A city of 979,539, settled in 1835. Home to 207 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things Austin does most differently from other towns.
1895 · First Electric tower erected in Austin,…6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 207 places on the National Register.
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First Electric tower erected in Austin, 41st & Speedway, 1895
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Ordered by what stands out in Austin. Another town gets a different order.
65% of Austin’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Houston (3%), Round Rock (3%) and San Antonio (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.
533 miles of trails across 356 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Barton Creek Wilderness Park | 28.2 mi | 1,112 |
| 2. Circle C Ranch Metropolitan Park on Slaughter Creek | 19.2 mi | 596 |
| 3. Barton Creek Greenbelt | 17.2 mi | 826 |
Austin beats the Texas average on 18 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| What stands out | Austin | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2% | 3.2% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 8.1% | 12.7% |
| More binge drinkers | 20% | 17% |
The typical Austin home is worth about $497,000, down 3.7% in a year, 66% above the Texas typical home.
Austin reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 90% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 31%.
The public schools Austin’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blazier El | PK–6 | 1,275 | B+ |
| Doss El | PK–5 | 930 | A+ |
| Nyos Lamar El | PK–5 | 858 | B |
| Rutledge El | K–5 | 853 | A |
| Austin Achieve Northeast El | PK–4 | 839 | C− |
| Laurel Mountain El | PK–5 | 822 | A+ |
Austin has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 96°, a January night drops to 38°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 40% of U.S. communities.
790,390 people in 2010; 979,539 today.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 · ACS
207 places in Austin on the National Register of Historic Places.
20 notable people were born in Austin.
Capital city of Texas, United States
Austin ( AW-stin) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas. With a population of 961,855 at the 2020 census, it is the 12th-most populous city in the U.S., fifth-most populous city in Texas, and second-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona), while the Austin metro area with an estimated 2.55 million residents is the 25th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Austin is the county seat and most populous city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it has been one of the fastest-growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Located in Central Texas within the greater Texas Hill Country, …
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10 towns share a border with Austin.
