Grace Schneider

@gesinfk

In the last 15 years, Louisville and Austin, Texas, experienced very different growth and development patterns.

In the Texas capital, residents are younger, better educated, and – no surprise – more prosperous than Louisville's overall population.

►RELATED: Austin v. Louisville: Where did they go right?

Here are some stats that illuminate what's happened since 2000 and some head-to-head data that illustrate how Louisville trails Austin on each end of the balance sheet.

Population growth

Austin's five-county Metropolitan Statistical Area: Had 2.1 million, with a 37 percent increase from 2000 to 2010; 13 percent from 2010 to 2014. Austin itself has a population of about 925,000.

Louisville's 12-county MSA: Had 1.2 million, with a 10 percent increase from 2000 to 2010; 3.75 percent from 2010 to 2014. Louisville itself has a population of about 760,000.

Median Household incomes

Austin MSA: $42,689 in 2000; jumped to $64,458 in 2015.

Louisville MSA: $39,457 in 2000; jumped to $58,738 in 2015.

Average annual pay

Austin MSA: $41,012 in 2000; increased to $65,857 in 2015.

Louisville MSA: $31,824 in 2000; increased to $52,963 in 2015.

Earning $100K or more annually

Austin MSA: 68,840

Louisville MSA: 15,614

Population age 25 to 44 in 2014*

Austin: 380,915,

Louisville: 203,123

Numbers of bachelor's degrees *

Austin: 204,643, nearly 29 percent of population age 25+

Louisville: 92,375, slightly over 18 percent of population age 25+

Companies with major operations in town

Austin: Dell, Apple, IBM, Whole Foods, AT&T, Flextronics, 3M, with growth in advanced manufacturing, clean energy, data management, life sciences, creative and digital media technology.

Louisville: Humana, Ford Motor Co., GE Appliances, UPS, with growth in heath professions, financial services and food service.

Louisville MSA: The Kentucky counties include Jefferson, Bullitt, Oldham, Trimble, Henry, Shelby and Spencer. The Indiana counties include Floyd, Clark, Harrison, Washington and Scott.

Austin MSA: The Texas counties include Travis, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays and Williamson.

* Represents Travis County, Texas and Jefferson Co., Ky., only, not larger MSA's

Sources: U.S. Census data, StatsAmerica county profiles, Neilsen Co., Bureau of Labor Statistics