housing costs · Texas
Housing costs in Austin County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,137 | ± $104 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,111 | ± $143 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,046 | ± $130 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $908 | ± $137 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $296,900 | ± $21,216 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $270,900 | ± $19,127 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $240,000 | ± $12,232 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $211,200 | ± $19,688 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.5 % | ± 4.9 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.9 % | ± 5.2 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.9 % | ± 3.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 27.0 % | ± 2.7 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Austin County is $1,137, above the Texas median of $957 across 249 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.