Texas shines in the U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking, claiming 40% of the top 25 best places to live, with Flower Mound at No. 3.
TEXAS, USA — Where are the best places to live in the nation this year?
Apparently, Texas is a hot spot for many. U.S. News & World Report released its annual report of the best 250 places to live nationwide, and Texas made up 40% of the top 25.
The number one place in the nation, according to the report, is Carmel, Ind. Texas makes its first appearance on the list at No. 3: Flower Mound. Leander, Frisco and Sugar Land round out the top 10. Without getting into the weeds, they ranked these cities based on “value,” “quality of life,” “desirability,” and “job market.” You can take a deeper dive into how the values were calculated here.
Of the top 25, 10 Texas cities made the list.
Here is where each Texas city landed in the top 250:
- No. 3: Flower Mound
- No. 8: Leander
- No. 9 Frisco
- No. 10: Sugar Land
- No. 13: League City
- No. 16: Pearland
- No. 17: McKinney
- No. 23: Allen
- No. 24: Cedar Park
- No. 25: Mansfield
- No. 27: McAllen
- No. 28: The Woodlands
- No. 33: Carrollton
- No. 35: Pflugerville
- No. 38: Katy
- No. 43: North Richland Hills
- No. 48: Laredo
- No. 51: Wylie
- No. 53: Mission
- No. 61: Missouri City
- No. 63: Plano
- No. 65: Round Rock
- No. 68: El Paso
- No. 73: Edinburg
- No. 77 Wichita Falls
- No. 82: Spring
- No. 83: Rowlett
- No. 85: Midland
- No. 96: Abilene
- No. 100: Little Elm
- No. 109: Lewisville
- No. 120: Harlingen
- No. 123: Brownsville
- No. 125: San Angelo
- No. 126: Odessa
- No. 128: New Braunfels
- No. 129: Eagle Pass
- No. 130: Pharr
- No. 141: Grand Prairie
- No. 143: Victoria
- No. 146: Fort Worth
- No. 150: Irving
- No. 153: Georgetown
- No. 162: Richardson
- No. 172: Conroe
- No. 174: Sherman
- No. 179: Amarillo
- No. 199: Austin
- No. 201: Temple
- No. 207: Lubbock
- No. 227: Corpus Christi
- No. 234: Bryan
- No. 241: Garland
To look at the full top 250, click here.