The city of Cedar Park is one of Texas’ fastest-growing communities. An unincorporated Cedar Park grew from 2,000 residents in 1970 to an estimated 52,000+ today and the city is attracting large retailers and restaurateurs alike. The Cedar Park Center multi-events center opened in 2009 at a cost of $32M and is host to Dallas Stars’ farm team, the Texas Stars. About the same time, the new $125M 151-bed Cedar Park Regional Medical Center opened to serve area residents.
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Cedar Park Real Estate and Demographics
Real estate is affordable in Cedar Park and runs from apartments to condos and homes. There are older, established neighborhoods and brand new ones in which homebuilding is just getting underway. Some are on relatively flat ground and some are up high with miles of Hill Country views. Schlitterbahn, based in New Braunfels and annually voted America’s #1 water park has purchased land in NE Cedar Park and plans to begin building a new-concept theme park within the next couple years. Cedar Park is friendly to business and levies a 1-cent tax per dollar spent within the city limits for attracting new business and employers. With 48% of residents holding four-year college degrees, the workforce is well-educated and ready to meet most employer needs, including within the fields of biotech, software and hardware, manufacturing and services.
Cedar Park Parks and Recreation
Cedar Park is proud of its parks and recreational areas, devoting many acres, financial and manpower resources to the maintenance and establishment of basketball courts, swimming pools, tennis courts, soccer fields, kayaking and canoeing, cave exploration, lakes, fishing, hiking/biking/walking/running trails and more in 30 city parks within the city limits. The Sandy Creek Arm, one of Lake Travis’ public boat ramps and parks, is in Cedar Park. A senior activity center, community center and YMCA are also available and 12 golf courses are here or within 20 miles, and ten state parks are within 50 miles. In the Railyard on FM 1431 is the Hill Country Flyer steam engine and train, offering dinner rides through the Hill Country.
Cedar Park Schools
In addition to an Austin Community College campus, there are 23 elementary, seven middle and five high schools in Cedar Park or the Leander Independent School District (aka LISD) — a fast-growing district, adding 1,200 to 1,500 additional students each of the past six years. To keep up with growth, the district is building new schools while expanding and updating existing schools — none of which are very old anyway. LISD students perform above average in state testing and are just 20 miles from the Univ. of Texas, perhaps the largest public university in the United States with its 60,000 students.
Information reliable as of 10/01/2011.
