Austin vs Steiner Ranch

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

Austin and Steiner Ranch 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 18,683 in Steiner Ranch). Steiner Ranch has the higher median household income ($195,181 vs $91,461 in Austin). Steiner Ranch has the higher median home value ($723,500 vs $512,700 in Austin).

Population, income & housing

	Austin	Steiner Ranch
Population	967,862	18,683
Median age	34.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,461	$195,181
Median home value	$512,700	$723,500
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,880
Housing units	466,428	6,750
Homeownership rate	44.4%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.2%	74.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Austin	Steiner Ranch
Population	950,807 → 967,862 (+1.8%)	16,424 → 18,683 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$71,576 → $91,461 (+27.8%)	$173,016 → $195,181 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$337,400 → $512,700 (+52.0%)	$516,500 → $723,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,280 → $1,655 (+29.3%)	$1,455 → $1,880 (+29.2%)

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

Steiner Ranch

Population

16,42418,683

Median household income

$173,016$195,181

Median home value

$516,500$723,500

Median gross rent

$1,455$1,880

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Austin	Steiner Ranch
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	26.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	22.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	17.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	26.9%
55 to 64	9.6%	5.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	5.3%
75 and over	3.7%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Austin	Steiner Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	72.3%
Black or African American	7.2%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	8.5%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Austin	Steiner Ranch
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	13.2%	4.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	41.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Austin	Steiner Ranch
Drove alone	58.8%	57.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	1.2%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	37.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Austin	Steiner Ranch
1-unit, detached	44.2%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.3%	15.5%
20 or more units	24.7%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Austin	Steiner Ranch
Poverty rate	12.3%	2.3%
Average household size	2.14	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1993	2004