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Disaster risk in Austin

Austin ranks #74 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 45 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 46th percentile nationally and #5 of 13 in Texas.

resilience score
45
Some Fun
National rank
#74 of 134
In Texas
#5 of 13
Percentile
46th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Austin sits 5 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Austin

  1. T#71 Buffalo, NY 47
  2. #73 Newark, NJ 46
  3. #74 Austin, TX — this page 45
  4. T#75 Oklahoma City, OK 44
  5. T#75 Tulsa, OK 44

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Austin

Austin scores 67 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: