About Round Rock Homes For Sale

Round Rock is the second largest city on the Austin Metro area.  It is home to countless high tech firms.  Round Rock started the Silicon Hills tech boom when Michael Dell selected the city as the permanent home for Dell.  Round Rock boasts Blue Ribbon Award Winning schools and excels in both UIL competitions and sports.  Round Rock is home to the Round Rock Express baseball team, the Houston Astros AAA professional affiliate.  Homes in Round Rock are known for good bang for the buck and typically sell between $150,000 – $800,000.  The average area homes sells between $250,000 and $425,000 and is anywhere from 1,600 square feet to 3,300 square feet.

CNN’s Money Magazine rated Round Rock the 7th Best Place to live in the United States and the State has deemed Williamson County as the 3rd healthiest county in Texas.  Round Rock has also garnered national recognition for its superb parks from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and from the Commission for Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA).  The City of Round Rock has also topped the list for Livability.com’s 10 Best Affordable Places to Live in 2015.  Round Rock was also voted No. 3 on Nerdwallet’s list of Most Affordable Places in America. In this study, there was a distinction between “cheap” and “affordable” by comparing a place’s median income with its cost of living to find truly affordable places.  As Austin grows fist time home buyers and high tech employees are driving the Round Rock real estate market.