Where the Jobs Are: Counties with the Best Job Growth
CNN Money (from the editors of Money Magazine) and Yahoo! Real Estate have published the 25 counties in the nation with the most job growth from 2000-2008. On the list at number 14 appears Williamson County, just north of Austin’s Travis County and home to Austin suburbs Georgetown and Round Rock.
“Williamson County, TX
Job growth (2000-2008): 53.2%
Williamson County has seen its population more than double in the last 10 years, thanks to its location just north of Austin. While a large percentage of residents commute into the city, major employers like Dell, Wal-Mart and Sears have come to the area bringing many new jobs along.
While farming remains the backbone of the fertile terrain, the health care industry is quickly sprouting roots. Three new hospitals opened in the last two years in Williamson County and a nursing school affiliated with Texas A&M is in the works.
The public school systems in the cities of Round Rock and Leander are also some of the county’s largest employers.”
The health care industry for Austin-Round Rock recently added 59,000 jobs, and four of Austin’s top 25 employers are healthcare networks or hospitals, including Seton, the largest non-profit healthcare network in Texas. Dell and the other tech center employers in North Austin and Williamson County keep Austin as one of the nation’s top tech centers, with the most high tech companies, technology jobs, and workers with advanced degrees.
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September 14th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Lenn Harley says:I’m in Loudoun County and it is still active, at least in the eastern areas. The western areas, which are rural, as not so active.
Loudoun County is a fabulous place to live and own a home.
September 14th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Gary Steuernagel says:Texas A & M studies report that nationally, of the most active metropolitan areas with job growth and population growth 5 of them are in Texas. Not in order of growth, but as i remember them they are :
Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio, McAllan and area.
It’s a good time to be in Real Estate in Texas.