Doing Business in Killeen

Killeen is Growing

Business is booming in Killeen (population 112,000), which has prospered for more than a hundred years since its founding in 1882 by the Santa Fe Railroad to serve as a shipping station for cotton and cattle. Killeen is located in one of the fastest-growing economic corridors in the nation - an hour’s drive from Austin, three hours from San Antonio, four hours from Houston and three from Dallas. Airlines providing service to and from Killeen (40 flights daily) are American Eagle and Continental. Killeen is the home of Fort Hood, the Army’s premiere military installation.

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Facts and Figures

The Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Metropolitan Sstatistical Area (MSA) has an estimated population of nearly 380,000 people.  Bolstered by the dynamic and growing presence of Fort Hood, the greater Killeen region has experienced tremendous growth that will last well into the future.

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Fort Hood

Fort Hood is truly the largest single economic engine of not just Killeen, but the Central Texas Region.  The post has seen significant growth over the years, and as it has grown so has Killeen.

	2004	2007	% Change
Soldiers Assigned	44,000	53,000	+20.5%
Department of Army Civilians	4,000	5,100	+27.5%
Service/Contract Employees	6,700	9,200	+37.3%

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Real Estate

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