Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos
21 cities and suburbs across Austin, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $465,000 and its mean commute 27.3 min. Cedar Park scores highest overall at 69. Leander leads on schools, San Marcos leads on cost of living.
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21 places
in Austin
in Austin
One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.
10 mi
20 mi
30 mi
Downtown Austin
Downtown Round Rock
Cedar Park
Austin
Leander
Lakeway
Steiner Ranch
Pflugerville
Buda
Georgetown
Hutto
Kyle
San Marcos
Bastrop
Lockhart
Taylor
Elgin
Hornsby Bend
Sonterra
Manor
Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Austin
Every suburb of Austin, ranked
| # | Place | Score | Hous | Scho | Cost | Comm | Amen | Empl | Resi |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedar Park | 69 B− | C− | A− | C | C+ | A− | B− | — |
| 2 | Austin | 68 B− | D | B− | C+ | B+ | A+ | C+ | — |
| 3 | Brushy Creek | 67 C+ | C+ | A− | C− | B− | D+ | B | — |
| 4 | Leander | 67 C+ | C | A− | C− | C− | B− | B | — |
| 5 | Lakeway | 66 C+ | A− | B+ | D− | C− | C | B− | — |
| 6 | Round Rock | 65 C+ | D | A− | C | C+ | B | C+ | — |
| 7 | Wells Branch | 63 C+ | F | B+ | C+ | B+ | C+ | C+ | — |
| 8 | Steiner Ranch | 62 C | C+ | A− | D+ | D | D | B | — |
| 9 | Pflugerville | 62 C | D+ | B− | C+ | D+ | B | C+ | — |
| 10 | Buda | 58 C | C− | C | C+ | D | D+ | B | — |
| 11 | Georgetown | 55 C− | D+ | C− | C | C− | B− | D | — |
| 12 | Hutto | 55 C− | C− | C | D | D | C− | B− | — |
| 13 | Kyle | 51 D+ | D− | C | C+ | F | C | C+ | — |
| 14 | San Marcos | 48 D+ | F | D− | B− | C | B | F | — |
| 15 | Bastrop | 47 D | F | D− | C+ | F | B− | D− | — |
| 16 | Lockhart | 46 D | F | D− | B− | D− | C− | D+ | — |
| 17 | Taylor | 46 D | F | D− | B− | F | C− | D | — |
| 18 | Elgin | 45 D | D− | F | C | F | C | C | — |
| 19 | Hornsby Bend | 45 D | D+ | D− | B− | F | F | C− | — |
| 20 | Sonterra | 44 D | D− | D− | C+ | F | D | C | — |
| 21 | Manor | 43 D | D− | F | C+ | F | D+ | C− | — |
— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 21 of 21 are currently below the threshold.
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