State place rankings
Best Places in Texas
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
Frisco, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 236,955
- Median home value
- $642,100
- nd
Allen, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 113,447
- Median home value
- $464,100
- rd
Plano, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 293,028
- Median home value
- $465,900
- th
McKinney, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 236,001
- Median home value
- $471,800
- th
Leander, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 91,132
- Median home value
- $506,200
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 25,323
- Median home value
- $1,861,800
- th
Flower Mound, TX
Town
- General Quality
- Population
- 79,540
- Median home value
- $560,200
- th
Pearland, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 129,930
- Median home value
- $356,300
- th
Southlake, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 31,175
- Median home value
- $1,014,500
- th
Sugar Land, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 107,726
- Median home value
- $430,200
- th
Rockwall, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 53,980
- Median home value
- $411,700
- th
League City, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 119,905
- Median home value
- $360,000
- th
Coppell, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 41,386
- Median home value
- $560,500
- th
Cedar Park, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 79,032
- Median home value
- $513,600
- th
Lucas, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,896
- Median home value
- $941,900
- th
Prosper, TX
Town
- General Quality
- Population
- 45,605
- Median home value
- $823,700
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,764
- Median home value
- $1,989,900
- th
Round Rock, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 141,282
- Median home value
- $418,600
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 3,229
- Median home value
- $1,664,500
- th
Heath, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 11,671
- Median home value
- $766,900
- st
Rollingwood, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 1,466
- Median home value
- $2,000,001
- nd
Friendswood, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 41,319
- Median home value
- $420,100
- rd
Wylie, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 63,842
- Median home value
- $387,000
- th
Carrollton, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 134,562
- Median home value
- $381,000
- th
Murphy, TX
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 20,985
- Median home value
- $555,500
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
Houston, TX
City
- Population
- 2,397,315
- Median home value
- $277,800
- Median rent
- $1,361
- nd
San Antonio, TX
City
- Population
- 1,548,422
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Median rent
- $1,324
- rd
Dallas, TX
City
- Population
- 1,329,491
- Median home value
- $320,700
- Median rent
- $1,472
- th
Fort Worth, TX
City
- Population
- 1,028,117
- Median home value
- $303,000
- Median rent
- $1,509
- th
Austin, TX
City
- Population
- 1,002,632
- Median home value
- $555,300
- Median rent
- $1,729
- th
El Paso, TX
City
- Population
- 683,012
- Median home value
- $184,500
- Median rent
- $1,073
- th
Arlington, TX
City
- Population
- 402,134
- Median home value
- $304,700
- Median rent
- $1,470
- th
- Population
- 317,247
- Median home value
- $210,400
- Median rent
- $1,292
- th
Plano, TX
City
- Population
- 293,028
- Median home value
- $465,900
- Median rent
- $1,841
- th
Lubbock, TX
City
- Population
- 273,071
- Median home value
- $212,400
- Median rent
- $1,182
- th
Laredo, TX
City
- Population
- 269,515
- Median home value
- $193,500
- Median rent
- $1,030
- th
Irving, TX
City
- Population
- 257,076
- Median home value
- $315,600
- Median rent
- $1,619
- th
Garland, TX
City
- Population
- 249,625
- Median home value
- $270,800
- Median rent
- $1,641
- th
Frisco, TX
City
- Population
- 236,955
- Median home value
- $642,100
- Median rent
- $2,014
- th
McKinney, TX
City
- Population
- 236,001
- Median home value
- $471,800
- Median rent
- $1,901
- th
- Population
- 209,434
- Median home value
- $295,500
- Median rent
- $1,629
- th
Amarillo, TX
City
- Population
- 205,130
- Median home value
- $196,900
- Median rent
- $1,092
- th
Brownsville, TX
City
- Population
- 192,957
- Median home value
- $139,900
- Median rent
- $923
- th
Denton, TX
City
- Population
- 169,431
- Median home value
- $348,200
- Median rent
- $1,420
- th
Killeen, TX
City
- Population
- 161,883
- Median home value
- $215,400
- Median rent
- $1,208
- st
- Population
- 150,693
- Median home value
- $245,700
- Median rent
- $1,513
- nd
McAllen, TX
City
- Population
- 150,640
- Median home value
- $190,400
- Median rent
- $1,049
- rd
Pasadena, TX
City
- Population
- 148,539
- Median home value
- $209,600
- Median rent
- $1,213
- th
Waco, TX
City
- Population
- 147,788
- Median home value
- $221,700
- Median rent
- $1,165
- th
Midland, TX
City
- Population
- 147,615
- Median home value
- $319,200
- Median rent
- $1,434
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.