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Austin, TX vs Richmond, VA

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Highlights
- Richmond spends 21.9% less per student than Austin.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 0.8% lower in Richmond than in Austin. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- Richmond had 3.1% fewer residents who had graduated High School compared to Austin

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 Austin, TXRichmond, VAUnited States
 Expend. per Student$19,780$15,456$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$10,538$14,373$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student$6,081$8,210$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio14.5314.4116.23
 Students per Librarian8052414573
 Students per Counselor391272530
 Grade School Educ.5.3%4.7%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.4.1%7.6%6.3%
 High School Educ.90.6%87.7%88.9%
 Some College Educ.15.7%19.2%20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.5.4%5.0%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.55.1%43.1%33.7%
 Masters Grad.14.9%12.1%9.3%
 Professional Degree3.5%3.7%2.2%
 Doctorate Degree2.6%2.2%1.5%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

This Year

Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Richmond    109 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

Lived here for a year and it’s not perfect but it’s constantly improving now (areas redevloped, more businesses, job growth). Cost of living is great compared to  More

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Over 3 years ago

We love Richmond so much that when we talk about where we'd like to live if we could live anywhere in the US, we always come back to RVA. We live in the city proper  More

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Over 3 years ago

I'm an out-of-towner but am coming up on 1 year in Richmond. I would summarize it this way: the best thing and the worst thing about Richmond is its location. I'll  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
23223, 23225, 23224, 23220, 23227, 23222, 23226, 23221, 23230, 23219, 11 total

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