Jun 3, 2026 | 12:15 pm
What do you get when a city is surging in population, housing growth, and economy all at once? For a place like Georgetown, it adds up to being named America’s No. 1 newest boomtown, according to a new survey from SmartAsset.
The personal finance website’s just-released report analyzed more than 400 U.S. cities with populations of 65,000 or more to identify places experiencing rapid growth based on five-year changes in economic output, housing units, and labor force size.
Texas is home to the second-highest concentration of new boomtowns in America with 18 out of 75 located in the Lone Star State. Only Florida ranks higher than Texas by just one…