Austin vs Pflugerville

A side-by-side comparison of Austin and Pflugerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Austin and Pflugerville are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Austin has the higher population (967,862 vs 65,162 in Pflugerville). Pflugerville has the higher median household income ($112,656 vs $91,461 in Austin). Austin has the higher median home value ($512,700 vs $354,900 in Pflugerville).

Population, income & housing

	Austin	Pflugerville
Population	967,862	65,162
Median age	34.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,461	$112,656
Median home value	$512,700	$354,900
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,856
Housing units	466,428	24,939
Homeownership rate	44.4%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austin	Pflugerville
Population	950,807 → 967,862 (+1.8%)	61,737 → 65,162 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$71,576 → $91,461 (+27.8%)	$93,627 → $112,656 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$337,400 → $512,700 (+52.0%)	$238,700 → $354,900 (+48.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,280 → $1,655 (+29.3%)	$1,414 → $1,856 (+31.3%)

Austin

Population

950,807967,862

Median household income

$71,576$91,461

Median home value

$337,400$512,700

Median gross rent

$1,280$1,655

Pflugerville

Population

61,73765,162

Median household income

$93,627$112,656

Median home value

$238,700$354,900

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austin	Pflugerville
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	22.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	16.8%
55 to 64	9.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.4%	6.4%
75 and over	3.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austin	Pflugerville
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	38.3%
Black or African American	7.2%	16.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.5%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	31.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austin	Pflugerville
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	13.2%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austin	Pflugerville
Drove alone	58.8%	67.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	7.7%
Public transit	2.1%	0.4%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	22.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austin	Pflugerville
1-unit, detached	44.2%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	8.4%
20 or more units	24.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Austin	Pflugerville
Poverty rate	12.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1993	2004