About the Hays County Submarket

Boasting a tremendous amount of parks and outdoor recreation as well as some of Austin’s most historic suburbs, the Hays County Submarket offers diverse opportunities and diverse experiences. Falling within its borders are the former frontier towns of Buda (the Outdoor Capital of Texas, Elgin (with a population growth rate of 43%), Kyle (equidistant from Austin and San Antonio), and San Marcos (home to Texas’s fourth-largest university).

In addition to history and the great outdoors, the Hays County Submarket and the cities within it have the unique designation of being of the nation’s fastest growing counties, ranking third in 2016. With easy access to I-35, the Hays County Submarket is one of the most ideal destinations to take advantage of everything the Austin economy has to offer without paying an Austin price tag.