Long gone are the days of tiny Texas towns surrounding the Lone Star State’s capital city.
As Austin’s national footprint has surged in recent years — compounded by national migration trends toward the South, a pandemic-era tech and remote-work boom and the relocation of key companies to Texas — so, too has the region’s overall population size. Among those, one suburban community stands out among the rest for the sheer magnitude of its population growth: Liberty Hill.
While Liberty Hill’s population dwarfs that of its weird capital city neighbor, the seismic growth in its number of residents speaks volumes as to what’s to come. The city’s population grew more than 200% across a four-year timespan, and with it has generated commercial interest from some of the biggest retailers in the game, including beloved warehouse chain Costco Wholesale and Target…