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Home / Explore / Austin, TX

Texas · CITY & NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDE

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The housing picture

2020–2024 American Community Survey · Austin city, Texas

Median owner-occupied home value

$555,300± $8,017 margin of error

Estimated by homeowners; not a current sale price.

Median monthly gross rent

$1,729± $14 margin of error

Contract rent plus applicable utility and fuel costs.

Population

979,539± 484 margin of error

Residents within the Census place boundary.

Housing units

483,071± 2,022 margin of error

Occupied and vacant housing units.

Occupied housing units

456,113± 2,401 margin of error

Homes occupied by owners or renters.

Owner-occupied housing units

198,180± 3,375 margin of error

Occupied homes in which the owner lives.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 5-year ↗. Retrieved Sep 28, 2026. Place ID: 4805000. Dollar amounts are in 2024 dollars. Survey estimates describe a period, not a live housing market.

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2020–2024 ACS five-year estimates. Dollar amounts are in 2024 dollars; published margins of error use a 90% confidence level. These downloadable source tables cover all Census geographies.

  • Home value · B25077 ↗
  • Gross rent · B25064 ↗
  • Population · B01003 ↗
  • Housing units · B25001 ↗
  • Occupied housing and tenure · B25003 ↗

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Explore Austin, one address at a time.

Local resources reviewed Sep 27, 2026.

Connect an address to its permit and annexation history

Austin's Property Profile guide, dated March 2, 2021, describes links to zoning and appraisal records, annexation history and permit history. Treat its screenshots and menu instructions as older documentation and confirm current record questions with the city.

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Use FloodPro for the flood-information research path

Austin Watershed Protection's resource directory links FloodPro for viewing flood information and requesting floodplain and StormCAD models. It also links Property Profile searches by address, parcel ID or development-review case number, allowing the research to stay tied to the correct site.

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Questions about Austin

Where does Austin document a way to review older permit activity for an address?

Austin's Property Profile guide dated March 2, 2021 describes permit-history and expired-permit entries in the address-results panel. It is older documentation, so confirm today's search path and unresolved records with the city rather than assuming the interface is unchanged.

Source: maps.austintexas.gov ↗

What is the median home value in Austin?

The 2020–2024 ACS estimate for the median value of owner-occupied homes in Austin is $555,300 in 2024 dollars. This describes owner-reported values over a five-year period. For a purchase or sale today, request recent comparable transactions for the specific neighborhood and property type.

What is the median rent in Austin?

The 2020–2024 ACS median monthly gross rent for Austin is $1,729 in 2024 dollars. Gross rent includes contract rent and applicable utility and fuel costs. It is a historical survey estimate, not today's asking rent or a quote for an individual property.

Does this describe a specific neighborhood?

These figures cover Austin city, Texas. City boundaries, ZIP codes, school attendance areas, and named neighborhoods can differ. Use a property's address to check the details that matter to you; a city-wide median will not describe every block or home.

How can I compare Austin with another place?

Use the city comparison to view figures from the same ACS release side by side. Then compare current property choices, your actual commute, and address-specific conditions. Differences between survey estimates can fall within their margins of error; the comparison does not rank which place is best.

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