Home Value Trail

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area: home price history and building permits

Texas5 counties2,620,945 residents (2025 estimate)

  • FHFA quarterly index to 2026 Q2
  • FHFA annual index 1975 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Release of

The FHFA annual house price index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX increased by 87.5% from 2015 to 2025. From 2020 to 2025, the index increased by 35.5%. From 2024 to 2025, the index decreased by 1.4%. From 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q2, the quarterly index increased by 0.3%.

2015

+87.5%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX increased by 87.5%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +6.5%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX+87.5%
Texas+88.2%
United States+85.0%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, 100 in 1977 Q2
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

The line is FHFA's quarterly index, through 2026 Q2. The calculator and the tables use FHFA's annual index of the area.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
20251,365.10−1.4%
20241,384.92−1.8%
20231,410.75−5.5%
20221,493.60+22.7%
20211,217.57+20.8%
20201,007.75+5.3%
2019956.59+6.6%
2018897.34+5.9%
2017847.04+7.0%
2016791.30+8.7%
2015727.98+8.5%
2014670.68+12.3%
2013597.31+7.4%
2012555.93+2.3%
2011543.30−1.3%
2010550.53−1.4%
2009558.24−1.4%
2008566.39+3.6%
2007546.94+8.5%
2006504.13+8.3%
2005465.44+5.0%
2004443.16+0.2%
2003442.420.0%
2002442.56+1.0%
2001438.15+8.2%
2000404.94+13.9%
1999355.66+7.2%
1998331.74+3.8%
1997319.58+1.2%
1996315.89+3.1%
1995306.33+3.5%
1994295.89+7.8%
1993274.36+9.7%
1992250.20+7.2%
1991233.46+5.9%
1990220.51−0.7%
1989221.98−9.1%
1988244.23−10.0%
1987271.47−7.3%
1986292.99+0.2%
1985292.54+9.7%
1984266.56+12.7%
1983236.48+18.6%
1982199.35+1.9%
1981195.72+6.0%
1980184.62+11.3%
1979165.83+16.8%
1978142.00+16.1%
1977122.35+14.6%
1976106.73+6.7%
1975100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX−1.4%+35.5%+87.5%+193.3%+237.1%+6.5%
Texas+0.8%+43.5%+88.2%+147.8%+195.2%+6.5%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

Each row uses FHFA's annual all-transactions index and the same two years.

Drawdowns

A drawdown is a decline of 5% or more of the annual index from a peak.

Drawdowns of the index of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, deepest first
PeakLowDeclineBack at the peak
19861990−24.7%1994
20222025−8.6%Not by 2025

Decade by decade

Change in the index of Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX in each decade
DecadeChangeUnited StatesBar
1980s1980 to 1990+19.4%+68.2%
1990s1990 to 2000+83.6%+33.9%
2000s2000 to 2010+36.0%+29.7%
2010s2010 to 2020+83.1%+35.5%
2020s so far2020 to 2025+35.5%+47.0%

The index is 100 in the first year with a value for the area (1975 here). The change in a decade is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start. The base year has no effect on it.

Building permits in the area

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in the 5 counties of the area authorized 23,770 housing units. That is 9.1 units for each 1,000 residents.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 60 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 20261,9241,147777
Jul 20262,6051,4191,186
Jun 20261,5391,45188
May 20261,5491,422127
Apr 20261,5111,386125
Mar 20261,8311,512319
Feb 20261,9571,431526
Jan 20261,425991434
Dec 20252,2691,0251,244
Nov 20251,9798791,100
Oct 20252,5589791,579
Sep 20252,6239751,648
Aug 20251,2101,15357
Jul 20252,9171,5401,377
Jun 20251,7931,231562
May 20253,3131,4331,880
Apr 20252,2881,661627
Mar 20252,5991,5891,010
Feb 20251,9811,354627
Jan 20251,9081,159749
Dec 20243,0731,0771,996
Nov 20243,0591,0701,989
Oct 20242,6961,3741,322
Sep 20242,2361,1571,079
Aug 20243,0111,3931,618
Jul 20243,5051,4052,100
Jun 20242,8931,4561,437
May 20242,5691,775794
Apr 20242,5411,760781
Mar 20242,5491,596953
Feb 20242,0811,428653
Jan 20243,3171,5621,755
Dec 20233,1111,2081,903
Nov 20232,3841,1921,192
Oct 20234,2611,4902,771
Sep 20233,1211,4341,687
Aug 20234,7611,7093,052
Jul 20233,3691,3911,978
Jun 20232,7151,4371,278
May 20232,6741,4441,230
Apr 20232,0551,441614
Mar 20233,4281,5201,908
Feb 20232,7021,0031,699
Jan 20231,719892827
Dec 20222,1797191,460
Nov 20222,0861,0121,074
Oct 20223,2121,3801,832
Sep 20223,1911,4241,767
Aug 20222,3301,609721
Jul 20223,6111,4892,122
Jun 20224,7582,0542,704
May 20224,6521,9132,739
Apr 20224,7592,1052,654
Mar 20224,9682,4242,544
Feb 20222,8551,8111,044
Jan 20223,9352,0001,935
Dec 20214,0541,8322,222
Nov 20213,0891,1941,895
Oct 20213,1751,3581,817
Sep 20212,1881,536652
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
202527,32214,81012,512
202432,29416,43515,859
202338,77316,53222,241
202242,36219,71522,647
202150,90724,48626,421
202042,26422,57019,694
201932,03718,42613,611
201830,03517,03013,005
201726,70016,11910,581
201621,86113,3278,534
201522,37011,85710,513
201419,94911,5158,434
201320,8528,94111,911
201219,5638,22911,334
201110,2396,2314,008
20108,7866,2002,586
20098,7586,6782,080
200811,7927,7104,082
200719,90312,1207,783
200626,09617,6158,481
200523,24117,3465,895
200418,01514,3093,706
200315,31712,1033,214
200217,23211,0726,160
200117,8739,1748,699
200021,88913,0458,844
199919,89711,7048,193
199810,80510,8050
19978,4568,4560
199610,09510,0950
19957,4357,4350

The counts are the sums of the county files of the Building Permits Survey for the counties of the area (OMB delineation of July 2023).

Counties of the area

Counties of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area, by name
CountyState1 year10 yearsUnits, 12 months
Bastrop CountyTX+1.6%+121.0%1,951
Caldwell CountyTX−2.4%+119.6%423
Hays CountyTX−0.1%+95.4%4,562
Travis CountyTX−1.7%+82.5%12,557
Williamson CountyTX−1.0%+99.8%4,277

Agency pages

  • FHFA House Price IndexFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe index page of FHFA: data, tools and the release dates.
  • FHFA HPI CalculatorFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe calculator of FHFA. It works by quarter, for a state or a metro area.
  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX home price history. https://homevaluetrail.com/metro/12420-austin-round-rock-san-marcos/. Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for CBSAs (developmental); US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Index
FHFA annual house price index for CBSAs, all transactions, 1975 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026. The line: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for the metropolitan area, through 2026 Q2.
Other levels
FHFA annual indexes for the states and the United States, from the same release.
Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, county files through August 2026, added for the counties of the area.
Counties of the area
OMB delineation of core based statistical areas, July 2023.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

Which years had the largest changes in the index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?
The largest increase in one year was 22.7%, from 2021 to 2022. The largest decrease in one year was 10.0%, from 1987 to 1988.
How did the index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX change over 20 years?
From 2005 to 2025, the index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX increased by 193.3%. In the same years, the index for Texas increased by 147.8%. In the same years, the index for the United States increased by 79.1%.
What is the highest value of the index for Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?
The index is 100 in 1975, the first year with a value for this area. The highest annual value is 1,493.60, in 2022. The value in 2025 is 1,365.10.
Which counties are in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area?
The area has 5 counties in the delineation of July 2023. The Census Bureau estimates 2,620,945 residents for 2025.