– WORKFORCE & HOUSING –
Bastrop County leads the area in job growth.
The steady pace of new employment expansion underscores the community’s pro-growth attitude.
Bastrop offers a large, cost-effective labor force of 85,500 within a 30-minute commute. Our “best and
brightest” talent pool taps world-class teaching and research universities, top-rated engineering and
technology schools, and thousands of graduates each year. What’s more, Bastrop is making solid
community investments in education and workforce readiness, such as the award-winning Bastrop
Youth Career Day.
Bastrop County is slated
to add over 1 8,000 new
homes and multi-family units
in the next ten years, many
already under construction.
Bastrop County Population Growth
300,000
267%
Projected
Population Gain
From 2010
to 2050
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
1960
1970
1980
1990
Actual
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
Projected
2050
Source: Texas Demographic Center (2015)
Bastrop’s proximity to Austin and Houston and its community amenities will
increase its share of the Austin regional housing market.
• Pent-up demand for traditional apartment and multi-family communities supports 150-225 units per year
at market rate rents based on area employment.
• Two current multi-family apartment developments are pre-leasing quickly and inventory is expected to
be depleted shortly after openings.
• Within the next 10 years, new home construction is scheduled to add over 17,000 single-family homes
within a 20-minute commute to Bastrop.
• East Austin and Travis County area development is scheduled to add over 65,000 additional homes
within a 40-minute commute to Bastrop, featuring affordable and master-planned communities.
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