A crowd in front of Austin's capitol building.
A crowd gathers outside of Austin's capitol building.
  • Between 2021 and 2022, 71,801 people from different states moved to Austin, according to Census data. 
  • Many movers to Austin are white and millennial, and have higher incomes than locals.
  • People who moved to Austin said they were drawn to the city's  jobs and relatively lower cost of living. 

Jasmine Cambridge, a 25-year-old steakhouse server with aspirations of working in marketing, moved from Atlanta to Austin in 2023.

Cambridge, a Black woman, said she moved to the city in pursuit of better job opportunities and the potential of greater social mobility.