Sonterra, Texas

Area Profile

10,563 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Sonterra, in Williamson County.

70out of 100
Area Score
Top 14% of 4,203 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 13 sources
OpportunityTop 26% of 4,206 cities measured69
SchoolsTop 23% of 4,162 cities measured71
GrowthTop 35% of 4,224 cities measured57
Housing affordability2,359th of 4,225 cities measured64
Climate2,489th of 4,225 cities measured68
Physical resilienceTop 15% of 4,226 cities measured86
Access3,612th of 4,226 cities measured74
Economic stabilityTop 27% of 4,226 cities measured69
The quick read

Unemployment is 4.1% and median household income $92,319, putting employment conditions in the middle range of cities measured. The unemployment rate is published for Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, rather than for Sonterra alone.

In the public schools here, 55% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 14.6 students for every teacher. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, rather than for Sonterra alone.

Residential permitting has slowed: 4,338 units authorized over the past twelve months, 35% below the prior year. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, rather than for Sonterra alone.

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At a glance

Population
10,563
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$92,319
Top 23% nationally
Density
4,464/sq mi
2.4 sq mi of land
Median age
29.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
Nearest major airport
AUS
43 mi · Austin-Bergstrom Intl
Median home value
$273,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, is 4.1%, lower than in 58% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment across Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, grew 0.4% over the past year, to 418,047 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsWilliamson County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$97,30078th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftWilliamson County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$87,02773rd percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$12,3332024 ACS 5-Year$92,319Top 23%of 29,3262024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,7082024 ACS 5-Year$31,636Bottom 43%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year10.6%Top 50%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.5 min2024 ACS 5-Year37.1 minBottom 12%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year18.5%Bottom 44%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year75.1%43rd percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentWilliamson County, TX’s figureJuly 2026418,047Top 21%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Williamson County, TX’s figureJuly 2026+7.4%Top 2%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Williamson County, TX’s figureJuly 2026+0.4%Top 29%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceWilliamson County, TX’s figureJuly 2026435,89380th percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year86.3%Top 20%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$74,580Top 30%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$56,950Top 29%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.4%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Williamson County, TX’s figureJuly 2026+0.4%Bottom 24%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateWilliamson County, TX’s figureJuly 20264.1%Top 42%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year8.2%53rd percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202495k83k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $92,319 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
General and Operations Managers42,190$117,850
Fast Food and Counter Workers35,000$29,310
Customer Service Representatives32,690$43,720
Software Developers31,960$134,120
Retail Salespersons29,660$33,860
Stockers and Order Fillers27,430$37,720

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Williamson County, TX, which contains this city.

55% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 59% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, rather than for Sonterra alone.

There are 14.6 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places. The student-teacher ratio is published for Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, rather than for Sonterra alone.

Public schools
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Students per teacher
14.6
Math proficiency
55.0%
Top 33% in Texas
Reading proficiency
58.5%
Top 19% in Texas

The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Williamson County, TX: too few schools in Sonterra reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Texas’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 2% below the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 98.3, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area is up 15% over five years, and up 0.3% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $5,592 a year in real estate taxes, about 2.04% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,852, close to the $1,854 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,852 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $74,100 a year, about 80% of the median household income here of $92,319.

The typical renter household here spends 35% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,854 a month.

A median home at $273,600 costs 2.8 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $98,585, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Cost of living
98.3

Prices here run about 2% below the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
34.6%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.8×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,852
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,854
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$273,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Sonterra’s median household income of $92,319, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area’s figure202398.3Top 39%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+0.3%10th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+15.2%2nd percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+80.8%28th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.22024 ACS 5-Year2.8Bottom 41%of 26,9012024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year77.0%52nd percentileof 31,8402024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3612024 ACS 5-Year3,41884th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,562Bottom 39%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,347Bottom 41%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,852Bottom 40%of 4,072FY2026
Median gross rent ±$802024 ACS 5-Year$1,854Bottom 10%of 23,2172024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$6,3942024 ACS 5-Year$273,60068th percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$3522024 ACS 5-Year$5,59292nd percentileof 26,4402024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$5,3432024 ACS 5-Year$98,585Top 28%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.14%2024 ACS 5-Year2.04%93rd percentileof 20,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±8%2024 ACS 5-Year34.6%Bottom 22%of 23,0522024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±232024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year1.4%19th percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±792024 ACS 5-Year4950th percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

57/ 100
Top 35% of 4,224 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 4,338 units permitted over the past twelve months, only 9% are in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, rather than for Sonterra alone.

Federal tax returns show Williamson County, which contains Sonterra, gained about 2.6% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $97,300, above the $87,027 of households that moved out.

At 6.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Williamson County, TX, which contains Sonterra, rather than for Sonterra alone.

Units permitted
4,338
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
6.4
Top 21% nationally
Year over year
−35%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
9.5%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+2.6%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
36%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$97,300
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$87,027
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Travis County, TX 21,819 people · 38% of arrivals
  2. Bell County, TX 1,979 people · 3.4% of arrivals
  3. Harris County, TX 1,662 people · 2.9% of arrivals
  4. Bexar County, TX 1,157 people · 2.0% of arrivals
  5. Santa Clara County, CA 813 people · 1.4% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Travis County, TX 13,309 people · 31% of departures
  2. Bell County, TX 2,511 people · 5.8% of departures
  3. Harris County, TX 1,218 people · 2.8% of departures
  4. Hays County, TX 1,189 people · 2.8% of departures
  5. Burnet County, TX 1,139 people · 2.6% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Williamson County, TX. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Sonterra, TX is not one. This is the figure for Williamson County, TX, which contains this city.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 96°F and January a low of 36°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 37.1 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station GEORGETOWN LAKE, 11.7 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals37.1"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals0.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals36°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals96°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals36°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

86 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, cold wave and tornado, with inland flooding alone responsible for 52% of it. Every one of these is independently rated low or minimal nationally — this describes how a small risk is composed, not a large one.

Overall hazard risk is lower than 85% of measured US cities.

HailElevated
WildfireModerate
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, cold wave, tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, lightning, ice storm, hurricane, strong wind, earthquake, landslide, tsunami, volcanic activity, avalanche, coastal flooding.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Williamson County records 3.7 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 12.3 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 9.5 per 100,000 residents in Williamson County.

Homicide
3.7
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
12.3
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
9.5
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
16.8
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Sonterra (Williamson County) rather than Sonterra itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. Either no municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — or its department did not report every month of the year. Either way there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Austin-Bergstrom Intl at 43 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year96.7%Top 17%of 31,7112024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle43 miBottom 17%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle2Bottom 8%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year1.8%Top 18%of 31,7112024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Austin-Bergstrom IntlAUS43 mi12,250 ft
Tstc WacoCNW65 mi8,600 ft
San Antonio IntlSAT102 mi8,505 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
AustinTravis County979,53972Austin vs Sonterra
Round RockWilliamson County127,78673Round Rock vs Sonterra
GeorgetownWilliamson County85,99969Georgetown vs Sonterra
Cedar ParkWilliamson County78,30173
LeanderTravis County74,06776
San MarcosHays County70,89758
PflugervilleTravis County65,97175
KyleHays County56,82367
HuttoWilliamson County35,48374
Brushy CreekWilliamson County19,57675
LakewayTravis County19,30771
Steiner RanchTravis County18,61973

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated September 26, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.