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Austin vs Pflugerville

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (29.4× in Austin) and size (14.8× in Austin).

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Austin, TXA history townTexas · 979,539 people
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Pflugerville, TXKnown for its schoolsTexas · 65,971 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $790 more a month in Austin

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Austin$3,210/mo
Typical home $497K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.44% · or rent about $1,729/mo · Housing →
Pflugerville$2,420/mo
Typical home $367K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.63% · or rent about $1,932/mo · Housing →

The difference: $790 a month, about $9,500 a year, between Austin and Pflugerville.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Austin places higher on 14 of 26 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Where they are

Austin and Pflugerville share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

AustinPflugervilleAustinPflugerville
Austin ↔ Pflugerville14 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
17,331 Pflugerville residents work in Austin (50.2% of its workers)
4,018 Austin residents work in Pflugerville (0.9% of its workers)
Work & commute in Pflugerville →
Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
AustinPflugerville
Snow a year0″0″
January low42°F—
July high97°F—
Growing season (days)291d—
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)40th34th
Outdoors & history
AustinPflugerville
Conserved land18.3%7.4%
Settled18351965
National Register places2071
Archive photos12—
Famous people born here23—
Community
AustinPflugerville
Library hours a week61 hrs60 hrs
Colleges in town9—
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

AustinPflugerville
People
Population 979,539Highest 65,971Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +21.7%Lowest TX: +15.9% +38.9%Highest TX: +15.9%
Median age 34.7±0.2Lowest about the TX average 37.3±0.7Highest 5% above TX
Kids under 18 18%±0.4Lowest TX: 25% 25%±2Highest TX: 25%
Age 65+ 10.4%±0.3Highest TX: 13.4% 9.1%±0.9Lowest TX: 13.4%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 59.6%Highest TX: 33.8% 43%Lowest TX: 33.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.2%±0.3Highest TX: 6.2% 6.1%±1.4Lowest TX: 6.2%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $93,658±$2kLowest 19% above TX $117,799±$7kHighest 50% above TX
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $555,300±$8kHighest 96% above TX $402,400±$12kLowest 42% above TX
Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,729±$14Lowest 23% above TX $1,932±$100Highest 38% above TX
Property taxmedian, yearly $8,024Highest 90% above TX $6,543Lowest 55% above TX
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.7%±1.4Lowest TX: 51.7% 49.5%±7.6Highest TX: 51.7%
Pflugerville and Austin are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 12%Highest TX: 13.8% 6.1%Lowest TX: 13.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 43.4%Lowest TX: 62.6% 69.9%Highest TX: 62.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1994Lowest 2 yrs newer than TX 2004Highest 12 yrs newer than TX
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 11% below TX 27 minHighest about the TX average
Work from home 30.7%±0.7Highest TX: 14.4% 23.9%±2.5Lowest TX: 14.4%
Work in townworking residents 65.1%Highest 7.5%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 12.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.79Highest 0.61Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Houston (3%)Austin (50%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in Pflugerville50% work in Austin
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 18.3%Highest 7.4%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 532.8 miHighest 18.1 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.6 miHighest 0.7 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 356Highest 34Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 69.3Lowest 75.2Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #264 of 583 in TX#261 of 583 in TX
School district TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES · WAYSIDE SCHOOLSPREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High school in town Bowie H SHendrickson H S
Students per teacherat that high school 17.6Highest 16.3Lowest
Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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