Are you sick of being a city slicker?
Do you long for life in suburban Texas? Where you can drive an overly-large vehicle to the store for groceries and schlep the kids around to practices and appointments without worrying about a parking space.
We do, too.
If you wanted to move out to the suburbs in Texas, where would you go? And how would you decide on the ranking factors to help you pick which Texas suburb was best?
No worries. We got it all figured out here using Saturday Night Science.
$201,054 median income · $701,041 median home price
Located in
Tarrant County, Texas
Trophy Club is a wealthy northern suburb of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. It is Texas- first premiere planned community, built around the only golf course designed by Ben Hogan. The Trophy Club Country Club features two, 18-hole premiere golf courses. Trophy Club residents enjoy miles of planned pathways, beautiful medians, and over 1,000 acres of parks. It is located in Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 8,024 at the 2010 Census. It has been acknowledged multiple times by D Magazine as one of the best places to live in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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$218,328 median income · $913,049 median home price
Located in
Tarrant County, Texas
Colleyville is a city and suburb of Fort Worth located in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States. Located roughly 3.5 miles from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the population was 22,807 at the 2010 census. Emerging from a number of small, rural settlements along the Cotton Belt Route, Colleyville was originally known as Bransford when Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley settled there in 1880. He was a prominent area physician and a veteran of the Union Army. In 1914 when Walter G. Couch opened a grocery store near Dr. Colley’s home the community was renamed Colleyville in his honor.
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$250,001 median income · $2,420,171 median home price
Located in
Dallas County, Texas
University Park is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States, an inner northern suburb of Dallas. The population was 23,068 at the 2010 census. The city is home to Southern Methodist University.
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$250,001 median income · $1,560,991 median home price
Located in
Harris County, Texas
West University Place, often called West University or West U for short, is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area and southwestern Harris County. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city was 14,787. It is nicknamed “The Neighborhood City” and is mainly a bedroom community for upper-class families.
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$250,001 median income · $1,301,365 median home price
Located in
Tarrant County, Texas
Southlake is a city located predominantly in Tarrant County with minor areas extending into Denton County in the U.S. state of Texas. Southlake is a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 26,575. Southlake is known for public schools, Southlake Town Square, its wealth, Gateway Church and Carroll High School’s 8-time state champion Football and Men’s Swim & Dive team.
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$183,088 median income · $731,192 median home price
Located in
Bexar County, Texas
Alamo Heights is an incorporated city that is surrounded by the city of San Antonio in Bexar County in the U.S. state of Texas. At the time of the 2010 census, the population of Alamo Heights was 7,031. It is part of the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. A portion of the University of the Incarnate Word is in Alamo Heights. The current mayor of Alamo Heights is The Honorable Bobby Rosenthal.
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$146,235 median income · $619,492 median home price
Located in
Denton County, Texas
Coppell is a city in the northwest corner of Dallas County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of Dallas and a bedroom community in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The population was 38,659 at the 2010 census. A small area in the far northern portion of the city extends into neighboring Denton County.
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$174,950 median income · $652,144 median home price
Located in
Tarrant County, Texas
Keller is a suburban city in Tarrant County, Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Keller advertises itself as “successfully balancing big-city comforts with small-town charm.” According to the 2010 census, the city’s population is 39,627, making Keller the 74th most populated city in Texas.
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$161,235 median income · $609,719 median home price
Located in
Tarrant County, Texas
Flower Mound is an incorporated town located in Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Located northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort Worth adjacent to Grapevine Lake, the town derives its name from a prominent 12.5-acre mound located in the center of town.
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$250,001 median income · $2,891,619 median home price
Located in
Dallas County, Texas
Highland Park is a town in central Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is among the five wealthiest locations in Texas, and the most affluent suburb of Dallas. The population was 8,564 at the 2010 census. It is located between the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. Route 75, 4 miles north of downtown Dallas.
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Where Texas’s best suburbs are
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Methodology: How we crunched the suburb numbers for the Lone Star State
We have to use Saturday Night Science and look at several metrics to give you the best suburbs in Texas. We want to measure the type of place around major cities that people arguing at a bar would say makes it the “best suburb.”
First, we had to define a suburb. Using U.S. Census data produced for the state of Texas, we looked at every town with at least 5,000 residents, and within 30 miles of a city that’s over 200,000 people.
In other words, suburbs.
We paid particular attention to the following criteria:
- Median Home Values
- Median Income
- Population Density (Higher is Better)
- Unemployment Rates
- Commute Time
- Education Levels
- Health Insurance Coverage
- Poverty Rates
We ranked each suburb in Texas across these criteria from one to 161, with one being the best.
We then took the average rank across all criteria, with the town posting the lowest overall score being crowned the winner of the title “Best Suburb To Live In Texas.”
The result is some of the safest, quietest, and ideal places to live in Texas.
Read on to see why Trophy Club is the ‘burb with the most, while Wilmer is probably not the best place to live in Texas.
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The Best Suburbs In Texas
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| Rank | City | Population | Median Income | Median Home Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trophy Club | 13,733 | $201,054 | $701,041 |
| 2 | Colleyville | 26,012 | $218,328 | $913,049 |
| 3 | University Park | 25,155 | $250,001 | $2,420,171 |
| 4 | West University Place | 14,982 | $250,001 | $1,560,991 |
| 5 | Southlake | 31,137 | $250,001 | $1,301,365 |
| 6 | Alamo Heights | 7,492 | $183,088 | $731,192 |
| 7 | Coppell | 42,154 | $146,235 | $619,492 |
| 8 | Keller | 45,976 | $174,950 | $652,144 |
| 9 | Flower Mound | 78,389 | $161,235 | $609,719 |
| 10 | Highland Park | 8,773 | $250,001 | $2,891,619 |
| 11 | Corinth | 23,385 | $120,580 | $410,565 |
| 12 | Bellaire | 17,206 | $244,015 | $1,164,142 |
| 13 | Lakeway | 19,307 | $190,060 | $741,100 |
| 14 | Murphy | 21,188 | $175,699 | $571,960 |
| 15 | Terrell Hills | 5,070 | $186,400 | $883,660 |
| 16 | Fulshear | 34,868 | $187,035 | $505,480 |
| 17 | Parker | 5,999 | $229,080 | $1,088,169 |
| 18 | Allen | 110,265 | $130,901 | $493,532 |
| 19 | Friendswood | 41,030 | $126,508 | $457,135 |
| 20 | Hickory Creek | 5,611 | $148,852 | $494,276 |
| 21 | Cedar Park | 78,301 | $129,545 | $471,699 |
| 22 | Helotes | 9,630 | $132,675 | $462,259 |
| 23 | Sugar Land | 110,016 | $136,217 | $447,176 |
| 24 | Bee Cave | 8,862 | $111,172 | $823,338 |
| 25 | Argyle | 5,371 | $181,352 | $594,342 |
| 26 | Fair Oaks Ranch | 10,728 | $174,327 | $697,347 |
| 27 | Melissa | 20,136 | $138,763 | $434,769 |
| 28 | Sachse | 30,491 | $131,808 | $433,037 |
| 29 | Leander | 74,067 | $139,048 | $425,972 |
| 30 | Heath | 10,777 | $220,828 | $708,331 |
| 31 | Celina | 34,268 | $170,894 | $546,742 |
| 32 | Aledo | 5,825 | $163,231 | $537,268 |
| 33 | Krum | 6,189 | $124,405 | $338,248 |
| 34 | Prosper | 37,869 | $195,281 | $784,350 |
| 35 | Justin | 5,447 | $114,157 | $371,851 |
| 36 | Pearland | 127,514 | $118,842 | $382,157 |
| 37 | Mansfield | 77,510 | $121,126 | $444,293 |
| 38 | Wylie | 60,334 | $119,522 | $421,548 |
| 38 | The Colony | 45,454 | $114,511 | $406,282 |
| 40 | Canyon | 15,723 | $69,772 | $295,887 |
| 41 | Rockwall | 51,168 | $115,580 | $480,553 |
| 41 | Buda | 15,859 | $123,766 | $354,685 |
| 43 | Lucas | 8,351 | $221,364 | $1,074,131 |
| 44 | Lake Dallas | 7,822 | $76,879 | $347,097 |
| 45 | Wolfforth | 6,701 | $106,250 | $268,400 |
| 46 | Carrollton | 133,740 | $101,396 | $406,040 |
| 47 | Bulverde | 6,486 | $112,188 | $476,432 |
| 48 | Fate | 22,884 | $132,752 | $361,762 |
| 49 | Hutto | 35,483 | $118,834 | $338,960 |
| 50 | Boerne | 20,518 | $84,541 | $554,313 |
| 51 | Round Rock | 127,786 | $99,287 | $407,077 |
| 52 | Willow Park | 5,874 | $132,045 | $407,700 |
| 53 | Cibolo | 35,109 | $122,365 | $335,092 |
| 54 | Bedford | 49,085 | $83,971 | $374,676 |
| 55 | Fairview | 10,783 | $109,347 | $660,166 |
| 56 | Dripping Springs | 7,405 | $109,364 | $689,080 |
| 57 | Van Alstyne | 5,952 | $102,469 | $433,827 |
| 58 | Rowlett | 65,463 | $112,081 | $371,473 |
| 59 | Pflugerville | 65,971 | $117,799 | $377,293 |
| 59 | Grapevine | 51,139 | $111,376 | $552,148 |
| 61 | Sunnyvale | 8,336 | $170,348 | $631,290 |
| 62 | Richardson | 118,731 | $98,111 | $440,400 |
| 63 | Roanoke | 10,286 | $97,295 | $428,021 |
| 64 | Iowa Colony | 12,891 | $144,092 | $339,032 |
| 65 | Nassau Bay | 5,230 | $71,696 | $397,247 |
| 66 | Midlothian | 39,356 | $126,641 | $450,602 |
| 67 | Addison | 17,290 | $73,854 | $490,587 |
| 68 | North Richland Hills | 70,780 | $97,305 | $367,728 |
| 69 | Lavon | 6,498 | $131,303 | $349,797 |
| 70 | Burleson | 52,918 | $93,928 | $338,945 |
| 71 | Northlake | 8,283 | $123,469 | $497,061 |
| 71 | Sanger | 9,641 | $91,075 | $359,317 |
| 73 | Oak Point | 5,887 | $126,290 | $419,835 |
| 74 | Benbrook | 24,557 | $86,292 | $316,645 |
| 75 | Portland | 20,543 | $83,865 | $267,661 |
| 76 | Lewisville | 131,080 | $89,233 | $393,896 |
| 77 | Little Elm | 54,820 | $119,219 | $403,397 |
| 78 | Live Oak | 15,984 | $79,696 | $247,030 |
| 79 | Schertz | 44,050 | $99,948 | $314,686 |
| 80 | Deer Park | 33,967 | $100,382 | $280,749 |
| 81 | Saginaw | 24,970 | $97,276 | $299,871 |
| 82 | New Braunfels | 104,643 | $86,021 | $350,104 |
| 83 | Georgetown | 85,999 | $95,062 | $426,799 |
| 84 | Anna | 24,330 | $105,593 | $349,537 |
| 85 | Farmers Branch | 36,645 | $91,186 | $377,734 |
| 86 | Mont Belvieu | 9,020 | $132,781 | $439,307 |
| 87 | Kennedale | 9,439 | $118,794 | $383,332 |
| 88 | Princeton | 25,229 | $105,200 | $294,071 |
| 89 | Watauga | 23,233 | $91,171 | $277,103 |
| 90 | Venus | 6,745 | $106,023 | $321,977 |
| 91 | Aubrey | 7,396 | $101,574 | $363,613 |
| 91 | Liberty Hill | 8,371 | $115,096 | $485,096 |
| 93 | Weatherford | 35,788 | $81,516 | $394,881 |
| 94 | Windcrest | 5,820 | $89,844 | $309,779 |
| 95 | Joshua | 8,550 | $68,117 | $355,622 |
| 96 | Euless | 60,421 | $82,167 | $357,017 |
| 97 | Converse | 29,607 | $94,222 | $245,937 |
| 98 | Seabrook | 13,768 | $102,726 | $348,376 |
| 99 | Manvel | 14,758 | $118,808 | $443,743 |
| 100 | Crowley | 19,532 | $95,030 | $314,947 |
Source: U.S. Census ACS via Saturday Night Science. 161 Texas suburbs within 30 miles of a city over 200,000.
Summary
Summary: There You Have It – The Best Suburbs In Texas
If you’re measuring the locations in Texas where there are lots to do, and everyone wants to live, this is an accurate list.
The best suburbs in Texas are Trophy Club, Colleyville, University Park, West University Place, Southlake, Alamo Heights, Coppell, Keller, Flower Mound, and Highland Park. Not sold on Texas? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Best Suburbs In Texas FAQs
What is the best suburb in Texas?
Trophy Club is the best suburb to live in Texas for 2026, according to Saturday Night Science. It pairs a $201,054 median household income with a $701,041 median home value.
What are the best suburbs in Texas?
The best suburbs in Texas are Trophy Club, Colleyville, University Park, West University Place, Southlake, Alamo Heights, Coppell, Keller, Flower Mound, and Highland Park. We ranked all 161 qualifying Texas suburbs.
What counts as a suburb?
For this ranking, a suburb is a town within 30 miles of a city with more than 200,000 people. 161 Texas places fit that definition this year.
How do you rank the best suburbs?
Suburbs are scored on home values, income, density, unemployment, commute times, education, insurance coverage, and poverty, using Census American Community Survey data. The best average across all eight wins.
Which Texas suburb ranked last?
Wilmer came in last of the 161 Texas suburbs we scored. Somebody has to, and the full ordering is in the table above.
