What do you know about Austin?

What do you know about Austin?

1. State: Capital city of Texas
2. Location: Central Texas
3. Total Area: 704 km2, 5th largest city in Texas
4. Population: 961’855, 4th most populous city in Texas, 11th in America
5. Best: (U.S. News)

Best Places to Live: 13th   

Best Places to Retire: 50th

Best places to live in Texas: 1st

Fastest-growing places: 10th

6. Median Age: 34.7
7. Top industries: Technology, Government, Finance, Education, Healthcare, Entertainment, Insurance, Space technology, Manufacturing, Digital and creative media

• Famous companies that have a headquarter in Austin: 

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Intel, NXP, IBM, Google, Tesla, Oracle, 3M, Dell Technologies, Ascension Seton Healthcare, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Indeed, National Instruments

• Best employers:

Apple, IBM, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin Independent School District, St. David’s HealthCare Partnership, the city of Austin, the state of Texas and the U.S. federal government

8. Average Annual Salary: $57,830
9. Unemployment Rate: 6.8%
10. Median Home Price: $504,273
11. Median Monthly Rent: $1,326
12. Average High Temperature: 79.69° F
13. Average Low Temperature: 54.79° F
14. Average Rainfall: 32.15 inches
15. Places to visit:

Lady Bird Lake, Lake Travis, Barton Springs, McKinney Falls, Lake Walter E. Long, Blanton Museum of Art, The Contemporary Austin, The Contemporary Austin’s Laguna Gloria, The Elisabet Ney Museum, Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Mexic-Arte Museum

16. Best universities around Austin:

•   University of Texas at Austin
•   St. Edward’s University
•   Concordia University Texas