Austin, TX (78717)

Austin, TX (ZIP 78717) sits in Williamson County within the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area. The page draws on 2 federal data feeds retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: High Blood Pressure comes in below the national average at 24.4%. NCES lists 6 schools serving the area, 6 non-charter. 10 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $23,500. IRS data shows average household income (AGI) of $154,658, well above the ~$45K national average per return. The CDC SVI flags racial & ethnic minority (67th percentile) as this ZIP's standout vulnerability dimension, sitting well above its overall 33th-percentile score. FEMA has issued 26 federal disaster declarations affecting this ZIP since 1974 — a high-frequency exposure profile. Premature-mortality burden is comparatively low at 5,175 years of potential life lost per 100,000 (County Health Rankings, 2025). Per USDA's Food Environment Atlas, 47.8% of residents in this county live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket — a deep food-access gap. IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net gain of 15,220 residents (7,690 households) — the ZIP's primary county is growing. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: median household income $136,960, fair market rent of $2,010 for a two-bedroom, and a typical home value of $570,141, down 4.6% over the past year. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.

Demographics

HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.

Home values

Source: Zillow Research, ZHVI All Homes (SFR, Condo/Co-op) Time Series (zillow.com/research/data). Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI) is copyrighted by Zillow, Inc.

New housing construction

Based on county-level data (2024).

Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.

Income & tax statistics

Source: IRS Statistics of Income — Individual Income Tax Statistics by ZIP Code (irs.gov). Public domain. Dollar columns reported in thousands by the IRS; figures here display real dollars. Total ZCTA AGI for the area was $2650.8M across all reported brackets.

Business & employment

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.

Employment & wages

That is roughly 23% above the US national average of $65,470 per worker.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.

Unemployment

Based on Williamson County, TX data (2024).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.

Banking access

Based on FDIC-insured branch offices as of June 30, 2024.

Source: FDIC Summary of Deposits (fdic.gov). Annual June-30 snapshot of every FDIC-insured branch and the deposits booked there. Figures cover all institutions reporting a branch address in this ZIP.

Alternative-fuel stations

Active public stations only. Snapshot taken 2026; AFDC's underlying registry refreshes continuously as stations open and close.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy via NREL (afdc.energy.gov). Per-ZIP counts of active public alternative-fuel stations (electric, hydrogen, propane, CNG, biodiesel, E85, LNG, renewable diesel) and EV charging-port totals.

Social Vulnerability Index

The Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. Census data to identify communities most at risk during public health emergencies and natural disasters. Higher percentiles indicate greater vulnerability. Tract-level scores are aggregated to this ZCTA via Census 2020 ZCTA→Tract crosswalk, weighted by land-area share. Source: atsdr.cdc.gov. Public domain.

Federal Disaster Declarations

FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.

Community health profile

Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 7.4% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.

Based on Williamson data (2025 CHR release).

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.

Food access

Among low-income residents, 8.7% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).

Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in Williamson County, TX for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).

Who’s moving in and out

Incoming households reported an average AGI of $96,726 versus departing households' $87,757.

Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.

Data sources used on this page

Health profile

Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.

Schools in this ZIP

6 schools serve this ZIP, including 6 non-charter.

Showing top 5 by enrollment. 1 more schools serve this ZIP.

Schools listed from NCES Common Core of Data via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal.

Colleges & universities nearby

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Austin, TX · 78705

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $11,688

  Out-of-state tuition

  $44,908

  Acceptance rate

  26.6%

  Graduation rate

  88.3%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $75,121

  Median student debt

  $20,500

• Austin Community College District

  Austin, TX · 78752

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $2,550

  Out-of-state tuition

  $10,590

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  19.1%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $43,177

  Median student debt

  $10,499

• Saint Edward's University

  Austin, TX · 78704

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $51,384

  Out-of-state tuition

  $51,384

  Acceptance rate

  81.4%

  Graduation rate

  63.4%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $58,826

  Median student debt

  $24,803

• Universal Technical Institute-West Texas

  Austin, TX · 78753

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  74.7%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $51,222

  Median student debt

  $14,267

• Concordia University Texas

  Austin, TX · 78726

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $23,500

  Out-of-state tuition

  $23,500

  Acceptance rate

  91.3%

  Graduation rate

  42.3%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $60,883

  Median student debt

  $21,852

• Huston-Tillotson University

  Austin, TX · 78702

  4-Year

  In-state tuition

  $26,709

  Out-of-state tuition

  $26,709

  Acceptance rate

  39.1%

  Graduation rate

  34.9%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $42,937

  Median student debt

  $30,750

• The College of Health Care Professions-Austin

  Austin, TX · 78723

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  57.6%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $38,922

  Median student debt

  $9,120

• Southern Careers Institute-Austin

  Austin, TX · 78744

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  52.2%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $27,035

  Median student debt

  $8,708

• Avenue Five Institute

  Austin, TX · 78757

  Certificate

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  79.1%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $30,280

  Median student debt

  $7,917

• Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin

  Austin, TX · 78752

  2-Year

  In-state tuition

  —

  Out-of-state tuition

  —

  Acceptance rate

  —

  Graduation rate

  62.5%

  Median earnings (10 yr)

  $36,330

  Median student debt

  $16,000

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.

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