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What's in a Beacon county report

Every page of a real report, the federal data edition for Travis County, TX, as it prints. Each page says what it answers and where its numbers come from.

Counties outside North and South Carolina get this federal data edition. North and South Carolina counties get the quarterly County Growth Report (see that sample, PDF). See the free Travis County, TX page.

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The 5 pages

Page 1 of the sample report for Travis County, TX: summary, headline numbers and ranks

Page 1: Summary, headline numbers and ranks

Is the county growing, and how does it compare? A rules-written summary, then six headline numbers (population, net domestic migration, private-sector jobs, unemployment, homes permitted and median household income), each ranked in its state and among U.S. counties.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Page 2 of the sample report for Travis County, TX: ranks and the neighbouring-county table

Page 2: Ranks and the neighbouring-county table

Where does it rank on each measure, and how do its neighbours compare? Ranks in the state and the U.S., a table of the counties that share a border, and charts of population and job growth against those neighbours.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics; U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Page 3 of the sample report for Travis County, TX: migration, with irs mover and income flows

Page 3: Migration, with IRS mover and income flows

Who is moving in and out? Population over time, net domestic migration by year, the components of change (births, deaths, migration) and IRS mover flows: people, households and the income they bring.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2025); Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income: county-to-county migration; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Page 4 of the sample report for Travis County, TX: rent, vacant homes, permits and employers

Page 4: Rent, vacant homes, permits and employers

What is happening to housing and jobs? Median rent and its 5-year change, vacant homes, homes permitted (including the last 12 months), private employers and jobs, household income and unemployment, each beside the state and the U.S. median county.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates; U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics.

Page 5 of the sample report for Travis County, TX: every source and the methods

Page 5: Every source and the methods

Where does every number come from? Each numbered source with the periods used, how to read the ranks and state values, and what the report leaves out.

Every source cited in the report, with links.

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