The population of Austin county is estimated at 29,637. In 2017 there were 351 births and 277 deaths in Austin county. Austin county has 4,297 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,895 that are owned free and clear and 2,645 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Austin County filed 13,800 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Austin had a combined total federal tax liability of $149,049,000 on earned income of $853,656,000. Other notable statistics from Austin County were 560 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,305,000 and 2,370 charitable contributions valued at $15,652,000. 2,600 filings from Austin County paid a combined total of $12,980,000 in property taxes and 2,010 filings paid $16,011,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Austin county had 55 religious congregations with an estimated 18,651 members.
22.3% of the Austin population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 41% of Austin County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 627 votes.
At $61,111 the median income is 103.2% of the Texas average. An estimated 606 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Austin, the equivalant of around 4.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Austin County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,085	Manufacturing
939	Retail trade
829	Transportation and warehousing
679	Wholesale trade
521	Accommodation and food services
469	Food services and drinking places
355	Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
279	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
268	Limited-service restaurants
235	Professional, scientific, and technical services
226	Food and beverage stores
205	Credit intermediation and related activities
199	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
195	Administrative and support services
185	Commercial banking

In 2018 the average price reduction was 8.00% in Austin County.

In 2018 12.54% of listings in Austin County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 77418 and 77474) dropped their price.

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