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30.37° N · 97.90° W · GEOID 4870154

Steiner Ranch

Travis County, Texas · part of the Austin, TX metro

TexasSteiner Ranch, TXSteiner RanchSteiner Ranch

The short answer

Steiner Ranch is home to 18,619 people. Median household income is $190,523 a year and median rent is $1,955 a month, 12.3% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $826,500, about 4.3x annual median household income.

What sets Steiner Ranch apart is how far household money goes. After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $178,700 a year, more than in 97% of places its size. Also notable: Home values rose 12.5% a year between the 2020 and 2024 surveys while incomes rose 2.4%, a wider gap than in 96% of places its size.

76OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Strong

Steiner Ranch scores better than 76% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 60th of 407 in Texas.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%67
Economy 20%78
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%27
Education 10%97
Commute 10%24
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,955
43% above the median place
Median household income
$190,523
137% above the median place
Median home value
$826,500
159% above the median place
Unemployment
4.6%
7% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Steiner Ranch

  • How it is changingRent rose 7.7% a year while household income rose 2.4% between the 2020 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by more than in 94% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.
  • AffordabilityHigh pay has not made renting easy. Household income is higher than in 97% of places we track, yet 65% of renters still spend 30% or more of income on rent.
01

Moving to Steiner Ranch

Travis County loses about 8.8 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in80,730
Moved out89,625
Net−8,895

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Williamson County, TX13,30921,819−8,510
Hays County, TX3,8439,079−5,236
Harris County, TX4,2823,302+980
Bastrop County, TX1,7083,915−2,207
Bexar County, TX2,7362,719+17
Dallas County, TX2,1741,793+381
Bell County, TX1,3161,823−507

Within Texas, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within TexasOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$100K
Leavers$104K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Travis County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
10.6% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 3.2% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Travis County report $99,900 a year in income on average; those leaving, $104,200.
Income you would need
$78,200 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,955 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $3,969 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $826,500.
Getting to work
30 minutes each way on average; 42.9% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Lucas, TX matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
10.6%
85% above the median place
Income of households moving out6
$104,237
48% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
-8.8
below the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureSteiner RanchAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year110.6%85% above
Moved from another state1County figure3.2%61% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure-8.8below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$99,91542% above
Income of households moving out6County figure$104,23748% above
02

What it costs to live here

Owning with a mortgage costs about $2,014 a month more than the median rent, a wider gap than in 98% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.

Steiner Ranch12.3%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$78,200
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
12.3%
40% below the median place
Home price to income
4.3x
14% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
12%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$179,200
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Steiner Ranch, $1,955 a month, and local prices for everything else (93.5 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Steiner Ranch, but easier on the budget

Places that match Steiner Ranch on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Lucas, TX599.6% vs 12.3%$21,400Compare
Medina, MN537.4% vs 12.3%$28,100Compare

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Owner costs with a mortgage1
$3,969
112% above the median place
Median year built1
2004
1% above the median place
Median home value1
$826,500
159% above the median place
All 14 cost and housing measures
MeasureSteiner RanchAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,95543% above
Rent to income112.3%40% below
Home price to income14.3x14% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure98.13% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,81713% above
Property tax paid (median)1$10,001206% above
Median home value1$826,500159% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure-1.7%below (median 3.2%)
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure31.5%39% below
Homeownership170.6%6% above
Renters paying 30%+165.0%28% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,969112% above
Vacant homes1County figure5.6%21% below
Median year built120041% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Works from home1
42.9%
245% above the median place
Median household income1
$190,523
137% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureSteiner RanchAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$190,523137% above
Income per person1$85,320113% above
Unemployment1County figure4.6%7% below
Average annual pay5County figure$100,92853% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure4.8%30% above
Jobs5County figure934,650above (median 150,665)
Poverty rate1County figure10.9%1% above
Mean commute130 min20% above
Works from home142.9%245% above
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Bachelor's or higher is 73.7%, 130% above the median place.

Bachelor's or higher1
73.7%
130% above the median place
Homes with broadband1
97.6%
6% above the median place
High school or higher1
97.3%
5% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Household size2.8 +12%
Born abroad14.8% +67%
No health insurance5.1% −20%
Median age37.2 −5%
All 8 people measures
MeasureSteiner RanchAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population118,6192474th largest
Median age137.25% below
Bachelor's or higher173.7%130% above
High school or higher197.3%5% above
Household size12.812% above
Born abroad114.8%67% above
No health insurance15.1%20% below
Homes with broadband197.6%6% above
05

Life in Steiner Ranch

The nearest National Park Service site is El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail, about 11 miles away.

221 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents8.6 −16%
Playgrounds per 10k6.5 −31%
Grocery stores per 10k0.5 −75%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k4.8 −57%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails8 km 4.2×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail 11 miles
  • Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park 44 miles
  • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 76 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars25.9 +25%
Shops29.3 −3%
Arts, recreation and fitness7.5 +83%
Doctors' offices and clinics27.6 +37%
Child care centers2.1 −9%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site9
10.6
66% below the median place
Public schools11
310
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students11
191,191
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureSteiner RanchAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure310above (median 9)
Public school students11County figure191,191above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher11County figure15.03% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure25.925% above
Shops per 10k7County figure29.33% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure7.583% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure27.637% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure2.19% below
Parks per 10k88.616% below
Playgrounds per 10k86.531% below
Grocery stores per 10k80.575% below
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k84.857% below
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails88.4320% above
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site910.666% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles920% above
National Register listings10County figure221above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Tornado risk is 99.7, 22% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Steiner Ranch. Larger places are fetched first.

Tornado risk13
99.7
22% above the median place
July average high12
96°F
10% above the median place
Average temperature12
68°F
24% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureSteiner RanchAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure96°F10% above
January average low12County figure38°F52% above
Average temperature12County figure68°F24% above
Annual precipitation12County figure35.5 in19% below
Natural hazard risk13County figure97.76% above
Hurricane risk13County figure77.19% above
Tornado risk13County figure99.722% above
Wildfire risk13County figure90.848% above
Heat wave risk13County figure98.59% above
Median air quality index14County figure5323% above
Good air days14County figure43.6%36% below
08

Steiner Ranch in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 13% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 12% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Steiner Ranch does better than 64% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 88%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,955/mo (2024)$2,540/mo$2,090 to $3,100/mo+4.5%
Median household income$190,523 (2024)$238,500$201,500 to $282,500+3.8%
Median home value$826,500 (2024)$1,227,000$891,000 to $1,690,000+6.8%

The median home would be worth 5.1 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.3 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Steiner Ranch

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Haddonfield, NJ$1,897$200,400Compare
Prosper, TX$2,176$195,281Compare
Alamo Heights, TX$1,727$183,088Compare
Timnath, CO$2,206$178,257Compare
Timnath, COAlamo Heights, TXProsper, TXHaddonfield, NJSteiner Ranch, TXSteiner RanchHaddonfieldProsperAlamo HeightsTimnathSteiner RanchHaddonfieldProsperAlamo HeightsTimnath

Places built like Steiner Ranch

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Steiner Ranch performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Steiner Ranch, TX12.3%2.4%/yrn/a
Cedar Mill, OR13.8%2.5%/yrn/aCompare
Milton, GA14.5%5.9%/yr-0.1%Compare
Brushy Creek, TX18.4%4.7%/yrn/aCompare
Nocatee, FL29.6%3.5%/yrn/aCompare
Superior, CO18.5%4.6%/yr4.2%Compare
Rancho Mission Viejo, CA21.8%6.3%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Steiner Ranch a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 76 out of 100, better than 76% of the places we rate and 60th of 407 in Texas. Rent rose 7.7% a year while household income rose 2.4% between the 2020 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by more than in 94% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. High pay has not made renting easy. Household income is higher than in 97% of places we track, yet 65% of renters still spend 30% or more of income on rent. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Steiner Ranch expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 12.3% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $826,500.

What salary do you need to live in Steiner Ranch?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $78,200 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Steiner Ranch?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Haddonfield, NJ, Prosper, TX, Alamo Heights, TX and Timnath, CO.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Steiner Ranch with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Steiner Ranch itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/steiner-ranch-texas

Citytistics. “Steiner Ranch, Texas.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/steiner-ranch-texas/

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