Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety37#1,939/3,096
Economy94#197/3,143
Housing10#2,817/3,140
Health96#115/3,144
Healthcare84#489/3,143
Environment6#2,933/3,108
Education85#464/3,144
Infrastructure97#94/3,144
Community50#1,558/3,144
Leisure & amenities81#613/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Travis County, Texas ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

New business applications · high35.2 /1k
99/100Texas 17.2 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Average weekly wage · high$1,941
99/100Texas $1,499United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Adult smoking · low9.3%
99/100Texas 15.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Bachelor's degree or higher · high56.6%
99/100Texas 33.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Some college · high80.1%
98/100Texas 64.8%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income adjusted for local prices · high$100,895
97/100Texas $71,940United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Weaknesses

Hot days · high119 days
2/100Texas 111 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Property crime rate · high2,574 /100k
3/100Texas 1,786 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Median Air Quality Index · high53
3/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High ozone days · high4 days
5/100Texas 7 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Drought exposure · high94%
6/100Texas 57%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Home price to income ratio · high5.3×
7/100Texas 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,296,572 (2020) → 1,389,670 (2025)
+7.2%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
15% (2021) → 93% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+79 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New business applicationsImproving
17.9 /1k (2020) → 35.2 /1k (2025)
+97%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
New homes permittedWorsening
22.2 /1k (2021) → 10.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Voter turnoutWorsening
71.8% (2020) → 62.7% (2024)
−9.1 pts4 yearsUS 68.5% → 65.2%
Homicide rateImproving
7.2 /100k (2021) → 4.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

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, Travis County, Texas improved on 13 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 12 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved13

Bachelor's++6.6 points50.0% → 56.6%
New businesses+97%17.9 /1k → 35.2 /1k
Real income+40%$72,094 → $100,895
Weekly wage+31%$1,483 → $1,941
Arts & recreation+16%6.2 /10k → 7.2 /10k

Declined5

Transit use−1.3 points2.9% → 1.6%
Price / income+1.0×4.3× → 5.3×
Firearm deaths+39%8.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Suicides+20%12.3 /100k → 14.8 /100k
Traffic deaths+14%10.2 /100k → 11.6 /100k

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Travis County, Texas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.2 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	+16%	Improved	68%
Average commute time	25.6 min2015-2019	25.2 min2020-2024	−0.4 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Average weekly wage	$1,4832020	$1,9412025	+31%	Improved	86%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%2015-2019	56.6%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Improved	93%
Broadband subscriptions	88.2%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Improved	16%
Child poverty rate	13.6%2019	13.1%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Distance to an airport	12 mi2020	12 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	15.1 /100k2020	17.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+14%	Within the margin of error	16%
Effective property tax rate	1.60%2015-2019	1.31%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	88%
Firearm deaths	8.7 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+39%	Declined	11%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+0.2%	Within the margin of error	55%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.9 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+15%	Improved	69%
High school diploma or higher	89.3%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	64%
Home price to income ratio	4.3×2015-2019	5.3×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	10%
Homicide rate	3.6 /100k2020	4.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Within the margin of error	12%
Income adjusted for local prices	$72,0942019	$100,8952024	+40%	Improved	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4832015-2019	0.4852020-2024	+0.002	Within the margin of error	51%
Median household income	$80,6902019	$97,4872024	+21%	Improved	28%
New business applications	17.9 /1k2020	35.2 /1k2025	+97%	Improved	91%
Pharmacies	1.5 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	49%
Poverty rate	10.8%2019	10.5%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Property crime rate	3,089 /100k2020	2,574 /100k2025	−17%	Improved	22%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−4.5%	Within the margin of error	27%
Public transit commuters	2.9%2015-2019	1.6%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Declined	14%
Rent as share of income	28.9%2015-2019	29.4%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Rent-burdened households	47.1%2015-2019	48.5%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Restaurants and bars	10.3 /10k2020	10.1 /10k2025	−1.7%	Within the margin of error	43%
Students per teacher	14.7×2019	14.5×2024	−0.2×	Little change	30%
Suicide rate	12.3 /100k2020	14.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+20%	Declined	20%
Traffic deaths	10.2 /100k2015-2019	11.6 /100k2020-2024	+14%	Declined	38%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2020	3.4%2025	−3 points	Improved	63%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.5%2019	14.6%2024	−1.9 points	Improved	68%
Violent crime rate	426 /100k2020	371 /100k2025	−13%	Improved	47%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties 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; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Travis County, Texas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Travis County, 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, Travis County, Texas itself moved −0.7 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

1,330,015 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 (−0.8 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

1,330,015 residents

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

White47%623,738
Black7.8%104,335
Hispanic or Latino33%433,057
Asian7.8%104,225
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%1,367
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†596
Other or two or more races4.7%62,697

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+2.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

941,975 residents (±51)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

No high school diploma8.1%76,038
High school or GED14%132,947
Some college16%148,317
Associate degree5.5%51,883
Bachelor's degree35%329,250
Graduate degree22%203,540

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Graduate degree (+3.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

583,747 households (±1,810)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

Under $25k11%63,319
$25k–50k13%74,512
$50k–75k14%84,352
$75k–100k12%70,613
$100k–150k18%102,396
$150k–200k12%69,590
$200k or more20%118,965

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+8.1 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

583,747 households (±1,810)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

Own52%304,165
Rent48%279,582

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

274,727 households (±3,532)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

Under $7503.2%8,680
$750–1,0002.8%7,739
$1,000–1,50027%73,486

Home values

304,165 homes (±3,566)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

Under $150k5.4%16,496
$150k–250k5.7%17,195
$250k–400k19%58,991

Age of homes

618,236 homes (±232)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

2010 or later29%180,298
2000–200919%117,055
1980–199928%172,489

Size of homes

618,236 homes (±232)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

Studio5.0%30,982
1 bedroom20%121,412
2 bedrooms22%137,856

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

751,869 workers (±4,623)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

Drive alone57%428,544
Carpool6.9%52,138
Public transit1.6%12,123
Walk2.2%16,324
Bike0.6%4,402
Work from home30%227,024
Other1.5%11,314

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+20.7 points).

Table view

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

Time to get to work

524,845 workers (±6,175)

Travis County, Texas
Texas share

Under 15 min21%112,505
15–29 min42%218,966
30–44 min24%127,089

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 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.

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

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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.1B on contracts performed in Travis County, Texas: $786 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.1B; −28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $786; US $1,994
Sole-source: 18%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.4%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$650M59%
Department of the Navy$120M11%
Department of the Air Force$82M7.5%
Department of the Army$56M5.1%
Internal Revenue Service$28.6M2.6%
Bureau of the Fiscal Service$17.9M1.6%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$16.8M1.5%
Office of Procurement Operations$14.2M1.3%

Top recipients

AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC$346M32%
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$80.1M7.3%
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.$78.6M7.2%
GSD&M LLC$70.6M6.5%
THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC$41.7M3.8%

Spending by fiscal year

832.2MFY2017
1.2BFY2018
1.1BFY2019
990.4MFY2020
873.3MFY2021
964.4MFY2022
1.4BFY2023
1.5B

Top industries (NAICS)

Wired telecommunications carriers · 5171$425.1M39%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$251.2M23%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$129M12%
Advertising, public relations, and related services · 5418$70.6M6.5%
Cut and sew apparel manufacturing · 3152$21.1M1.9%

Largest awards

ENTERPRISE DATA NETWORK SERVICES CARRIER B$1.4B
AT&T ENTERPRISES, LLC· Travis County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2020 – Sep 9, 2026· 36C10A20F0309
FRANCHISE FUND SUPPORT SERVICES$553.3M
TISTA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION· Travis County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 28, 2021 – Sep 23, 2026· 36C10B21N10050019
ENTERPRISE DATA NETWORK SERVICES CARRIER A$278.1M
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.· Travis County, TX· IT & telecom· Sep 30, 2020 – Aug 27, 2026· 36C10A20F0326
FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTER IT OPERATIONS SUPPORT SERVICES

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.

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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 $5.9B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Travis County, Texas: $4,231 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $5.9B; +1.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,231; US $12,955
Loan face value: $530.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.2B54%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$513.6M8.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$241.3M4.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$230M3.9%
47.070 · Computer and Information Science and Engineering$218.8M3.7%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$194.8M3.3%
12.910 · Research and Technology Development$129.6M2.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$124.6M2.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN$587.5M10.0%
AUSTIN, TX
CITY OF AUSTIN AVIATION DEPARTMENT$133.9M2.3%
AUSTIN, TX
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY$113.3M1.9%
AUSTIN, TX
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN$108.1M1.8%
AUSTIN, TX
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE SOUTH, INC

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$3.8B64%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$604.4M10%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Science Foundation$265.1M4.5%
Department of Education$243.3M4.1%
National Institutes of Health$146.8M2.5%

Assistance by fiscal year

5.6BFY2021
4.4BFY2022
4.8BFY2023
5.3BFY2024
5.8BFY2025
5.9BFY2026

County aggregates

74%

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 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Travis County, Texas compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Travis County, Texas
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Travis County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$678	$1,436
FY2018	$927	$1,552
FY2019	$862	$1,654
FY2020	$764	$1,880
FY2021	$667	$1,810
FY2022	$722	$1,917
FY2023	$1,022	$2,079
FY2024	$1,102	$2,047
FY2025	$1,089	$2,165
FY2026	$786 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Travis County, Texas	United States
FY2017	$114	$93.28
FY2018	$171	$105
FY2019	$128	$128
FY2020	$22.97	$145
FY2021	-$48.89	$117
FY2022	-$1.67	$138
FY2023	$17.04	$159
FY2024	$39.74	$157
FY2025	$51.95	$149
FY2026	$15.96 (partial year)	$211

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Travis County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,668	$5,748
FY2022	$1,142	$5,221
FY2023	$1,579	$5,364
FY2024	$1,634	$5,501
FY2025	$1,710	$5,732
FY2026	$1,445 (partial year)	$5,446

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Travis County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$60.61	$298
FY2022	$19.58	$357
FY2023	$13.10	$301
FY2024	$31.50	$319
FY2025	$101	$360
FY2026	$106 (partial year)	$349

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Travis County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$470	$239
FY2022	$204	$185
FY2023	$214	$229
FY2024	$202	$229
FY2025	$239	$249
FY2026	$155 (partial year)	$201

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Travis County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$74.63	$2,304
FY2022	$75.55	$2,197
FY2023	$139	$2,274
FY2024	$146	$2,267
FY2025	$143	$2,397
FY2026	$193 (partial year)	$2,597

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Travis County, Texas	United States
FY2021	$1,381	$1,186
FY2022	$623	$465
FY2023	$92.40	$76.52
FY2024	$131	$120
FY2025	$307	$148
FY2026	$154 (partial year)	$108

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Travis County, Texas
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	4.3%	2.0%
2015	4.8%	2.1%
2016	2.7%	1.7%
2017	2.8%	1.4%
2018	3.3%	1.6%
2019	4.0%	1.4%
2020	−3.5%	−6.1%
2021	7.3%	3.4%
2022	8.6%	4.3%
2023	3.1%	2.1%
2024	−0.1%	1.2%
2025	3.5%	0.5%

Average weekly wageChange since 2016, %

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Average weekly wage, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	−6.3%	−4.2%
2015	−2.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.2%	+3.3%
2018	+9.1%	+6.8%
2019

Unemployment ratepercent

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Unemployment rate, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	4.1%	6.2%
2015	3.3%	5.3%
2016	3.2%	4.9%
2017	3.1%	4.4%
2018	2.9%	3.9%
2019	2.7%

Personal income per capitaChange since 2016, %

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Personal income per capita, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	−2.1%	−5.5%
2015	−1.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.1%	+4.1%
2018	+17.4%	+8.9%
2019

New homes permittedper 1,000 people

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New homes permitted, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	11.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	11.7/1k	3.7/1k
2016	11.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	13.6/1k	3.9/1k
2018	15.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019

Median household incomeChange since 2016, %

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Median household income, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	−11.8%	−6.9%
2015	−6.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+4.7%
2018	+8.8%	+7.5%
2019

Poverty ratepercent

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Poverty rate, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	16.7%	15.5%
2015	13.2%	14.7%
2016	12.2%	14.0%
2017	11.5%	13.4%
2018	12.0%	13.1%
2019	10.8%

Typical home valueChange since 2016, %

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Typical home value, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	−13.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017

Typical asking rentChange since 2016, %

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Typical asking rent, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2015	−2.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.9% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.3%

Uninsured residents (under 65)percent

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Uninsured residents (under 65), Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	18.5%	13.5%
2015	16.2%	10.9%
2016	15.2%	10.0%
2017	14.6%	10.2%
2018	14.8%	10.4%
2019

New business applicationsper 1,000 people

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New business applications, Travis County, Texas and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Travis County, Texas	United States
2014	13.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	13.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	14.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	15.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	17.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019

Calendar years

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/48453

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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.

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

House

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Travis County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX68Central county

Cities and towns in Travis County

Places whose residents live mostly in Travis County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
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
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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What changed in five years

Improved13

Declined5

Counties like Travis County, Texas five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

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Representation in Congress

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Cities and towns in Travis County

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Improved13

Declined5

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Race and Hispanic origin

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