Emerging Patterns of Regional Population Growth

Emerging Patterns of Regional Population Growth Environmental Commission, City of Austin April 3, 2019

Ryan Robinson City Demographer Planning and Zoning Department

Emerging Growth Patterns 1. Population Growth 2. Shifting Shares 3. Household Dynamics 4. Income Landscapes 5. The Role of Housing

Selected Demographic Data Themes Ryan Robinson City Demographer City of Austin

“…20% of total population growth for the entire US from 2010 to 2018 occurred in Texas.”

County-level Growth and Decline

Selected Demographic Data Themes Ryan Robinson City Demographer City of Austin

ZIP Code-level Growth and Decline

Selected Demographic Data Themes Ryan Robinson City Demographer City of Austin

Pflugerville

River Ranch/ Cantarra Steiner Ranch

Manor

West Oak Hill/ HWY 71

Easton Park/ Goodnight

Shifting Shares

Selected Demographic Data Themes Ryan Robinson City Demographer City of Austin

2019

2019 = 44%

Household Dynamics

Selected Demographic Data Themes Ryan Robinson City Demographer City of Austin

Income Landscape Dynamics

Selected Demographic Data Themes Ryan Robinson City Demographer City of Austin

The Role of Housing

Selected Demographic Data Themes Ryan Robinson City Demographer City of Austin

City Employees as One Example

Selected Demographic Data Themes Ryan Robinson City Demographer City of Austin

Final Comments 1. The greater Austin metropolitan region continues to grow rapidly and evolve into a multi-nucleated urban organism.

Housing Affordability 2. The City of Austin’s share of regional growth has Achieving significant growth African American reached an all-time low of and will probably households in to thefall. future is dependent on attracting continue

families with children back into the City--and yet, collapsing housing Austin affordability across theorganic City willpiece make 3. Metropolitan is a dynamic, this difficult.

of the greater set of urban clusters emerging across central Texas.

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