What do the city's reports say about jobs and income in Leander?

In short

• Leander’s population grew from 41,481 people (2016) to 92,872 people (2025). That is about 2.2 times as many people (our math).¹²
• The jobless rate was 4.0% in 2025. It was 3.2% in 2016. It was highest in 2020, at 5.3%.¹
• The report’s income figure is not for Leander. It is for all of Williamson County. The city says city data is not available.¹
• A Census survey has Leander-only income. Leander’s income per person was about $60,600 in 2020-2024. The county’s was about $53,500 by the same measure.³

Numbers marked “our math” are our estimates, not official figures. The notes show the inputs and the steps.

How it works

• Each year the city must publish an audited financial report. The back of it has a “statistical section” with ten years of numbers.¹
• The city gets these numbers from other groups. Population comes from the city’s planning staff. Income comes from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Jobless rates come from the Texas Workforce Commission. School enrollment comes from Leander ISD.¹

What the numbers show

Year	Population	Income per person (county)	School enrollment (Leander ISD)	Jobless rate
2016	41,481	$47,157	37,068	3.2%
2020	56,959	$57,509	41,381	5.3%
2023	79,290	$72,828	42,415	3.4%
2025	92,872	$74,871	43,316	4.0%

Source: City of Leander 2025 annual financial report, Table 14.¹

• The city grew much faster than the school district. Population rose about 124%. Leander ISD enrollment rose about 17% (our math).²
• The school district and the city do not cover the same area. So the two numbers can’t be compared one to one.

The other side

• The income number in the city’s report is for the county. A separate Census survey does give Leander-only numbers. Leander’s typical (median) household earned about $139,000 a year in 2020-2024, give or take about $5,000. The county’s was about $111,000.³
• The 2024 income number was a guess. The city says data was not ready, so it raised the 2023 number by the prior year’s growth.¹
• The city and county reports use two different income measures. The city’s $77,925 is a federal “personal income” figure. Besides pay, it counts things people don’t get as cash, such as employer-paid health plans and Medicare. The county’s $53,505 is a Census survey figure. It counts cash income people report, such as pay and Social Security, averaged over 2020 to 2024. Both are per person, not per household.⁴³
• The 2025 county number in the city’s report is lower than its 2024 guess. It is $74,871. The report does not explain the drop. It may be an older federal estimate.¹³
• “Personal income” here is just population times the county number. So it is not a real count of what Leander residents earn.¹
• The jobless rate source is not clear. The report does not say if it is for the city or a wider area.

What you can do or watch next

• See city population growth for how fast Leander is growing.
• See city staff ten years for how the city’s workforce kept up.

What we still don’t know

• Whether the city’s next report uses Leander-only income from the Census survey.
• How many Leander residents work inside the city.

Questions to ask

• Will the city’s next report use income data for Leander alone?
• Does the city track how many residents work inside the city?

Changes to this page

• Nov. 2, 2026: Added questions to ask.
• Nov. 1, 2026: We first said “two county reports” gave different income numbers “for the same year.” One report is the city’s. The two figures also measure different things over different years. We now explain both measures and add Leander-only numbers.

Footnotes

1. City of Leander, Annual Financial Report, fiscal 2025, Table 14, “Demographic and Economic Statistics, Last Ten Fiscal Years”: population 2016 41,481, 2020 56,959, 2023 79,290, 2025 92,872; income per capita 2016 $47,157, 2020 $57,509, 2023 $72,828, 2024 $77,925, 2025 $74,871; school enrollment 2016 37,068, 2020 41,381, 2023 42,415, 2025 43,316; unemployment 2016 3.20%, 2020 5.30%, 2023 3.40%, 2025 4.00%. Notes: per capita income is for Williamson County, city data not available; 2024 income estimated from prior-year growth; personal income calculated from city population and per capita income. Sources listed: city planning department, U.S. Department of Commerce/Bureau of Economic Analysis, Leander ISD, Texas Workforce Commission. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Our math. 92,872 ÷ 41,481 = 2.24 (up 124%). 43,316 ÷ 37,068 = 1.17 (up 17%). ↩ ↩²

3. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-year estimates 2020-2024 (2024 inflation-adjusted dollars), table B19013 (median household income) and table B19301 (per capita income). Leander city: per capita $60,586 (±$2,779), median household $139,048 (±$5,055). Williamson County: per capita $53,505 (±$723), median household $111,340 (±$1,581). Margins of error are at 90% confidence. Retrieved from Census Reporter, a free site that republishes Census tables. Cross-check: the Leander and Williamson County estimates match Census QuickFacts. The city’s $77,925 for 2024 is the city’s estimate of U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis per capita personal income; BEA’s current figure for 2024 is $76,156 (FRED PCPI48491). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴

4. Williamson County, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal 2025, Table 13, “Demographic and Economic Statistics”: county per capita personal income 2024 $53,505 (source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts). ↩