In some places, 3,800 people barely counts as a crowd. That’s about a tenth of the capacity at Daikin Park, and roughly 3% of the average daily attendance at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo this year.
But in Waller County, one of the Houston area’s more rural outposts, adding roughly 3,800 people in just a year creates a seismic shock. It caused the county to grow by about 5.7% last year, the second-highest rate of any county in the United States.
Residents feel the difference. New subdivisions seem to appear daily amid the rice fields and cow pastures that once dominated the county’s bucolic landscape, and county leaders are racing to keep services at pace with the growth.
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And unlike other parts of the Houston area, the growth in Waller County doesn’t look to be slowing anytime soon…