AUSTIN is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Austin, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Austin is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $1,302 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $50,165 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 56% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
13 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Austin — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
500,639
- Gender balance
56%
- Male skew
56%
- Median income
$50,165
- 1-bedroom rent
$1,302
- Living wage
$49,275
- Transit fare
$1
- Rent change
13%
- Core 22–34 cohort
369,380
- Downtown income
$112,957
- Most female-leaning zone
47%
- Presidential proxy
69%
- Suburban lean
50%
The shape of the market
The 22-to-34 core holds about 369,000 single adults across the metro, the engine of Austin's market.
Downtown's singles are unusually high-earning: a median individual income around $113,000, more than double the metro figure.
It is not universal. Zilker and Hyde Park both tilt female, the rare Austin zones where single women outnumber single men.
The imbalance is the market's defining feature: single men outnumber women in almost every core neighborhood, peaking at The Domain (about 60% male) and across East Austin and Mueller (58%).
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Austin
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion, a sharper line in a state with a near-total ban.
Texas does not register voters by party, so the 2024 presidential vote stands in as a proxy: Travis County, the Austin core, backed Harris over Trump 69% to 29%, one of the most Democratic large counties in the state.
The suburbs lean the other way: Williamson County, home to Round Rock and Cedar Park, flipped to Trump in 2024, about 50% to 48%, while Hays County stayed narrowly Democratic.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in Travis County needs about $49,300 a year just to cover the basics.
Austin is the rare market where dating just got cheaper: a one-bedroom now asks about $1,300, down roughly 13% in a year, as a record wave of new apartments pushed vacancy toward 14% and landlords started offering months free.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A local CapMetro bus ride costs $1.25, the cheapest date logistics in the city.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Rock | 23,273 | 54 / 46 | $48,957 | $1,713 |
| Cedar Park | 10,932 | 54 / 46 | $57,877 | $1,753 |
| East Austin | 8,844 | 58 / 42 | $48,326 | $1,897 |
| South Congress | 7,889 | 58 / 42 | $76,058 | $1,664 |
| The Domain | 7,114 | 60 / 40 | $64,241 | $1,755 |
| Rainey Street | 6,223 | 55 / 45 | $86,750 | $1,930 |
| Mueller | 5,558 | 58 / 42 | $55,279 | $1,526 |
| Downtown Austin | 4,320 | 56 / 44 | $112,957 | $2,272 |
| Zilker | 4,047 | 46 / 54 | $66,944 | $2,043 |
| Hyde Park | 1,572 | 49 / 51 | $49,767 | $1,688 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Austin, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- South Congress
Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse
- Rainey Street
Zanzibar
- East Austin
Aba Austin
- Rainey Street
Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden
- Downtown Austin
Upstairs at Caroline
- Round Rock
Jack Allen's Kitchen
- The Domain
Casa do Brasil
- Downtown Austin
Edge Rooftop
- Round Rock
Salt Traders Coastal Cooking
- The Domain
Maggiano's Little Italy
- Hyde Park
Roaring Fork
- South Congress
Odd Duck
- The Domain
Doc B's Restaurant
- The Domain
Punch Bowl Social
- South Congress
Uchi Austin
- East Austin
Dean's Italian Steakhouse
- Mueller
Salty Sow
- The Domain
North Italia
- The Domain
Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille
- South Congress
Perla's
- Cedar Park
Soto
- Zilker
El Alma
- The Domain
Ema - Austin
- East Austin
Ember Kitchen
- Hyde Park
Quince Lakehouse
- Zilker
Juliet Italian Kitchen- Barton Springs
- Rainey Street
Acre 41
- South Congress
Red Ash
- Rainey Street
The Guest House Austin
- Rainey Street
The Roosevelt Room