Austin is a very small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 4,156 people and two associated neighborhoods, Austin is the 150th largest community in Indiana.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Austin is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.15% of the Austin workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Austin is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Austin who work in sales jobs (11.23%), office and administrative support (11.05%), and healthcare suport services (8.62%). It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Austin has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Austin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Austin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Austin may be for you. Being a small city, Austin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Austin is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.46% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Austin in 2022 was $23,351, which is low income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,404 for a family of four. However, Austin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Austin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Austin residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Austin include English, Irish, German, Scottish, and British. The most common language spoken in Austin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
