Texas places
Two Texas places, side by side
Put any two incorporated places in the Texas Porch directory beside each other for a clean read on population, recent change, land area, region, and the counties their boundaries cross. The money questions stay tied to the actual address, where they belong.
Austin
Austin / Central Texas / Hill Country
San Antonio
San Antonio / South Central
2025 Census population estimate
Change from the April 2020 estimate base
Land area in the January 1, 2025 Census geography
Census place label
Counties crossed by the January 1, 2025 place boundary
Population is the Census Bureau's July 1, 2025 estimate. Land area, reference points, and county footprints use January 1, 2025 geography. All 1,224 incorporated places match the Vintage 2025 population file. This tool does not turn these fields into a tax quote, road distance, or parcel-boundary answer.
Official routes for Austin
Open every county the January 1, 2025 place boundary crosses. The parcel address decides which office applies.
Official routes for San Antonio
Open every county the January 1, 2025 place boundary crosses. The parcel address decides which office applies.
Why there is no “tax winner”
A place name cannot tell you the bill.
Texas does not have a state property tax. Local counties, cities, school districts, and special districts set their own rates. A single municipality can cross several counties, and two nearby addresses can sit in different school or special districts. Use this page for place context, then check the parcel's taxing units, exemptions, appraised value, and current rates before money rides on the answer.
Starting pairs
Places people often weigh together
Austin and Round Rock
One Central Texas corridor, with place boundaries crossing different sets of counties.
Compare them →Dallas and Fort Worth
The two anchors of North Texas, with current Census boundaries that cross several counties.
Compare them →Houston and Katy
A close Gulf Coast comparison where county and city lines are easy to mistake for one another.
Compare them →San Antonio and New Braunfels
Two fast-changing places along the I-35 corridor, shown without pretending the drive or tax bill is uniform.
Compare them →Midland and Odessa
Neighboring Permian Basin centers with separate county office paths.
Compare them →Brownsville and McAllen
Two Rio Grande Valley centers with different county office paths.
Compare them →Official data behind the comparison
Population comes from the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 subcounty estimates. Reference points and land area come from the 2025 Gazetteer. County footprints are reconciled against January 1, 2025 Census TIGERweb boundaries. Property-tax routes come from the Texas Comptroller.
- Data vintage:
- Population estimate: July 1, 2025; place identity, land area, reference point, and county footprint: January 1, 2025
- Last reviewed:
- July 10, 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau — City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2025 - Texas incorporated-place estimate series and methodology links.
- U.S. Census Bureau — 2025 Gazetteer Files - Current place identity, land area, and representative coordinates.
- U.S. Census Bureau — TIGERweb incorporated places - January 1, 2025 incorporated-place boundaries used to reconcile every county crossed.
- Texas Comptroller — Property Tax System Basics - Local taxing units set rates; Texas has no state property tax.
- Texas Comptroller — County Directory - Official appraisal-district, tax-office, and taxing-unit routes.
Before you act: This is place context, not a tax quote, appraisal, legal boundary check, or driving-distance tool. Confirm the exact address with the appraisal district, tax office, taxing-unit database, survey, and local maps. How to use Texas Porch carefully.
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