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As far as I can tell based on the statistics I can find, both DFW and Houston have built around 50% more housing in a given year than Austin over a 20 year peri
by Aloha 4y ago
As far as I can tell based on the statistics I can find, both DFW and Houston have built around 50% more housing in a given year than Austin over a 20 year period.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoThe only data I can find is here, which is regional: https://theamericangenius.com/housing/big-data/these-50-us-cities-have-the-most-new-construction-homes/ https://theamericangenius.com/housing/big-data/these-50-us-c... Austin is at 11 with 150k housing starts, Dallas is first at 320k starts for SFHs, 133k vs 233k for MFH. Austin is growing at 25%, Dallas at 15%. But Dallas area is 7.6 million vs Austin Area at 2.35 million. So while Dallas is building more in absolute terms, it isn’t in relative terms.
- Aloha 4y agoBoth are growing their hosing stock by between 5-11% of their population. How many more houses would Portland metro, Seattle or SF bay have to build to match?
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoSeattle is just behind Austin on the list, and ranks just above it in population (4 million). Seattle is already more than twice as dense as either Austin or Dallas (9000 per sqm vs 3000-4000 per sqm).