City of Cedar Park

Welcome to Cedar Park, Texas, a vibrant community situated on the northern border of Austin just 17 miles from downtown. We are named for an actual park that was a rail stop in the late 1800s and was incorporated as a City in 1973. True to our namesake Cedar Park now features 1,000 acres of City-owned parkland and 31 miles of trails. Today’s population is about 82,192 1 and Cedar Park is consistently ranked by the U.S. Census Bureau as one of the Fastest-Growing Cities in the Country. We’re a bustling high-tech employer hub, too, with a median age of 34.74 years 2, 49.7 percent with a Bachelor’s Degree or higher 2, and a median household income of $103,3702.

Cedar Park is also home to three professional sports teams: the 2014 Calder Cup-winning AHL Hockey League Champion Texas Stars, affiliates of the NHL Dallas Stars; the 2012 and 2018 NBA G-League Champions, the Austin Spurs, and affiliates of the five-time NBA World Champion San Antonio Spurs. The Stars and Spurs play at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park, a City-owned facility is a multi-purpose venue that holds up to 8,700 guests and hosts more than 130 events per year.

Fortune 500 company National Oilwell Varco is a major employer in Cedar Park. Cedar Park is also home and headquarters for several high tech employers including Firefly Space Systems, Hyliion, Additive Manufacturing Technologies, ABEO, and Corvalent, along with industrial manufacturers such as BMC West Materials and BMC Millworks. In March 2020, James Avery Artisan Jewelry broke ground at its new regional corporate offices in Cedar Park.

In 2020, WalletHub named Cedar Park the Ninth Best Small City in America, and GOBankingRates named it the Third Best Suburb in America for Growing Families. The U.S. Census Bureau named Cedar Park the Seventh fastest-growing City in the U.S. and HomeCity named Cedar Park a Top City to Do Business.

For several years Cedar Park has had one of the lowest crime rates for cities of its size in the State, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s annual Crime in Texas Report. The Cedar Park Police Department’s National Night Out was awarded First Place in Texas for Cities of Similar Size.