AUSTIN, TX — Austin, you sure have changed. Seriously: According to a new study, Austin is the city that has changed the most over the last decade in the entire country.

That was the conclusion of a study by MagnifyMoney, a subsidiary of LendingTree, that looked at a decade of data to determine which communities are undergoing dynamic transformations. To achieve the rankings, MagnifyMoney analyzed nine elements of local change from 2006-2016 among the 50 largest metros in the U.S. creating a "Change Score" (0-100) for each. Factored into the scores are such dynamics as commute times, income, house prices, crime rates, building permits and more.

According to the data, Texas in general emerged as a hot spot for change with Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston ranked in the top three of most-changed cities among the nation's biggest metro areas.

