Are you looking for love in Texas?
Or are you just hoping to hook up with a hot Texan?
Either way, we’ve got you covered here.
If you live in Texas, there’s a pretty good chance there are a lot of singles in your area. The Lone Star State has plenty of people over 18 who aren’t married or in a serious relationship.
That’s great news for people who are single and looking to mingle.
So, where are the best cities for singles in Texas? We used Saturday Night Science to find out.
33.4 median age · 14.0% married households
Located in
Rockwall County, Texas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the most populous city in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, which is the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the United States. The city’s population ranks ninth in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio. The city’s prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines. The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat; however, sections of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties. According to the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 1,197,816. The United States Census Bureau’s estimate for the city’s population increased to 1,317,929 as of July 1, 2016.
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32.3 median age · 12.0% married households
Located in
Harris County, Texas
Stafford is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city is mostly in FortBendCounty, with a small portion in HarrisCounty. As of the 2010 census, Stafford’s population was 17,693, up from 15,681 at the 2000 census. As of 2015 the population had risen to an estimated 18,459.
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33.4 median age · 13.0% married households
Located in
Dallas County, Texas
Farmers Branch is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Dallas and is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The population was 28,616 at the 2010 census.
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32.8 median age · 10.0% married households
Located in
Dallas County, Texas
Irving is a principal city in Dallas County in the U.S. state of Texas and it is also an inner ring suburb of the city of Dallas. According to a 2013 estimate from the United States Census Bureau, the city population was 228,653 making it the thirteenth most populous city in Texas. Irving is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
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34.4 median age · 13.0% married households
Located in
Montgomery County, Texas
Houston HYOO-stn) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303million within a land area of 599.59 square miles. It is also the largest city in the Southern United States, and the seat of HarrisCounty. Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States.
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22.9 median age · 13.0% married households
Located in
Brazos County, Texas
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, in the center of the region known as Texas Triangle. It is 90 miles northwest of Houston and 87 miles northeast of Austin. As of the 2010 census, College Station had a population of 93,857, which had increased to an estimated population of 117,191 as of September 2017. College Station and Bryan together make up the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area, the 14th-largest metropolitan area in Texas with 255,589 people as of 2015.
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35.0 median age · 8.0% married households
Located in
Dallas County, Texas
Addison is an incorporated town in Dallas County, Texas, in the United States. Addison is situated to the immediate north of the city of Dallas. The town’s population was 13,056 at the 2010 census. Addison and Flower Mound were the only two Texas towns with a population greater than 10,000 in the 2010 census; since then the towns of Prosper and Trophy Club have also exceeded 10,000 in population estimates. Addison is best-known within the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex region for its abundance of restaurants and nightlife.
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33.7 median age · 16.0% married households
Located in
Tarrant County, Texas
Arlington is a principal city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in TarrantCounty. It is part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, approximately 12 miles east of downtown Fort Worth and 20 miles west of downtown Dallas.
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34.7 median age · 14.0% married households
Located in
Williamson County, Texas
Austin, AWST-tin) is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States and the 4th-most populous city in Texas. It is the fastest growing large city in the United States, the second most populous state capital after Phoenix, Arizona, and the southern-most state capital in the contiguous 48 states. As of the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2016 estimate, Austin has a population of 947,890. Located in Central Texas in the foothills of Texas Hill Country, the city is home to numerous lakes, rivers, and waterways including Lady Bird Lake, Barton Springs, McKinney Falls, the Colorado River, Lake Travis, and Lake Walter E. Long. It is the cultural and economic center of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan statistical area, which had an estimated population of 2,056,405 as of July 1, 2016.
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30.3 median age · 10.0% married households
Located in
Bell County, Texas
Killeen is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. According to the 2010 census, its population was 127,921, making it the 2most populous city in Texas. It is the principal city of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Methodology: How do you determine which city is best for singles in Texas anyways?
To give you the places in Texas which are best for singles to find one another, we used Saturday Night Science to look at a handful of metrics. Of course, we want to measure the type of people who live in each city and make some assumptions about what single people like.
So we researched the internet for a database that contains all that information.
We threw a lot of criteria at this one to get the best, most complete results possible. Using the 2020-2024 American Community Survey Census data produced for the state of Texas, we looked at every single city in the state. We paid particular attention to:
- Population density
- % of population that’s male vs. female (closer to a 50-50 ratio is better)
- % of households with kids
- Median age
- Number of unmarried people in each city
We then gave each city a “Singles Score.”
The higher the score, the better the city is for singles to find one another. We also limited our results to cities with over 10,000 people. For Texas, that meant a total of 230 cities.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our eleventh time ranking the best cities for singles in Texas.
Read on to see why Dallas is the talk of the town while Heath is probably a bit on the bland side.
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Best Cities For Singles In Texas
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| Rank | City | Singles Score | Population | Median Age | % Married Households | % Households w/ Kids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas | 25.80 | 1,307,930 | 33.4 | 14.0% | 27.7% |
| 2 | Stafford | 31.60 | 17,401 | 32.3 | 12.0% | 29.9% |
| 3 | Farmers Branch | 34.20 | 36,645 | 33.4 | 13.0% | 26.1% |
| 4 | Irving | 42.00 | 256,492 | 32.8 | 10.0% | 36.1% |
| 5 | Houston | 43.60 | 2,328,253 | 34.4 | 13.0% | 29.3% |
| 6 | College Station | 46.00 | 124,570 | 22.9 | 13.0% | 24.4% |
| 7 | Addison | 47.40 | 17,290 | 35.0 | 8.0% | 8.2% |
| 8 | Arlington | 57.00 | 397,742 | 33.7 | 16.0% | 34.6% |
| 9 | Austin | 58.30 | 979,539 | 34.7 | 14.0% | 22.7% |
| 10 | Killeen | 58.90 | 158,159 | 30.3 | 10.0% | 37.9% |
| 11 | Carrollton | 59.20 | 133,740 | 39.2 | 13.0% | 29.2% |
| 12 | Canyon | 60.70 | 15,723 | 28.7 | 24.0% | 31.1% |
| 13 | Richardson | 60.80 | 118,731 | 33.9 | 14.0% | 27.9% |
| 14 | Euless | 60.80 | 60,421 | 34.8 | 13.0% | 32.3% |
| 15 | San Antonio | 63.60 | 1,479,835 | 34.9 | 20.0% | 31.3% |
| 16 | Garland | 64.70 | 246,844 | 35.0 | 16.0% | 36.5% |
| 17 | Lewisville | 64.80 | 131,080 | 35.0 | 14.0% | 32.4% |
| 18 | Pasadena | 66.20 | 149,433 | 33.0 | 19.0% | 38.7% |
| 19 | Plano | 67.70 | 290,594 | 39.6 | 13.0% | 32.2% |
| 20 | The Colony | 69.50 | 45,454 | 37.8 | 19.0% | 28.3% |
| 21 | Bryan | 69.60 | 87,939 | 32.0 | 22.0% | 29.5% |
| 22 | Webster | 72.30 | 12,366 | 33.3 | 16.0% | 22.4% |
| 23 | Denton | 72.40 | 152,866 | 31.4 | 16.0% | 26.3% |
| 24 | Edinburg | 74.40 | 104,550 | 30.2 | 23.0% | 38.2% |
| 25 | San Marcos | 75.10 | 70,897 | 25.5 | 16.0% | 18.8% |
| 26 | Alamo | 75.30 | 20,255 | 29.2 | 18.0% | 41.6% |
| 27 | Round Rock | 76.00 | 127,786 | 36.2 | 17.0% | 35.5% |
| 28 | Copperas Cove | 76.90 | 37,947 | 34.1 | 13.0% | 36.4% |
| 29 | El Paso | 77.90 | 680,130 | 34.5 | 19.0% | 35.9% |
| 30 | Grand Prairie | 78.10 | 201,883 | 34.4 | 16.0% | 37.7% |
| 31 | Fort Worth | 79.10 | 963,194 | 33.6 | 18.0% | 35.6% |
| 32 | South Houston | 80.60 | 16,033 | 31.2 | 15.0% | 47.5% |
| 33 | University Park | 80.90 | 25,155 | 29.4 | 23.0% | 49.6% |
| 34 | Balch Springs | 81.40 | 27,255 | 32.2 | 21.0% | 45.3% |
| 35 | Lubbock | 81.80 | 264,814 | 30.5 | 26.0% | 28.0% |
| 36 | Waco | 82.50 | 143,570 | 29.7 | 20.0% | 29.2% |
| 37 | Richmond | 82.80 | 12,582 | 36.6 | 16.0% | 19.6% |
| 38 | McAllen | 84.20 | 145,385 | 33.5 | 21.0% | 39.1% |
| 39 | Clute | 84.70 | 10,715 | 30.0 | 21.0% | 32.6% |
| 40 | Laredo | 85.40 | 257,619 | 29.9 | 22.0% | 48.4% |
| 41 | Harker Heights | 85.50 | 34,128 | 33.0 | 11.0% | 45.3% |
| 42 | Eagle Pass | 86.90 | 28,339 | 30.0 | 20.0% | 41.9% |
| 43 | Watauga | 86.90 | 23,233 | 36.2 | 23.0% | 34.5% |
| 44 | Conroe | 87.90 | 102,360 | 33.7 | 20.0% | 33.8% |
| 45 | Kingsville | 88.40 | 24,994 | 26.3 | 28.0% | 31.7% |
| 46 | McKinney | 88.80 | 210,600 | 36.9 | 16.0% | 41.7% |
| 47 | Pharr | 88.80 | 80,333 | 29.7 | 17.0% | 49.8% |
| 48 | Baytown | 89.80 | 85,205 | 34.0 | 18.0% | 37.4% |
| 49 | Huntsville | 90.80 | 47,864 | 31.3 | 14.0% | 20.1% |
| 50 | Humble | 91.10 | 16,521 | 32.1 | 12.0% | 39.9% |
| 51 | Grapevine | 91.80 | 51,139 | 39.7 | 18.0% | 27.0% |
| 52 | Portland | 91.90 | 20,543 | 34.7 | 32.0% | 32.4% |
| 53 | Harlingen | 92.00 | 72,087 | 33.4 | 25.0% | 34.5% |
| 54 | Cibolo | 92.20 | 35,109 | 36.0 | 19.0% | 44.2% |
| 55 | Mesquite | 92.50 | 149,299 | 32.9 | 18.0% | 39.3% |
| 56 | Palmview | 93.10 | 15,921 | 38.8 | 16.0% | 36.8% |
| 57 | Nacogdoches | 93.40 | 32,197 | 25.6 | 21.0% | 24.1% |
| 58 | Galena Park | 93.50 | 10,487 | 33.0 | 11.0% | 41.7% |
| 59 | Hurst | 93.90 | 39,861 | 37.8 | 21.0% | 29.0% |
| 60 | Stephenville | 94.10 | 21,682 | 25.1 | 22.0% | 27.0% |
| 61 | Hereford | 94.10 | 14,840 | 29.4 | 26.0% | 44.0% |
| 62 | San Angelo | 94.20 | 99,674 | 35.5 | 28.0% | 29.9% |
| 63 | Mount Pleasant | 94.40 | 16,136 | 30.1 | 19.0% | 42.6% |
| 64 | Dumas | 96.00 | 14,452 | 30.6 | 20.0% | 37.9% |
| 65 | Bedford | 96.10 | 49,085 | 39.5 | 20.0% | 26.1% |
| 66 | Coppell | 96.30 | 42,154 | 41.1 | 15.0% | 40.3% |
| 67 | Seabrook | 97.00 | 13,768 | 42.2 | 18.0% | 24.9% |
| 68 | Donna | 97.20 | 16,833 | 28.2 | 23.0% | 44.0% |
| 69 | Alton | 98.40 | 20,214 | 26.1 | 20.0% | 55.1% |
| 70 | Allen | 98.50 | 110,265 | 38.4 | 15.0% | 41.7% |
| 71 | Kyle | 98.90 | 56,823 | 34.1 | 22.0% | 38.5% |
| 72 | Frisco | 99.20 | 219,304 | 38.3 | 12.0% | 46.9% |
| 73 | Rowlett | 100.10 | 65,463 | 39.9 | 26.0% | 33.6% |
| 74 | Pampa | 100.20 | 16,659 | 35.3 | 27.0% | 33.5% |
| 75 | Galveston | 100.30 | 53,424 | 41.5 | 19.0% | 16.5% |
| 76 | Corsicana | 100.30 | 25,511 | 33.3 | 23.0% | 32.8% |
| 77 | Port Arthur | 100.50 | 55,828 | 35.5 | 17.0% | 35.8% |
| 78 | Corpus Christi | 101.50 | 317,419 | 36.9 | 28.0% | 32.3% |
| 79 | Deer Park | 102.10 | 33,967 | 38.0 | 34.0% | 33.9% |
| 80 | San Juan | 103.20 | 36,149 | 30.7 | 22.0% | 48.3% |
| 81 | Odessa | 103.30 | 115,322 | 31.1 | 26.0% | 39.5% |
| 82 | Selma | 103.70 | 11,503 | 34.9 | 18.0% | 43.4% |
| 83 | Marshall | 104.40 | 23,825 | 32.5 | 17.0% | 32.8% |
| 84 | Pflugerville | 105.30 | 65,971 | 37.3 | 19.0% | 40.8% |
| 85 | Uvalde | 106.00 | 15,417 | 34.3 | 25.0% | 35.6% |
| 86 | Beaumont | 106.10 | 113,279 | 35.3 | 24.0% | 31.2% |
| 87 | Bellaire | 106.60 | 17,206 | 43.1 | 20.0% | 40.6% |
| 88 | Belton | 106.70 | 24,356 | 32.4 | 19.0% | 30.4% |
| 89 | Duncanville | 107.70 | 39,683 | 36.2 | 20.0% | 37.2% |
| 90 | Wichita Falls | 107.90 | 102,581 | 33.8 | 22.0% | 29.4% |
| 91 | Amarillo | 108.00 | 201,885 | 35.1 | 27.0% | 32.0% |
| 92 | Tyler | 108.00 | 109,215 | 35.0 | 22.0% | 30.5% |
| 93 | Mission | 108.00 | 87,038 | 34.9 | 20.0% | 40.9% |
| 94 | Live Oak | 108.40 | 15,984 | 35.7 | 19.0% | 35.4% |
| 95 | Princeton | 108.80 | 25,229 | 32.4 | 18.0% | 52.2% |
| 96 | Cedar Park | 109.00 | 78,301 | 37.7 | 17.0% | 41.4% |
| 97 | White Settlement | 109.00 | 18,150 | 35.1 | 22.0% | 36.5% |
| 98 | Dickinson | 109.20 | 21,753 | 33.4 | 28.0% | 41.7% |
| 99 | Weslaco | 109.40 | 42,229 | 31.1 | 24.0% | 41.2% |
| 100 | Borger | 109.50 | 12,226 | 38.6 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 230 cities with more than 10,000 residents.
Summary
Summary: The Best Cities For Singles In Texas For 2026
If you’re looking for a breakdown of cities in Texas ranked by criteria that most agree make a place a great spot for finding a single person (and potentially love), this is an accurate list.
The best cities for singles in Texas are Dallas, Stafford, Farmers Branch, Irving, Houston, College Station, Addison, Arlington, Austin, and Killeen.
