Livability score comparison

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Livability81
  • Stable Housing Market
  • Low Cost of Living
  • Lots of Local Amenities
  • High Income per Capita
Dallas Livability
83
  • Stable Housing Market
  • High Income per Capita
  • Lots of Local Amenities
  • Low Cost of Living
Austin Livability
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Amenities
  1. Amount of Amenities
A+
  1. Yes, there are lots of amenities close to
Dallas Amenities
A+
  1. Yes, there are lots of amenities close to
Austin Amenities
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Cost Of Living
  1. Cost of Living Index
  2. Goods & Services Index
  3. Grocery Index
  4. Healthcare Index
  5. Housing Index
  6. Transportation Index
  7. Utilities Index
A
  1. 107
  2. 108
  3. 100
  4. 108
  5. 114
  6. 89
  7. 111
Dallas Cost Of Living
B-
  1. 120
  2. 96
  3. 98
  4. 98
  5. 178
  6. 89
  7. 95
Austin Cost Of Living
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Crime
  1. Violent Crime /100k
  2. Murder /100k
  3. Rape /100k
  4. Robbery /100k
  5. Assault /100k
  6. Property Crime /100k
  7. Burglary /100k
  8. Theft /100k
  9. Vehicle Theft /100k
  10. Total Crime /100k
F
  1. 672
  2. 19
  3. 37
  4. 158
  5. 458
  6. 4,030
  7. 470
  8. 2,127
  9. 1,433
  10. 4,702
Dallas Crime
F
  1. 499
  2. 7
  3. 50
  4. 93
  5. 349
  6. 3,306
  7. 468
  8. 2,125
  9. 712
  10. 3,805
Austin Crime
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Employment
  1. Income Per Capita
  2. Med. Household Income
  3. Med. Earnings Male
  4. Med. Earnings Female
  5. Unemployment Rate
C+
  1. $35,487
  2. $54,747
  3. $38,558
  4. $31,257
  5. 3%
Dallas Employment
A+
  1. $44,829
  2. $75,752
  3. $47,320
  4. $38,105
  5. 3%
Austin Employment
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Housing
  1. Median Home Price
  2. Median Rent Asked
  3. % Owner Occupied
  4. % Renter Occupied
  5. Avg. Household Size
A+
  1. $208,700
  2. $1,111
  3. 41%
  4. 59%
  5. 2.6
Dallas Housing
A+
  1. $358,600
  2. $1,346
  3. 46%
  4. 54%
  5. 2.4
Austin Housing
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Schools
  1. No. Public Schools
  2. Students Per Teacher
  3. Avg. Test Scores
  4. Completed High School
  5. Completed Bachelors
C-
  1. 309
  2. 15
  3. n/a
  4. 72.2%
  5. 31.0%
Dallas Schools
C+
  1. 195
  2. 14
  3. n/a
  4. 85.3%
  5. 47.7%
Austin Schools
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User Ratings
  1. Average user rating
  2. Number of ratings
B
  1. 72%
  2. 60
Dallas User rating
D
  1. 53%
  2. 91
Austin User rating