Best In 55+ Real Estate™
2026-11-06
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos leads Texas in 55+ population growth — 14.8% over five years, according to ALEX Intelligence's 2026 data. This isn’t just a demographic shift; it’s a real estate inflection point. Yet remodeling spending remains stagnant — a critical gap in the market. In a metro where growth is outpacing construction, new-build, accessible communities are not just desirable — they’re essential. This is where real value is being created.
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5-Year Population Growth, top 10 (ALEX Intelligence — U.S. Census Bureau 2024)
#1 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos — 14.8%
#2 Lubbock — 13.3%
#3 Waco — 12.6%
#4 Killeen-Temple — 11.2%
#5 Sherman-Denison — 9.4%
#6 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington — 9.1%
#7 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands — 8.1%
#8 San Antonio-New Braunfels — 7.9%
#9 College Station-Bryan — 7.9%
#10 Tyler — 6.3%
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Slide 1: smallcurio from Austin, TX (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=69209327; Slide 2: Tim Patterson from Austin, TX, United States (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=64267773; Slide 3: Suthamally Hariharan Subramanian (CC0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=73622883; Slide 4: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas (CC BY 2.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=121664448
Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-11-06-fifty-five-plus-fifty-five-plus-dem-g-population-msa-tx
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Diane Hart Alexander, MBA, MHA
Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies
Designated Broker, Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC dba ALEX.realestate, et.al.
Texas License #574877-B · Broker License #565194-BB
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Source data: Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2019 and 2024 · ALEX Intelligence computation
Licensed by the Texas Real Estate Commission. Broker: Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC · License #565194-BB.
Diane Hart Alexander, Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies · Designated Broker · #574877-B · George Arnold Alexander III, Partner, ALEX Companies · Associate Broker · #574878-B
Texas Real Estate Commission Information About Brokerage Services · TREC Consumer Protection Notice · trec.texas.gov
Diane Hart Alexander, Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies · Designated Broker · #574877-B · George Arnold Alexander III, Partner, ALEX Companies · Associate Broker · #574878-B
Texas Real Estate Commission Information About Brokerage Services · TREC Consumer Protection Notice · trec.texas.gov



