Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety49#473/924
Economy99#11/925
Housing22#721/925
Health96#37/925
Healthcare59#380/923
Environment4#876/917
Education91#81/925
Infrastructure89#102/925
Community42#539/925
Leisure & amenities61#364/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Average weekly wage · high$1,789
99/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Adult smoking · low9.9%
98/100Texas 15.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · high94.3%
98/100Texas 91.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New business applications · high26.3 /1k
98/100Texas 17.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Bachelor's degree or higher · high50.9%
97/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Median household income · high$100,431
97/100Texas $79,723United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Weaknesses

Hot days · high119 days
3/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100Texas 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · high53
7/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High ozone days · high3 days
9/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · high89%
9/100Texas 58%United States 43%Nov 2025–Oct 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Average commute time · high27.3 min
10/100Texas 26.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Trends

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

PopulationRising
2,300,172 (2020) → 2,620,945 (2025)
+14%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
21% (2021) → 89% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+68 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
15.2 /1k (2020) → 26.3 /1k (2025)
+73%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
New homes permittedWorsening
21.6 /1k (2021) → 9.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−56%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$62,847 (2019) → $87,236 (2024)
+39%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204
Voter turnoutWorsening
71.5% (2020) → 63.8% (2024)
−7.7 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%

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, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area improved on 15 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 3 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Bachelor's++6.2 points44.8% → 50.9%
Real income+39%$62,847 → $87,236
Weekly wage+29%$1,387 → $1,789
New businesses+73%15.2 /1k → 26.3 /1k
Grocery stores+8.7%0.8 /10k → 0.9 /10k

Declined9

Libraries−13%0.2 /10k → 0.2 /10k
Transit use−1 points2.0% → 1.1%
Price / income+1.0×3.7× → 4.6×
Firearm deaths+35%9.1 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Overdose deaths+18%11.6 /100k → 13.8 /100k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.6 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	+14%	Improved	63%
Average commute time	27.2 min2015-2019	27.3 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Average weekly wage	$1,3872020	$1,7892025	+29%	Improved	90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%2015-2019	50.9%2020-2024	+6.2 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	88.3%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+6 points	Improved	15%
Child poverty rate	13.3%2015-2019	11.1%2020-2024	−2.2 points	Improved	49%
Distance to an airport	17 mi2020	18 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	5%
Drug overdose deaths	11.6 /100k2020	13.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+18%	Declined	18%
Effective property tax rate	1.69%2015-2019	1.36%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	93%
Firearm deaths	9.1 /100k2020	12.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+35%	Declined	15%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+8.7%	Improved	75%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.5 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	61%
High school diploma or higher	89.9%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+2 points	Improved	61%
Home price to income ratio	3.7×2015-2019	4.6×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	13%
Homicide rate	3.7 /100k2020	3.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.6%	Little change	19%
Income adjusted for local prices	$62,8472019	$87,2362024	+39%	Improved	87%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4602015-2019	0.4642020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	42%
Median household income	$76,8442015-2019	$100,4312020-2024	+31%	Improved	69%
New business applications	15.2 /1k2020	26.3 /1k2025	+73%	Improved	82%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	44%
Poverty rate	10.8%2015-2019	9.8%2020-2024	−1 points	Improved	50%
Property crime rate	2,363 /100k2020	1,878 /100k2025	−21%	Improved	24%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−13%	Declined	8%
Public transit commuters	2.0%2015-2019	1.1%2020-2024	−1 points	Declined	16%
Rent as share of income	29.0%2015-2019	29.6%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Declined	46%
Rent-burdened households	47.5%2015-2019	49.1%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Declined	44%
Restaurants and bars	8.3 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	−2.9%	Little change	32%
Suicide rate	12.4 /100k2020	15.3 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+24%	Declined	21%
Traffic deaths	11.1 /100k2015-2019	11.6 /100k2020-2024	+4.7%	Little change	54%
Unemployment rate	6.3%2020	3.5%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	13.7%2015-2019	13.4%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Violent crime rate	324 /100k2020	282 /100k2025	−13%	Improved	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area 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, Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area itself moved −2.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

2,426,592 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under 10 men (−0.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,426,592 residents

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

White49%1,181,838
Black6.9%167,987
Hispanic or Latino32%781,183

Education

1,670,579 residents (±368)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

No high school diploma8.1%134,934
High school or GED17%280,180
Some college18%295,811

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

989,434 households (±2,299)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

Under $25k10%99,573
$25k–50k13%126,646
$50k–75k15%144,176
$75k–100k12%122,248
$100k–150k19%184,592
$150k–200k12%122,681
$200k or more19%189,518

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

989,434 households (±2,299)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

Own58%576,470
Rent42%412,964

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

403,854 households (±4,440)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

Under $7503.3%13,442
$750–1,0003.5%14,264
$1,000–1,50028%111,622

Home values

576,470 homes (±4,704)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

Under $150k6.4%37,008
$150k–250k7.3%42,322
$250k–400k24%140,440

Age of homes

1,042,843 homes (±409)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

2010 or later33%342,635
2000–200921%218,850
1980–199927%280,882

Size of homes

1,042,843 homes (±409)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

Studio3.8%39,794
1 bedroom16%165,063
2 bedrooms20%206,710
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,315,126 workers (±5,693)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

Drive alone61%801,541
Carpool7.5%98,516
Public transit1.1%13,989
Walk1.7%22,757
Bike0.4%5,398
Work from home27%352,108
Other1.6%20,817

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+18.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

963,018 workers (±7,015)

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
United States share

Under 15 min21%206,400
15–29 min37%355,219
30–44 min24%234,257

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

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

The 10 largest occupations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX employ 274,980 people. 5 pay a median above the US median and 5 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
General and Operations Managers42,190 jobs	42,190	$117,850US $105,770	+11%	1.45×
Fast Food and Counter Workers35,000 jobs	35,000	$29,310US $31,200	−6%	1.09×
Customer Service Representatives32,690 jobs	32,690	$43,720US $44,770	−2%	1.51×
Software Developers31,960 jobs	31,960	$134,120US $135,980	−1%	2.28×
Retail Salespersons29,660 jobs	29,660	$33,860US $35,410	−4%	0.91×
Stockers and Order Fillers27,430 jobs	27,430	$37,720US $37,330	+1%	1.16×
Cashiers20,490 jobs	20,490	$33,940US $32,880	+3%	0.8×
Waiters and Waitresses19,170 jobs	19,170	$27,260US $35,230	−23%	1.01×
Registered Nurses18,920 jobs	18,920	$97,890US $97,550	0%	0.67×
Project Management Specialists17,470 jobs	17,470	$102,390US $102,320	0%	1.97×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

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.

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX has 66,280 employer establishments, 265 for every 10,000 residents (1.07× the US rate of 248), with 1,042,004 paid employees at an average annual pay of $78,466. The Census Bureau also counts 279,656 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 66,280; 279,656 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 265; US 248
Paid employees: 1,042,004
Average annual pay: $78,466; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	5,556	22.2	1.07×About typical	65,799	$77,399	11,167
Restaurants and other eating places	4,417	17.7	0.96×About typical	101,367	$27,312	1,252
Lessors of real estate	4,256	17	1.38×More than typical	19,334	$76,190	28,362
Specialty trade contractors	3,804	15.2	0.98×About typical	51,208	$73,269	17,963
Management, scientific and technical consulting	3,190	12.8	1.90×More than typical	18,235	$108,726	15,845
Computer systems design and related services	2,760	11	2.55×More than typical	40,988	$138,316	5,533
Construction of buildings	1,987	8	1.05×About typical	14,453	$98,352	8,092
Limited-service restaurants	1,894	7.6	0.95×About typical	44,562	$24,524	504
Offices of physicians	1,844	7.4	1.14×About typical	23,300	$104,845	2,255
Real estate agents and brokers	1,838	7.4	1.51×More than typical	4,339	$89,031	8,791
Offices of other health practitioners	1,752	7	1.15×About typical	11,086	$53,007	6,226
Full-service restaurants	1,750	7	0.91×About typical	47,560	$30,774	502

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,498,809 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.6B on contracts performed in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area: $1,003 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $2.6B; −13% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,003; US $2,008
Sole-source: 9.8%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.9%; US 8.7%

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

Top buying agencies

Department of Veterans Affairs$1.2B47%
Department of the Navy$377M14%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$167.3M6.4%
Department of the Army$111.1M4.2%
Department of the Air Force$105.8M4.0%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$64.3M2.4%
Social Security Administration$62.3M2.4%
U.S. Coast Guard$62.2M2.4%

Top recipients

DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$957.2M36%
AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$346M13%
FIREFLY AEROSPACE INC.$161.8M6.2%
DELL MARKETING L.P.$155.3M5.9%
IMPRES TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, INC$103.2M3.9%

Spending by fiscal year

1.5BFY2017
2BFY2018
2.1BFY2019
2.6BFY2020
2.4BFY2021
2.8BFY2022
2.8BFY2023
3B

Top industries (NAICS)

Software publishers · 5112$1.1B40%
Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$425.1M16%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$380.1M14%
Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$164.2M6.2%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$133.5M5.1%
Advertising, public relations, and related services · 5418

Largest awards

VA MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE LICENSE AGREEMENT.$1.6B
DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P· Williamson County, TX· IT & telecom· Mar 29, 2022 – Apr 20, 2026· 36C10B22F0089
ENTERPRISE DATA NETWORK SERVICES CARRIER B$1.4B
AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· Travis County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2020 – Sep 9, 2026· 36C10A20F0309
MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT$1.1B
DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P· Williamson County, TX· IT & telecom· Apr 1, 2025 – Sep 23, 2026· 36C10B25F0093
FRANCHISE FUND SUPPORT SERVICES$553.3M

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $11.4B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area: $4,349 per resident (US $12,990).

Assistance · FY2026: $11.4B; −4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,349; US $12,990
Loan face value: $6.8B; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$6.6B58%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$1.5B13%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$528.1M4.6%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$494.5M4.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$306.2M2.7%
93.566 · Refugee and Entrant Assistance State/Replacement Designee Administered Programs$295.4M2.6%
47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$218.8M1.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$202.8M1.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$597.4M5.2%
AUSTIN, TX
TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY$135.7M1.2%
SAN MARCOS, TX
CITY OF AUSTIN AVIATION DEPARTMENT$133.9M1.2%
AUSTIN, TX
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH, INC$115.2M1.0%
AUSTIN, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$7.8B69%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$1.8B15%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$362.3M3.2%
National Science Foundation$269.4M2.4%
National Institutes of Health$170.6M1.5%

Assistance by fiscal year

11.1BFY2021
8.9BFY2022
10.2BFY2023
11BFY2024
11.9BFY2025
11.4BFY2026

County aggregates

84%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Areas based in Texas, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined9

Metro and micro areas like Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Texas

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined9

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought