2018 Best Places to Live in Williamson CountyAbout this List

Brushy Creek

• Suburb of Austin, TX
• 32

Current Resident: Brushy Creek is a family neighborhood. As you travel through this beautiful, peaceful neighborhood you seen an abundance of children enjoying themselves. With a multitude of parks, trails, and more outdoor activities to choose from, this neighborhood is simply amazing. There is no worry when the children are outside, as this neighborhood is safe and child - and adult- friendly.
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• A+

• A+

• 20,666 Population

Cedar Park

• Suburb of Austin, TX
• 225

Current Resident: Cedar Park is a beautiful area to live for young professionals and their families. Great community, public parks, places to eat, employment opportunities, and school facilities! Austin can be a congested area of Texas to reside and Cedar Park is that little northern section of Austin that is a safe haven to those that reside within it. Just recently there has been an influx of new residents in the area thanks to the recent building of a new Apple building nearby, this adds to more commerce and variety of residents! Overall Cedar Park is a lovely place to live!
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• A+

• A+

• 70,010 Population

Round Rock

• City in Texas
• 283

Former Resident: Round Rock is an excellent place to raise a family! From top-tier schools to a community that is laden with caring people, Round Rock is by far one of the greatest cities in Texas! I was born in Round Rock, and lived there for 15 years. In the 15 years that I lived in Round Rock, Texas, I can honestly say that the city has everything that a person could ask for. The city is filled with delicious restaurants and various forms of entertainment, such as parks and malls. Whether you are a young single person looking for work, or a person who has a family to raise, Round Rock is by far the greatest city to live in! With that being said, the only thing that I would change about Round Rock is the inclusion of more hiking trails!
Read 283 Reviews

• A+

• A+

• 116,369 Population

Leander

• Suburb of Austin, TX
• 145

Current Resident: I have lived in Leander for 17 years and I love it and my neighborhood! The community is great we have a lot of fun on holidays. The best Holiday for my neighborhood is Christmas, we have so many lights up on our street and have many people come see them. We also have a lot of people come to our neighborhood for Halloween.
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• A

• A

• 40,338 Population

Georgetown

• Suburb of Austin, TX
• 91

Current Resident: Georgetown is growing and adding new businesses constantly! It has become a fun place to live, and it truly does have the cutest little downtown square. My only complaint is that the roads have not caught up with the growth; the traffic is terrible near the interstate at rush hour.
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• A

• A

• 63,062 Population

Serenada

• Suburb of Austin, TX
• 1

Niche User: The safety is a very important factor for this town. they do a good job at keeping an eye on everything. The police force is helpful and available at all times. same thing with the hospital and fire station. There is very little crime in this area. I have very little safety concern for this town.
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• A-

• A

• 1,679 Population

Hutto

• Suburb of Austin, TX
• 95

Current Resident: I have lived in Hutto for 5+ years. I moved to Hutto due to its affordability (we are a six person household), school ranking were above average, the safe/diverse community, and the close proximity to other cities/jobs/entertainment. Over time, Hutto has only gotten better. We now have a Hutto HEB Plus, improvements to the local park/roads, and new homes/businesses going up on a regular basis!
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• A-

• B+

• 22,644 Population

Taylor

• Town in Texas
• 42

Current Resident: I grew up in Taylor, attended the public schools from Kindergarten through High school. While growing up we had a few incidents involving break-ins to our cars and houses, mainly from neighborhood teenagers. The crime rates have dropped drastically,as those kids are now adults and Taylor has also increased the amount of officers patrolling the town at all times. I did move out of state for four years, but I will say that I missed my small Texan town of Taylor every minute that I was gone. I came back as soon as I could and do not plan on leaving anytime soon.
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• B+

• B

• 16,603 Population

Bartlett

• Town in Texas
• 2

• B-

• B-

• 2,243 Population

Jarrell

• Town in Texas
• 4

Current Resident: I didn't grow up in Jarrell but I moved here when I was a Junior in high school. Jarrell is a very small, but rapidly growing, community! You have people who have been here there whole lives to people who are just moving into the new "Home Place" houses. Theres going to be differences of opinions about how big or small a place is and to me, I love the size of Jarrell. We have plenty of stop signs, two gas stations (either side of I-35) and a few really good small restaurants. I've moved around so much but there is nothing like the feel of living in a small town in the great state of Texas. You can grab yourself a sausage wrap at Riders BBQ, sit down at a table with your family at the Mexicano Grille in town, fill up your tank at the Jarrell Town Center, pick up small at the local Jarrell SuperMarket, check your tires at the Tire Shop or even just watch the Jarrell football team under the Friday night lights. It's a home town feel that I wouldn't want to leave.
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• B+

• B-

• 1,030 Population

Liberty Hill

• Town in Texas
• 13

Current Resident: The land is gorgeous! There are houses with land as well as suburbs. The town is cute & quaint. It is Texan country, so there is a mild conservative vibe. The people are friendly & most have a country accent.
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• B+

• A

• 1,012 Population

Florence

• Town in Texas
• 2

Niche User: Florence is a small town close not community. If you don’t want “Sally” or “Bob” to know your business don’t live in town. There are only three schools for all stages. Teachers are pretty good, but the best ones always leave and move on. The town needs something for kids/teenagers to do. The community pool needs fixed it’s been down for years as the town doesn’t have the funds to fix it. It has a few places to eat and the most popular one which also is a gas station is D Boone’s. There are a few churches and now we have market days. Once a year we also have friendship days and Main Street closes down. Florence is pretty great, but it needs to grow and our kids need more options for activities during the summer so they don’t fall into the wrong crowd/things to do.
When I rate nightlife low it’s because there’s not really anything to do, but they did open the Salado saloon so I guess dancing and drinking is available.
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• B+

• C

• 951 Population

Granger

• Town in Texas
• 3

Current Resident: I love Granger! It has the small town feel and everyone is friendly. It has a great school and sports programs that try to include everyone. It is close to larger cities that if I need anything that Granger doesn't have, it is within an acceptable driving distance.
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• B+

• B

• 1,385 Population

Weir

• Town in Texas

• B+

• A

• 360 Population

Thrall

• Town in Texas

• B

• B

• 760 Population