Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan Adopted 2024

A COMMUNITY-BASED VISION

COMMUNITY PROFILE The jurisdictional setting of the City of San Marcos includes City Limits and Extraterritorial Jurisdictions (ETJ), Municipal Utility Districts (MUD) and other special districts. The jurisdictional setting also includes areas covered by Certificates of Convenience and Necessity (CCN). The planning process helps to direct where growth takes place within the jurisdictional setting. Cities can grow through infill, redevelopment, and new development within the city limits, through the orderly request for extension of utilities in the ETJ followed by annexation, or through MUDs. Demographic, income, employment and housing data for the City of San Marcos was gathered from the 2010 and 2020 Census, American Community Survey 2017 2021 five-year estimates, City of San Marcos, Greater San Marcos Partnership, the State of Texas, and other sources. The 2017-2021 American Community Survey estimates the median household income of San Marcos at $42,500 in 2021. The citywide unemployment rate in August of 2020 was 6.9 percent according to the American Community Surveys. This dropped to an estimated 3.6 percent as of August 2022. Retail services have continued to make up the largest proportion of employment in San Marcos, accounting for 21.5 percent of all jobs within the city. The next largest employment sectors in San Marcos include Hotels and Food Service (17.9%), Educational Services (14.4%), Health Care and Social Assistance (8.9%), Manufacturing (5.5%), and Construction (5.4%).

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SAN MARCOS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2024