HomeMarketCap.comAustin vs Dallas: Where Housing Costs Less
Housing is 47% cheaper in Dallas on typical home value: $559,762 in Austin against $297,837 in Dallas. Typical rent is 7% lower in Dallas: $1,698 in Austin against $1,575 in Dallas per month. The ranges overlap: Austin runs $270,219 to $1,315,141 across its ZIPs and Dallas runs $145,509 to $1,076,322, so the cheaper metro on the median still contains neighborhoods dearer than parts of the other.
Key stats
- Typical home value is 47% lower in Dallas: $559,762 in Austin against $297,837 in Dallas.
- Typical rent is 7% lower in Dallas: $1,698 in Austin against $1,575 in Dallas per month.
- The ranges overlap: Austin runs $270,219 to $1,315,141 across its ZIPs and Dallas runs $145,509 to $1,076,322, so the cheaper metro on the median still contains neighborhoods dearer than parts of the other.
- The income-needed indicator stands at $124,365 for Austin and $107,347 for Dallas, a difference of $17,017.
- Median ZIP home value
- $559,762 / $297,837
- Median ZIP rent
- $1,698 / $1,575
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 42 / 40
What housing costs in Austin and Dallas
Typical home value is 47% lower in Dallas: $559,762 in Austin against $297,837 in Dallas.
Typical rent is 7% lower in Dallas: $1,698 in Austin against $1,575 in Dallas per month.
Where the two metros actually overlap
The ranges overlap: Austin runs $270,219 to $1,315,141 across its ZIPs and Dallas runs $145,509 to $1,076,322, so the cheaper metro on the median still contains neighborhoods dearer than parts of the other.
A metro median decides nothing on its own: a move lands in one neighborhood, not in the average of all of them, and the ranges above are what a shortlist has to sit inside.
What this comparison does not include
This page compares housing only. Groceries, transport, state and local taxes, insurance, and childcare are not measured here and can move the total either way — in particular, the two metros may sit in states with very different income-tax treatment.
The income-needed indicator stands at $124,365 for Austin and $107,347 for Dallas, a difference of $17,017.
Continue your market research
- Austin housing marketMetro overview and the full ZIP directory.
- Dallas housing marketMetro overview and the full ZIP directory.
- Moving to Austin: what housing costsThe same figures read from a mover’s side.
- Moving to Dallas: what housing costsThe same figures read from a mover’s side.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: Metric definitions and calculation rules