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
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Pflugerville
River Ranch/ Cantarra Steiner Ranch
Manor
West Oak Hill/ HWY 71
Easton Park/ Goodnight
Shifting Shares
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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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