Austin Ranked #1 Fastest Growing City in U.S.

Austin is ranked as the #1 fastest-growing U.S. metro area, with population growing by 5.1% and GDP by 14.6% in 2025.

This growth positively impacts Austin's founder scene in a variety of ways:

• increased talent pool
• increased consumer demand
• increased rate of innovation

Between 2010 and 2020 the Austin Metro area exploded, growing by 33%, over 500k people. Many feared this growth would one day evaporate just as fast as it appeared.

But this scenario looks to be out of the equation as we're seeing sustained growth even in 2025, with these trends looking to only continue strengthening in 2026.