rate	5.1%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent as share of income	27.6%2015-2019	29.8%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Rent-burdened households	43.2%2015-2019	49.5%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Unemployment rate	4.1%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	26%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.9%2015-2019	10.4%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	53%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Pflugerville, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pflugerville, Texas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Pflugerville, Texas itself moved −2.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

65,971 residents (±100)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

24,427 households (±866)

Pflugerville, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k5.7%1,383
$25k–50k7.8%1,908
$50k–75k14%3,397

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

24,427 households (±866)

Pflugerville, Texas
Texas share

Own70%17,074
Rent30%7,353

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−4.6 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

36,861 workers (±1,239)

Pflugerville, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone66%24,376
Carpool7.8%2,865
Public transit0.2%†62

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Travis County, the county holding most of Pflugerville's residents.

Travis County has 42,837 employer establishments, 317 for every 10,000 residents (1.27× the US rate of 248; 1.45× Texas's), with 736,608 paid employees at an average annual pay of $86,279. The Census Bureau also counts 162,652 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 42,837; 162,652 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 317; US 248 · Texas 218
Paid employees: 736,608
Average annual pay: $86,279; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Travis County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,670	27.1	1.30×More than typical	48,316	$79,200	6,859
Lessors of real estate	2,966	21.9	1.78×More than typical	15,134	$82,585	18,246
Restaurants and other eating places	2,681	19.8	1.08×About typical	63,507	$29,063	730
Management, scientific and technical consulting	2,369	17.5	2.61×More than typical	15,919	$113,095	10,435
Computer systems design and related services	1,857	13.7	3.17×More than typical	28,350	$133,988	3,307
Specialty trade contractors	1,840	13.6	0.88×About typical	28,657	$75,405	8,555
Legal services	1,358	10	1.87×More than typical	10,016	$134,092	1,818
Offices of physicians	1,278	9.4	1.46×More than typical	18,020	$104,454	1,529
Real estate agents and brokers	1,248	9.2	1.89×More than typical	3,275	$97,391	4,976
Offices of other health practitioners	1,152	8.5	1.40×More than typical	7,534	$56,047	3,880
Construction of buildings	1,149	8.5	1.12×About typical	9,441	$99,470	4,050
Full-service restaurants	1,114	8.2	1.07×About typical	31,613	$32,575	291

Rank places for an industry Open Travis County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,353,278 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $2.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Pflugerville, Texas: $40.02 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.6M; −37% vs FY2025
Per resident: $40.02; US $1,994
Sole-source: 4.4%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Marshals Service$1.9M73%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$757.7K29%
Department of Veterans Affairs$37.4K1.4%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$29.1K1.1%
Office of Procurement Operations$4,8080.2%
Drug Enforcement Administration$1,8340.1%

Top recipients

GASTON & SHEEHAN AUCTIONEERS, INC$1.9M73%
TRANSITIONAL CARE MANAGEMENT LLP$757.7K29%
KOETTER FIRE PROTECTION OF AUSTIN L.L.C.$37.4K1.4%
TRAJAN SCIENTIFIC AMERICAS INC$29.1K1.1%
SMITHS DETECTION INC.$4,8080.2%

Spending by fiscal year

1.7MFY2017
266.4KFY2018
1.3MFY2019
4MFY2020
3.4MFY2021
7.8MFY2022
4.1MFY2023
3.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Warehousing and storage · 4931$1.9M73%
Outpatient care centers · 6214$757.7K29%
Investigation and security services · 5616$35.7K1.4%
Glass and glass product manufacturing · 3272$29.1K1.1%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324$4,8080.2%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$1,852

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Pflugerville, Texas

SBIR PHASE II RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT$5M
ESSENTIUM INC· Travis County, TX· Research & development· Jan 25, 2022 – Apr 1, 2026· N6833522C0192
MISSION CRITICAL: MANAGEMENT OF SEIZED ASSETS REMANDED TO USMS CUSTODY PURSUANT TO 28 CFR SEC. 0.111 AFD: OPTION YEAR 4 - RELOCATION, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR SEIZED AND/OR FORFEITED JAAC ASSETS$3.9M
GASTON & SHEEHAN AUCTIONEERS, INC· Travis County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Jun 30, 2026 – Sep 23, 2026· 15M50026FA4400038
MISSION CRITICAL: MANAGEMENT OF SEIZED ASSETS REMANDED TO USMS CUSTODY PURSUANT TO 28 CFR SEC. 0.111 FY25 AFD: OPTION YEAR 3 - TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, APPRAISAL$3.7M
GASTON & SHEEHAN AUCTIONEERS, INC· Travis County, TX· Facilities & utilities· Jun 2, 2025 – Sep 29, 2026· 15M50025FA4400060

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Pflugerville, Texas, so they do not add up across cities.

Pflugerville, Texas's figures are part of those of Travis County, TX and Williamson County, TX ($2.5B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Pflugerville is mostly in Travis County.

See federal money in Travis County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Pflugerville, Texas is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Travis County71100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX68

Other cities and towns in Travis County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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