112 Texas Cities Ranked for Best Texas City for Families..2016 Best to Worse Cities to live in; Southlake #1, Colleyville #3, Keller, #8, Grapevine #30, NRH #41

Posted By: Editor - Nelson Thibodeauxon: July 09, 2016In: City Government, Featured

WalletHub analysts compared 112 of the state’s cities across 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from the number of playgrounds per capita to the violent-crime and divorce rates.

Southlake was named #1 in “Best Texas City for Families” out of 112 cities by WalletHub, Colleyville ranked as #3, Keller #8, Grapevine #30,

Overall Rank	City	Total Score	‘Family Life & Fun’ Rank	‘Education, Health & Safety’ Rank	‘Affordability’ Rank	‘Socioeconomic Environment’ Rank
1	Southlake, TX	76.50	31	1	1	2
2	University Park, TX	68.88	2	4	7	8
3	Colleyville, TX	67.85	105	2	2	1
4	Allen, TX	67.43	9	6	11	7
5	Flower Mound, TX	67.00	68	9	4	3
6	Frisco, TX	66.98	19	7	12	5
7	Coppell, TX	66.15	44	12	6	4
8	Keller, TX	64.05	92	8	5	9
9	Pearland, TX	62.82	76	20	3	12
10	Cedar Park, TX	61.62	12	18	18	11
11	Sugar Land, TX	61.60	107	11	8	6
12	Sachse, TX	61.02	72	3	17	32
13	Wylie, TX	60.84	39	10	24	18
14	Mansfield, TX	60.73	73	17	13	21
15	Lake Jackson, TX	60.42	84	13	14	29
16	McKinney, TX	60.21	25	16	26	13
17	Friendswood, TX	60.16	99	15	10	15
18	Cibolo, TX	59.80	83	5	20	22
19	League City, TX	59.37	91	31	9	14
20	Plano, TX	59.34	50	19	21	16
21	Rockwall, TX	58.14	86	14	19	17
22	Little Elm, TX	57.93	28	24	33	24
23	Round Rock, TX	57.24	20	28	34	28
24	The Colony, TX	56.81	77	26	28	23
25	Copperas Cove, TX	56.77	48	21	29	35
26	Kyle, TX	55.27	22	33	37	38
27	Leander, TX	55.26	51	27	35	34
28	Deer Park, TX	55.11	94	34	16	43
29	Rowlett, TX	54.89	95	30	27	25
30	Grapevine, TX	54.76	75	23	31	30
31	Burleson, TX	54.65	79	32	22	37
32	Pflugerville, TX	54.44	65	25	38	33
33	Harker Heights, TX	54.08	14	41	40	45
34	Richardson, TX	52.70	101	36	36	19
35	Schertz, TX	52.12	108	46	23	20
36	Carrollton, TX	51.90	81	40	46	26
37	La Porte, TX	51.77	97	37	25	48
38	Missouri City, TX	51.71	109	52	15	40
39	New Braunfels, TX	51.31	46	47	51	31
40	Weatherford, TX	51.15	59	29	55	46
41	North Richland Hills, TX	49.88	98	42	47	27
42	Temple, TX	49.72	23	61	44	53
43	College Station, TX	49.61	15	35	63	58
44	Midland, TX	49.34	38	81	39	44
45	Waxahachie, TX	48.89	43	39	89	42
46	Cedar Hill, TX	48.32	80	59	32	69
47	Bedford, TX	48.10	110	49	41	39
48	Mission, TX	48.07	8	60	59	60
49	Wichita Falls, TX	47.77	4	84	42	72
50	San Angelo, TX	47.71	29	55	49	66
51	Del Rio, TX	47.54	34	44	68	55
52	Euless, TX	47.49	71	43	69	52
53	Farmers Branch, TX	47.47	52	51	83	36
54	Amarillo, TX	46.77	16	86	53	54
55	Lewisville, TX	46.33	89	58	67	41
56	Denton, TX	46.31	78	53	65	49
57	Grand Prairie, TX	46.11	54	62	56	57
58	Hurst, TX	45.66	96	69	48	47
59	Edinburg, TX	45.49	6	87	58	70
60	Haltom City, TX	45.44	26	57	84	68
61	Killeen, TX	44.89	5	77	82	73
62	Fort Worth, TX	44.66	3	104	61	79
63	Austin, TX	44.48	24	70	87	63
64	Odessa, TX	44.15	7	109	43	62
65	Alvin, TX	44.14	104	22	74	78
66	Georgetown, TX	44.05	112	100	50	10
67	Longview, TX	44.04	40	54	88	76
68	Arlington, TX	43.98	49	92	62	56
69	Abilene, TX	43.54	64	93	54	59
70	Mesquite, TX	43.33	42	71	85	71
71	Victoria, TX	43.30	32	74	71	80
72	McAllen, TX	43.24	56	64	79	81
73	Big Spring, TX	43.20	58	110	30	77
74	Garland, TX	42.85	90	65	91	50
75	El Paso, TX	41.88	13	68	105	89
76	Lubbock, TX	41.84	62	106	52	65
77	Bryan, TX	41.69	30	89	92	74
78	Irving, TX	41.55	87	67	101	51
79	Tyler, TX	41.18	82	88	76	61
80	Harlingen, TX	41.13	66	56	86	99
81	Conroe, TX	41.10	93	66	93	64
82	Corpus Christi, TX	40.81	70	98	60	82
83	Duncanville, TX	40.70	106	83	64	67
84	Rosenberg, TX	40.27	88	48	95	85
85	San Antonio, TX	40.08	37	105	73	83
86	Pharr, TX	39.87	18	73	94	103
87	Texas City, TX	39.72	100	38	70	106
88	Galveston, TX	39.58	21	91	103	95
89	Greenville, TX	39.36	47	95	90	92
90	Corsicana, TX	39.28	36	79	102	90
91	Baytown, TX	39.28	57	103	57	97
92	Brownsville, TX	39.21	1	75	108	108
93	DeSoto, TX	38.98	111	82	45	86
94	Paris, TX	38.88	53	94	75	100
95	Kerrville, TX	38.84	103	50	107	75
96	Laredo, TX	38.83	27	85	104	101
97	Pasadena, TX	38.63	85	101	72	84
98	Kingsville, TX	38.49	33	99	81	102
99	San Juan, TX	38.28	17	80	100	105
100	Waco, TX	38.22	35	78	98	104
101	Seguin, TX	38.05	102	90	80	88
102	Lufkin, TX	37.90	63	96	96	87
103	Nacogdoches, TX	37.82	11	72	110	98
104	Eagle Pass, TX	37.10	45	45	109	111
105	San Marcos, TX	36.60	69	76	111	93
106	San Benito, TX	36.37	55	63	106	110
107	Dallas, TX	35.93	41	97	112	96
108	Texarkana, TX	35.52	67	107	66	107
109	Port Arthur, TX	34.49	10	102	97	112
110	Houston, TX	34.25	61	111	99	91
111	Beaumont, TX	34.23	60	108	77	109
112	Weslaco, TX	32.51	74	112	78	94

Editor - Nelson Thibodeaux

editor@localnewsonly.com Nelson is a 30-year plus resident of Colleyville. He has located his privately owned businesses in Colleyville for more than 20 years. Nelson is the 2018 Empower Texans Recipient of the North Texas Conservative Leadership Award. Nelson is the founder of LNO in 2000. He served as councilman and Mayor Pro Tem of Colleyville until June 2000. Thereafter, he started LNO because there was no adequate newspaper coverage. Nelson has previously worked in both radio and television during his career.

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