Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metropolitan area spans 5 counties and had 2,550,637 residents in 2024. Its economy produced $268.4 billion that year.

Texas5 counties

GDP, 2024$268.4B#22 of 387 · +6.6% nominal

Income per person, 2024$85,549#24 of 387

Unemployment, 20253.5%#89 of 387 · #1 = lowest

Price level, 2024 (US = 100)98.1#113 of 387 · #1 = most expensive

Fig. 1Income, people and outputSums of BEA county estimates for the metro area

Austin, TXUnited States

BEA county estimates (CAINC1, CAGDP1) summed over the 5 counties of the metro area; current dollars.

Industries, 2024

Share of the metro economy; blank where BEA suppresses a county figure.

By year

Industry	Value added	Share	US share
Real estate	$39.3B	14.6%	13.7%
Government	$23.5B	8.7%	11.1%
Manufacturing	$20.9B	7.8%	9.5%
Finance & insurance	$15.1B	5.6%	8.7%
Professional services	$39.4B	14.7%	8.0%
Health care	$13.3B	5.0%	7.5%
Wholesale trade	$27.1B	10.1%	6.3%
Retail trade	$15.0B	5.6%	5.9%
Information	$20.5B	7.6%	5.7%
Construction	$14.5B	5.4%	4.3%
Transportation & warehousing	$4.3B	1.6%	3.3%
Accommodation & food	$8.4B	3.1%	3.1%
Administrative & waste services	—	—	3.0%
Other services	$5.8B	2.1%	2.0%
Management of companies	—	—	1.8%
Utilities	$1.4B	0.5%	1.6%
Mining, oil & gas	$1.1B	0.4%	1.3%
Education	$1.9B	0.7%	1.1%
Arts & recreation	$2.2B	0.8%	1.0%
Agriculture	$49M	0.0%	0.8%

Fig. 2Unemployment rate since 2015Monthly, not seasonally adjusted, percent

BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, metropolitan areas.

Counties in the metro area

OMB delineation of July 2023 (Census Bureau, list 1).

County	State	Type	FIPS
Bastrop County	Texas	Outlying	48021
Caldwell County	Texas	Outlying	48055
Hays County	Texas	Central	48209
Travis County	Texas	Central	48453
Williamson County	Texas	Central	48491