Recently named the fastest-growing city in the United States and #9 on Business Insider's list of the "10 Most Exciting Small Cities in America," San Marcos is calling you.

Located on the Interstate 35 Corridor between Austin and San Antonio, "San Marvelous," as it's nicknamed by locals, sits along the banks of the San Marcos River as the Hays County seat. Home to Texas State University, the town hosts a large student population and caters to education with public and private grade schools, and Gary Job Corps, the largest Job Corp in the United States.

San Marcos provides a wealth of activities for all, including outdoor activities from tubing, snorkeling, or soaking in the sun at the river to keeping active at the many City Parks or touring the Aquarena Springs or Balcones Fault at Wonder World Park. San Marcos also includes shopping experiences from local boutiques to the Outlet Malls and a plethora of dining and nightlife experiences.

San Marcos offers tremendous residential diversity from apartments to Victorian era homes; from townhomes to mid-century estates; from condominiums to new construction subdivisions. Its location is convenient to many cultural highlights of the Central Texas and Hill Country region.