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The supplemental reports use American Community Survey data to explore a selected topic over longer periods, in greater depth, for smaller geographies and/or specific sub-populations.

Travis County Poverty Brief from the 2016-2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Lead Authors: Nathan Fernandes, Rochelle Olivares, Octavio Ulloa
Release Date: July 2022
Special Note: This is a report and analysis of data focused on the five year period 2016-2020, and may not fully reflect the impacts on poverty that have occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Appendix B: Data Tables by ZCTA

Travis County Poverty Brief from the 2015-2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Lead Authors: April Klein, Rochelle Olivares, Octavio Ulloa
Release Date: April 2021
Special Note: This is a report and analysis of data focused on the 2015-2019 5-Year period, and does not reflect impacts that have occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic is current and ongoing, and no predictions or considerations of the impact of the pandemic on future poverty estimates were made in this report.
Appendix A: Factors Contributing to the Poverty Rate of 18 to 24 year olds
Appendix B: Data Tables by ZCTA

 

Travis County Poverty Brief from the 2014-2018 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Lead Authors: April Klein, Rochelle Olivares, Emma Patterson, Octavio Ulloa
Release Date: May 2020
Special Note: This is a report and analysis of data focused on the 2014-2018 5-Year period, and was drafted prior to the 2019-2020 COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic is current and ongoing, and no predictions or considerations of the impact of the pandemic on future poverty estimates were made in this report

 

Resident Movement: An Exploration of Population Trends in Travis County from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.

Lead Authors: Tara Carmean, April Klein, Rochelle Olivares, Octavio Ulloa
Release Date: October 2019

 

Travis County Poverty Brief from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Lead Authors: Tara Carmean, Rochelle Olivares, Octavio Ulloa
Release Date: March 2019

 

Focus on Children and Youth in Travis County: Snapshot from the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2012-2016
Lead Authors: Tara Carmean, Anna Lisa Conlin, Rochelle Olivares, and Tonya Pennie
Release Date: July 2018

 

Travis County Poverty Brief
Lead Authors: Brittain Ayres and Tara Carmean
Release Date: May 2018

 

Focus on Poverty in Travis County: Snapshot from the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2011-2015
Lead Authors: Brittain Ayres, Tara Carmean, Lucero Huayhua, and Tonya Pennie
Release Date: June 2017

 

Focus on Older Adults in Travis County: Snapshot from the American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates 2010-2012
Lead Author: Amber Joiner-Hill
Release Date: May 2014

 

Focus on Children in Travis County: Snapshot from the American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates 2009-2011
Lead Authors: Miranda DuPont and Lori Miranda
Release Date: May 2013

 

Focus on Poverty in Travis County: Snapshot from the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2005-2009
Lead Authors: Korey Darling, Anna Lisa Fahrenthold, Courtney Bissonnet Lucas, Lawrence Lyman, and Mary Rolle
Release Date: June 2011

 

Preliminary Poverty, Income and Health Insurance Statistics for Travis County and Texas: American Community Survey and Annual Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 2007
Lead Author: Korey Darling
Release Date: August 2008

TAX RATE: TRAVIS COUNTY ADOPTED A TAX RATE THAT WILL RAISE MORE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS THAN LAST YEAR’S TAX RATE. THE TAX RATE WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RAISED BY 3.5 PERCENT AND WILL RAISE TAXES FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS ON A $100,000 HOME BY APPROXIMATELY $9.12.