Custom Merch for Bands in Austin, TX
Merch Mob makes tour tees, hoodies for cold dates, and hats and beanies for bands in Austin, TX, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Austin. College enrollment in Austin runs a little above the national rate, 8% of residents aged 3 and up against 7% (Census ACS, 2020-2024), so plan for some student-age fans and keep tees and caps well stocked.
Austin by the numbers
Austin has 1,002,632 residents, up 4.6% since 2020 (Census estimates).
Travis County has 63 musical groups and artists with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 0.45 for every 10,000 residents, above the national figure of 0.17. 90% of them employ fewer than 10 people. The count is up 29% from 49 in 2018.
The Census only counts acts with a payroll, so most bands, which have none, are not in this figure.
Austin spans 3 counties. The business figures are for Travis County, home to about 93% of its residents.
Travis County as a whole has 1,389,670 residents, up 7.7% since 2020. Travis County has one musical group or artist for every 22,060 residents. Of the 60 counties behind these pages for bands, Travis County has the 5th-most musical groups and artists per resident.
- Population, 2025
- 1,002,632
- Since 2020
- +4.6%
- Main county
- Travis County
- Musical groups and artists in Travis County, 2023
- 63
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 0.45 (US 0.17)
- Time zone
- Central
- Median age
- 34.7 (US 38.9)
- In college or grad school
- 8% (US 7%)
- Warmest month, average high
- August, 98°F
- Coldest month, average low
- January, 42°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 123
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 12
- Rain, a year
- 36 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 6
Weather: Austin-Camp Mabry station, 1 mi from Austin's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals). People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Austin's weather means for bands
With about 123 days a year at 90°F or more, outdoor dates in Austin run hot from spring into fall, so lighter tees and caps should be stocked deeper than fleece. A hoodie run makes sense only for dates from December to January, when average highs dip under 65°F; outside that window, a long sleeve is the warmest piece the table needs. Tees lead the table for 9 months of the year, the months with average highs of 70°F and up, so put most of the order into them. Triple-digit heat arrives on about 29 days a year, so a daytime outdoor set calls for light colors, tanks and mesh-back caps, and the merch table itself belongs under a canopy. May is the wettest month, at about 5 inches, so bring a tarp or tent for any outdoor table that month.
| Month in Austin | Average high | Average low | Rain (in) | What sells at the merch table |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F | 42°F | 2.6 | Hoodies and long sleeves |
| February | 67°F | 46°F | 1.9 | Tees with a long-sleeve option |
| March | 73°F | 52°F | 2.9 | Tour tees and dad hats |
| April | 80°F | 59°F | 2.4 | Tour tees and dad hats |
| May | 87°F | 67°F | 5 | Lightweight tees, tanks and caps |
| June | 93°F | 73°F | 3.7 | Lightweight tees, tanks and caps |
| July | 97°F | 75°F | 2 | Lightweight tees, tanks and caps |
| August | 98°F | 75°F | 2.7 | Lightweight tees, tanks and caps |
| September | 91°F | 70°F | 3.5 | Lightweight tees, tanks and caps |
| October | 83°F | 61°F | 3.9 | Tour tees and dad hats |
| November | 72°F | 51°F | 2.9 | Tour tees and dad hats |
| December | 64°F | 43°F | 2.7 | Hoodies and long sleeves |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Austin.
Orders ship to Austin from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in Texas.
Austin is about 1,193 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Austin is USPS zone 6. Austin is on Central time, 2 hours ahead of the shop's Pacific time.
From the production floor
Merch Mob production in Southern California.
Ordering from Austin
How should a band split tees and hoodies for shows in Austin?
Mostly tees. Hoodies only need a small stack for the few winter dates, and the rest of the year a stop in Austin should be tees, tanks and caps.
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