La Cima

The community

La Cima is the flagship master plan on the west side of San Marcos — 2,400 acres on the rise toward the Devil’s Backbone, with about 800 acres held as open space, 10-plus miles of trails, and a 45-acre central park. That preservation ratio is the honest differentiator: a third of the land will never be rooftops, and the hillside sections show it.

The cost of the infrastructure is a Public Improvement District. The PID assessment sits on top of city, county, and school taxes and varies by section and lot, so demand the exact annual figure — not the community brochure rate — before comparing against non-PID resales in town.

The homes

Six production builders were active in July 2026 — Ashton Woods, David Weekley, Highland, Newmark, Perry, and Pulte — and rosters rotate by phase, so verify the current lineup. Builder-published base pricing ran from the low $320s past $800K, with the Estates sections at the top of that ladder.

Lot widths span roughly 40 to 70 feet, and La Cima markets true quarter-acre homesites in some sections — rarer than it sounds in this corridor. The average product is still a two-story production home with neighbors close on either side and young trees; the quarter-acre and estate sections are the exception, not the norm, so tour the actual phase you’d buy in. For a lower entry point in San Marcos, compare Whisper on the north side.

Location, schools, and the drive

La Cima is zoned to San Marcos CISD — verify current campus assignments, and note the district’s ratings when weighing against Hays CISD communities up the corridor. Downtown San Marcos, the river, and Texas State are about 10–15 minutes. The commute is the real consideration: Austin’s core runs 40–60 minutes at peak and San Antonio about 50, so La Cima works best for people anchored to San Marcos, Kyle, or a hybrid schedule. Wimberley is 20 minutes up Ranch Road 12 — weekend Hill Country access is genuinely good here.