One of America's fastest-growing economies. 1.6M workers, 175K construction jobs, and $77.46B in active development.
5-county metro employment
Prices, inventory & activity
Central Texas is seeing unprecedented development. With 175K construction workers (12.3% of all jobs), the region's skyline continues to transform. Travis leads with $47.83B in active projects.
Economic health across the 5-county Austin MSA
The metro added jobs at +0.8% YoY, outpacing many peer metros.
$77.46B in active projects with 338 site plans approved, signaling continued growth.
11,051 active listings with 51 median days on market. 1,687 new permits issued.
Economic data sourced from Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) · Construction data from Texas TDLR · Site plans from City of Austin Open Data
Last updated: 4/1/2026
This explorer covers the five counties of the Austin–Round Rock–Georgetown metro area (MSA): Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop, and Caldwell. Travis County, home to the city of Austin, is the economic core, while Williamson and Hays are among the fastest-growing counties in the country.
Central Texas combines a deep technology and semiconductor sector, major advanced-manufacturing investments, a large university and state-government workforce, strong in-migration, and a comparatively low cost of doing business. That mix has produced some of the lowest unemployment and fastest job and construction growth among large U.S. metros.
Travis County anchors the region by size and output, but the lowest unemployment and fastest labor-force growth often show up in the suburban counties. Use the per-county cards above and the individual county pages to compare unemployment, labor force, and construction activity side by side.
Employment, labor force, GDP, wages, and housing indicators come from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) service, which aggregates BLS, BEA, and Census figures. Construction activity comes from Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) project filings and City of Austin Open Data site plans.
The dashboard refreshes on a rolling basis. Federal indicators update monthly or quarterly as agencies publish them; construction projects and site plans update continuously as new filings arrive. The “last updated” date reflects the most recent underlying data point.
