Texas Leads Way on Small Cities With Growing Housing Markets
We hear a lot about the state of the housing markets in big cities such as Los Angeles, Dallas, and Houston. In fact, we hear a lot about those cities in general. But what about America’s smaller cities? The ones that aren’t tiny enough to be towns but not big enough to be a metropolis?
A recent study by SmartAsset looked into U.S. cities with 50,000 to 100,000 residents to find out which ones had the most robust housing markets—and it turns out Texas is full of them. In fact, five of the top ten cities on their list are located in the Lone Star State.
The cities include:
- New Braunfels (No. 2)
- Pharr (T-No. 4)
- Cedar Park (No. 6)
- San Angelo (No. 7)
- Edinburg (No. 10)
Each one of the cities included saw big boosts in population, home value, and household income. Cedar Park alone saw a 29 percent increase in population, the second most of any city in the Top 25.
The other cities in the Top 10 include Pasco WA (No. 1); The Villages, FL (No. 3); Auburn, AL (T-No. 4); Redmond, WA (No. 8); and Fayetteville, AR (No. 10).
SmartAsset arrived at its numbers by comparing the numbers from 2011 to 2015 for home values, incomes, population size, and housing units.

