Travis County · Texas
Austin, TX demographics
Population, income and the local tax burden that sits on top of them — sourced from the Census Bureau and the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Quick answer
Austin, TX has a population of 979,882 and a median household income of $91,461 — about $7,622 a month before tax. That ranks 10 of 94 covered metros by income and 11 of 94 by population.
Population
979,882
City limits, ACS 5-year
Median household income
$91,461
ACS 5-year estimate
Combined sales tax
8.25%
Texas + local
Income rank
#10
of 94 covered metros
Estimated annual sales tax on a median household
A Austin household at the median income of $91,461 spending roughly a quarter of pre-tax income on taxable retail goods would pay about $1,886 a year in sales tax at 8.25%. This is an illustration, not a filing figure: the taxable share of spending varies with household composition, and Texas exempts or discounts several categories. Austin's Project Connect transit expansion is funded by property tax, not sales tax, because the city was already at the 8.25% cap.
Method: median household income × 25% taxable share × combined rate. The 25% share is a rough national benchmark from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey, not a Austin-specific measurement.
Sources
What each figure on this page comes from.
- Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
- Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts rate tables · rates as published for 2026