Austin, TX
Austin-Round Rock metro area tops list of best performing US cities in new report
Austin districts, subdivision, mall, UT campus change over 25 years
Austin has seen significant growth in the last quarter of a century, especially in these areas.
Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman
The Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area is performing well — the best, to be exact, according to the Milken Institute’s 2024 Best-Performing Cities list.
The Milken report has been published annually since 1999 and ranks cities on a variety of metrics, including job creation, wage growth, and output growth. Designed to help the public and private sectors evaluate and compare cities throughout the nation, the list is particularly handy for Realtors, job recruiters and site selectors.
How did other Texas metro areas rank?
- No. 1: Austin-Round Rock, TX
- No. 2: Dallas-Irving-Plano
- No. 3: Fort Worth-Arlington
- No. 4: San Antonio
- No. 5: Houston
Austin ranks No. 1 in wage growth
Austin ranked No. 1 in wage growth (73.1%) between 2017 to 2022, according to the Milken report. Metro areas are ranked in between Tier 1 (top-ranked cities) and Tier 5 (low-ranked cities), where higher tiers offer high wages, jobs, and other potential growth — making them economic attractions for the state.
Here’s how other Texas cities ranked:
- Dallas (Tier 1): 14.5%
- Fort Worth (Tier 2): 12%
- San Angelo (Tier 2): 4.5%
- San Antonio (Tier 2): 8.3%
- Houston (Tier 3): 7.5%
- El Paso (Tier 3): 6.8%
- Tyler (Tier 2): 7%
- Wichita Falls (Tier 4): 0.9%
What other factors are considered?
According to the Milken Institute, this year’s rankings took two new factors into consideration: income equality and resilience defined as a city’s ability to withstand severe weather and economic turmoil.
Austin, TX
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AUSTIN, Texas – Barton Springs Pool will reopen to visitors this week.
What they’re saying:
The City of Austin said the pool will reopen on Tuesday, June 23, for the early morning regularly scheduled “swim at your own risk.”
The pool had closed on June 15 due to severe weather.
City staff removed large tree branches, aluminum cans, fishing hooks, and other debris from the water.
The team also cleaned off decks and reinstalled the diving board in preparation for the pool’s reopening.
The Source: Information from the City of Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — A high-stakes vote this week could shape what Texas public school students learn in social studies for the next decade, as the State Board of Education considers proposed new standards that supporters say will strengthen civics instruction and critics call deeply flawed.
The board begins its meeting Monday morning to review the proposed social studies standards and is expected to vote Friday.
FULL STORY | Texas education board to vote Friday on proposed social studies standards
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