Metro · Density Score
Austin, TX
Metro area in Texas
80 Combined score #5 of 127 metros
- Economic
- 78 #10 of 127
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 82 #3 of 127
Austin ranks #5 overall, #3 in Startup & VC and #10 in Economy among 127 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #2 of 127: $235M in VC per year per 100k people
- #3 of 127: 9.0 early-stage rounds per year per 100k people
- #4 of 121: 1.0 startup exits per year per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $235M #2 of 127
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 9.0 #3 of 127
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 1.1 #5 of 127
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 1.0 #4 of 121
- GDP per person
- $102K #17 of 127
- Patents per 100k people
- 103 #9 of 122
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 238 #46 of 127
- Tech share of jobs
- 6.5% #7 of 127
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +144 #44 of 127
Some of this metro’s inputs are estimated or still pending.
