Georgetown Tops SmartAsset's 75-City Growth Ranking With 34% Housing and Labor Force Gains
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Updated · Quartz · Aug 11
Georgetown Tops SmartAsset's 75-City Growth Ranking With 34% Housing and Labor Force Gains
1 articles · Updated · Quartz · Aug 11
Summary
Georgetown, Texas, ranked as SmartAsset’s fastest-growing U.S. city for 2019-2024 after posting 34% growth in both housing units and labor force, while Williamson County logged 7.7% annual real GDP growth.
SmartAsset screened cities with populations above 65,000 and scored them on five-year changes in economic output, housing stock and workforce, with Texas and Florida accounting for nearly half of the 75-city list.
New Braunfels placed second with 40% housing growth and 32% labor-force growth, while Lehi, Utah, ranked third with a top-five-leading 67% labor-force increase tied to its Silicon Slopes tech base.
Leander ranked fourth with 48% housing growth—the highest on the list—and Lewisville fifth, giving Texas four of the top five and highlighting Central Texas and North Texas as major growth corridors.
The ranking underscores how Sun Belt cities are outpacing much of the Northeast and Rust Belt, though the same expansion is also bringing higher rents, heavier traffic and infrastructure strain.