County profile
Austin County, TX
United States · GDP 2024
#1136 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,616
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
705
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,625
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$75.8k±$8.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%±2.5%
Poverty rate
12.0%±2.2%
Business applications
404 · 2025
Retail establishments
88
26.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Retail trade22%
Transportation21%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation13%
Health care13%
Construction12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,625
residents · 2025 · +11.6% since 2020
Income per capita $67.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,846
International migration+482
Natural change+148
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$296.9k±$21.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$104/mo
Vacancy rate
15.3%±2.4%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$88.3M
304 units · 9.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 84Tornado 77Hurricane 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2342016
2482017
2602018
2732019
2852020
3132021
3662022
4052023
4242024
4332025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1282% since 2021222021
1782022
3672023
4122024
3042025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
85.4 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
78.5 km
EASTERWOOD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.3k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Austin?
Austin's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 7.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.