UT Austin · Rent vs. ownership scale
How large is a 20% down payment on the current median-priced UT Austin market home compared with one year of current 1-bedroom rent?
As of · Published planning benchmarks
Direct answer
The 20% down-payment arithmetic is $112,394. One year of benchmark 1-bedroom rent is $17,052. The down payment is about 6.6 times that one-year rent benchmark. This compares scale only; it is not a rent-vs-buy recommendation.
$112,394 ÷ $17,052 = 6.6×
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Sources & assumptions
Use the source period and assumptions shown above when comparing these figures with a specific property.