Relocating to Austin is Ranked 5th Best Nationaly
According to Worldwide ERC and Primacy Relocation, Austin ranks 5th best large city to relocate a family. Several real estate factors were taken into consideration including home prices, indexed home affordability, appreciation rates, and property taxes. Environmental leadership, a quality that Austin prides itself on, was also considered and included air quality and watershed quality. Economic factors included sales tax, unemployment rates, population growth and job growth. Austin schools contributed to the ranking by doing well in areas such as educational levels, school expenditures per student, students in public school, and SAT/ACT percentile. Also influencing the rating were more abstract factors such as quality of life, climate factors, recreation and leisure, and arts and culture.

