Major area employers range from healthcare to education to technology, with medical centers, UT Austin, and Apple, a short drive or Capital Metro Rail ride away. Also, Leander has a brand-new downtown district—including retail, hotels, restaurants, parks, office space, and a convention center—is in development to build on the city’s already booming economy.

For fun, it isn’t hard to find something to do here, with outdoor recreation at Crystal Falls Golf Course or Robin Bledsoe Park and Pool, professional hockey and basketball games to attend, and local and nationwide retailers to shop. Beyond all of the activities to do, Leander ISD and Liberty Hill ISD both have highly-rated schools, low student-teacher ratios, and about half the population under the age of 18, which makes either the perfect place for growing families.