Austin, Texas
Nonstop to JFK and Newark from AUS
- Big-city lifeTech employers
- College townUniversity of Texas at Austin
Home prices next to New York
Median listed home
New York metro$742,000
Austin$446,450
40% less, a $295,550 differencePrice per square foot
New York metro$494
Austin$228
2.2 times the space for the moneyRealtor.com via FRED, September 2026
Day-to-day costs
- Salary that matches $150,000 in New YorkBEA regional price parities, 2024
- $130,681
- Housing cost index, US = 100New York 148.6. BEA, 2024
- 120.4
- Net move-ins from other US metros, 2024-25Census Vintage 2025, via Regions Financial
- +19,860
Weather
41.8°January low
96.6°July high
0.2 inSnow per year
NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Camp Mabry
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Find my citiesSources for this page
- Median listing price: Realtor.com via FRED MEDLISPRI12420
- Price per sq ft: Realtor.com via FRED MEDLISPRIPERSQUFEE12420
- Price parities: BEA via FRED RPPALL12420, 2024
- Housing index: BEA via FRED RPPSERVERENT12420, 2024
- New York: Realtor.com via FRED MEDLISPRI35620 and MEDLISPRIPERSQUFEE35620
- Flights: 2026-06
- Climate normals
- Net domestic migration (Census Vintage 2025 via Regions Financial)