What Austin businesses print most
Austin businesses order the same core pieces as the rest of the country, but the city's mix tilts the plan. Real estate offices and restaurants are the largest of the nine trades we track in Travis County, and more households rent than own, so postcards, menus and EDDM mailers tend to do more of the work than door hangers on single-family streets.
Every product we sell ships to Austin from our print hub in Arlington, Texas. That includes postcards, door hangers, business cards, take-out menus and brochures, table tents, vinyl banners, yard signs, NCR forms and saddle-stitched catalogs, all with buy-one-get-one pricing.
The table above shows delivered prices to downtown ZIP 78701. Enter your own ZIP in any product's price builder for an exact figure.
Austin by the numbers, and what they mean for print
The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey for 2020-2024 counts 456,113 households in Austin. Of the occupied homes, 198,180 are owner-occupied, which is 43.4%. The city has 979,539 residents.
Two housing figures shape a print plan here:
- Housing age: the median Austin home was built in 1994, newer than many large Texas cities. Newer homes generate fewer repair calls for plumbers and roofers than older neighborhoods do, so those trades often do better targeting specific older areas than mailing the whole city.
- Housing type: 209,772 of 483,071 housing units are single-family detached homes, 43.4%. The rest are apartments, condos and attached homes, where a door hanger campaign may need a property manager's permission and EDDM does the reaching instead.
These figures describe the city as a whole. Individual neighborhoods differ a lot, which is why route-level planning matters more than citywide averages.
Printing for Austin's largest local trades
County Business Patterns for 2023 counts employer establishments in Travis County by trade. These are the trades we print for most, and what usually fits them:
- Real estate: 1,248 offices of agents and brokers. Farming postcards, open house yard signs and business cards. See direct mail for real estate agents.
- Restaurants: 1,114 full-service and 1,103 limited-service restaurants. Take-out menus, table tents and EDDM menu mailers to the delivery area. See restaurant printing.
- Dental offices: 622 offices of dentists. New-patient postcards and appointment cards. See dental practices.
- Insurance: 551 agencies and brokerages. Quote-request postcards and coverage brochures. See insurance agents.
- Home services: 369 plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors, 362 landscaping services, 141 roofing contractors and 65 pest control services. Door hangers, postcards and job-site yard signs.
These counts include only businesses with paid employees, so sole proprietors are not in them.
Planning EDDM and door hangers in Austin
EDDM (Every Door Direct Mail) delivers one piece to every residential address on the carrier routes you pick, including apartments, without a mailing list. In a city where most households rent, that makes EDDM the simplest way to reach apartment residents, who change addresses often and are hard to reach with a list.
Door hangers work best on single-family streets, where a crew or canvasser can walk door to door. Check any apartment or condo community's rules before hanging them there, since many restrict flyers.
To plan a mailing, search your ZIP code on the USPS EDDM map, select routes, and note each route's household count. Then price the mailing with the EDDM cost calculator.
How orders reach Austin
Orders to Austin ship UPS Ground from our Arlington, Texas print hub. For example, shipping 5,000 6″ × 11″ postcards to ZIP 78701 costs $159.75, and the price builder on each product page calculates it for your exact ZIP.
A typical real estate starter order for an Austin agent is 10,000 6″ × 11″ postcards, 2,500 business cards and 10 yard signs. The printing total is $1,018 before shipping. Call 512-573-1977 to confirm current turnaround before you set mailing dates.
Local figures from the sources named in each section. Prices from our current price list. Content reviewed October 4, 2026.