There are all types when it comes to being a snob in Texas. You’ve got your Wine Snobs, Book Snobs, and, of course, Clothes Snobs. Then there are the Technology Snobs, Car Snobs, and yes, even City Snobs — as in, I’m better than you because I live in (insert snooty city here).
How can we tell which Texas cities are the snobbiest? By measuring snobby things, that’s how.
We used Saturday Night Science to look at things like expensive homes, high incomes, and overly educated populations by city in Texas. These are the criteria you’d argue with a friend over a foodie dinner about who’s snobbier.
After analyzing 354 of the state’s most populous areas over 5,000 people, we came up with this ranking of the ten snobbiest places in the state of Texas.
The Texan in these places aren’t snobby, they just know they’re better than you.
$250,001 median income · $2,420,171 median home · #2 income in Texas
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 · $2,891,619 median home · #2 income in Texas
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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$250,001 median income · $1,560,991 median home · #2 income in Texas
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 · #2 income in Texas
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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$244,015 median income · $1,164,142 median home · #5 income in Texas
Located in
Harris County, Texas
Bellaire is a city in southwest Harris County, Texas, United States, within the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city population was 16,855 and is surrounded by the cities of Houston and West University Place.
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$186,400 median income · $883,660 median home · #14 income in Texas
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$218,328 median income · $913,049 median home · #9 income in Texas
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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$190,060 median income · $741,100 median home · #12 income in Texas
Located in
Travis County, Texas
Lakeway is a city in Travis County, Texas, United States. The population was 11,391 at the 2010 census; up from 8,002 in 2000. The city is located next to Lake Travis. It is a suburb in Greater Austin.
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$221,364 median income · $1,074,131 median home · #7 income in Texas
Located in
Collin County, Texas
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$229,080 median income · $1,088,169 median home · #6 income in Texas
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Compare the top ten
Pick a metric. The bars rescale. The red line is Texas’s statewide median.
Texas statewide median: $78,476
Texas statewide median: $300,957
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Where the snobs live in Texas
Saturday Night Science
How we determined the snobbiest cities in the Lone Star State
Do you think we’d just come up with this list willy-nilly? Not a chance – we only use Saturday Night Science around here.
We gathered up all of the places in Texas with populations of 5,000 people or more. This left us with a total of 354 places. Then, we looked at each place in terms of these snoot-er-iffic criteria (And no, it’s not a word. English snob.):
- Median home price (Higher is snobbier)
- Median household income (Higher is snobbier)
- Percent of population with a college degree (Higher is snobbier)
Incomes and college education levels come from the American Community Survey. Home prices come from Zillow.
Turned out this simple criteria was much better at sniffing out the snobby places then more snobby criteria like:
- Libaries per capita (Higher is snobbier)
- Museums per capita (Higher is snobbier)
- Private schools per capita (Higher is snobbier)
From there, we ranked each of our 354 places in each category with scores from one to 354. We then averaged each place’s ranking into one overall score, where the lowest score went to the snobbiest place in Texas. So let’s all flip a table in honor of University Park (with our pinkies up, of course.)
Before you get upset and ruin your blowout or something drastic here, let’s remember that this is all in good fun. Would we live in one of these 10 places if we had the chance? Of course, we would.
And it’s not like your real estate agent would ever point out how snobby the town you’re moving to is. We’re here to keep you grounded, even if you’re wearing a monocle.
The full plate
Table: The Snobbiest Cities In Texas For 2026
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| Rank | City | Snob Score | Population | Median Income | Average Home Prices | Adult Highly Educated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University Park | 1.83 | 25,155 | $250,001 | $2,420,171 | 92.0% |
| 2 | Highland Park | 2.17 | 8,773 | $250,001 | $2,891,619 | 89.0% |
| 3 | West University Place | 2.50 | 14,982 | $250,001 | $1,560,991 | 91.0% |
| 4 | Southlake | 4.17 | 31,137 | $250,001 | $1,301,365 | 76.0% |
| 5 | Bellaire | 4.67 | 17,206 | $244,015 | $1,164,142 | 83.0% |
| 6 | Terrell Hills | 9.33 | 5,070 | $186,400 | $883,660 | 77.0% |
| 7 | Colleyville | 9.67 | 26,012 | $218,328 | $913,049 | 68.0% |
| 8 | Lakeway | 10.50 | 19,307 | $190,060 | $741,100 | 75.0% |
| 9 | Lucas | 11.17 | 8,351 | $221,364 | $1,074,131 | 65.0% |
| 10 | Parker | 11.67 | 5,999 | $229,080 | $1,088,169 | 63.0% |
| 11 | Prosper | 12.33 | 37,869 | $195,281 | $784,350 | 67.0% |
| 12 | Alamo Heights | 12.33 | 7,492 | $183,088 | $731,192 | 73.0% |
| 13 | Trophy Club | 13.33 | 13,733 | $201,054 | $701,041 | 67.0% |
| 14 | Heath | 16.00 | 10,777 | $220,828 | $708,331 | 62.0% |
| 15 | Fair Oaks Ranch | 16.67 | 10,728 | $174,327 | $697,347 | 67.0% |
| 16 | Fulshear | 17.50 | 34,868 | $187,035 | $505,480 | 75.0% |
| 17 | Frisco | 18.33 | 219,304 | $150,212 | $656,758 | 68.0% |
| 18 | Coppell | 19.33 | 42,154 | $146,235 | $619,492 | 71.0% |
| 19 | Argyle | 20.67 | 5,371 | $181,352 | $594,342 | 64.0% |
| 20 | Flower Mound | 21.00 | 78,389 | $161,235 | $609,719 | 66.0% |
| 21 | Murphy | 22.00 | 21,188 | $175,699 | $571,960 | 62.0% |
| 22 | Keller | 22.50 | 45,976 | $174,950 | $652,144 | 60.0% |
| 23 | Celina | 22.50 | 34,268 | $170,894 | $546,742 | 65.0% |
| 24 | Sunnyvale | 24.83 | 8,336 | $170,348 | $631,290 | 58.0% |
| 25 | Aledo | 28.50 | 5,825 | $163,231 | $537,268 | 57.0% |
| 26 | Dripping Springs | 32.00 | 7,405 | $109,364 | $689,080 | 68.0% |
| 27 | Sugar Land | 34.00 | 110,016 | $136,217 | $447,176 | 62.0% |
| 28 | Bee Cave | 34.00 | 8,862 | $111,172 | $823,338 | 62.0% |
| 29 | Allen | 35.17 | 110,265 | $130,901 | $493,532 | 58.0% |
| 30 | Hickory Creek | 37.67 | 5,611 | $148,852 | $494,276 | 48.0% |
| 31 | Fairview | 39.00 | 10,783 | $109,347 | $660,166 | 59.0% |
| 32 | Cedar Park | 39.67 | 78,301 | $129,545 | $471,699 | 55.0% |
| 33 | McKinney | 40.00 | 210,600 | $124,215 | $481,963 | 55.0% |
| 34 | Helotes | 40.67 | 9,630 | $132,675 | $462,259 | 52.0% |
| 35 | Melissa | 41.17 | 20,136 | $138,763 | $434,769 | 53.0% |
| 36 | Plano | 41.50 | 290,594 | $112,253 | $498,989 | 60.0% |
| 37 | Leander | 41.67 | 74,067 | $139,048 | $425,972 | 54.0% |
| 38 | Northlake | 41.67 | 8,283 | $123,469 | $497,061 | 52.0% |
| 39 | Friendswood | 42.17 | 41,030 | $126,508 | $457,135 | 53.0% |
| 40 | Grapevine | 42.67 | 51,139 | $111,376 | $552,148 | 57.0% |
| 41 | Sachse | 46.83 | 30,491 | $131,808 | $433,037 | 49.0% |
| 42 | Willow Park | 47.33 | 5,874 | $132,045 | $407,700 | 52.0% |
| 43 | Oak Point | 47.50 | 5,887 | $126,290 | $419,835 | 53.0% |
| 44 | Rockwall | 49.17 | 51,168 | $115,580 | $480,553 | 49.0% |
| 45 | Woodway | 52.50 | 9,570 | $115,108 | $368,723 | 65.0% |
| 46 | Austin | 52.67 | 979,539 | $93,658 | $508,530 | 61.0% |
| 47 | Bulverde | 55.33 | 6,486 | $112,188 | $476,432 | 45.0% |
| 48 | Corinth | 56.17 | 23,385 | $120,580 | $410,565 | 46.0% |
| 49 | Richardson | 58.00 | 118,731 | $98,111 | $440,400 | 56.0% |
| 50 | Mansfield | 58.33 | 77,510 | $121,126 | $444,293 | 42.0% |
| 51 | Pearland | 59.67 | 127,514 | $118,842 | $382,157 | 47.0% |
| 52 | The Colony | 60.00 | 45,454 | $114,511 | $406,282 | 47.0% |
| 53 | Wylie | 60.33 | 60,334 | $119,522 | $421,548 | 43.0% |
| 54 | Iowa Colony | 60.67 | 12,891 | $144,092 | $339,032 | 49.0% |
| 55 | Buda | 61.17 | 15,859 | $123,766 | $354,685 | 50.0% |
| 56 | Little Elm | 61.50 | 54,820 | $119,219 | $403,397 | 44.0% |
| 57 | Manvel | 62.00 | 14,758 | $118,808 | $443,743 | 40.0% |
| 58 | Midlothian | 62.33 | 39,356 | $126,641 | $450,602 | 36.0% |
| 59 | Fate | 63.17 | 22,884 | $132,752 | $361,762 | 43.0% |
| 60 | Mont Belvieu | 65.50 | 9,020 | $132,781 | $439,307 | 34.0% |
| 61 | Boerne | 66.67 | 20,518 | $84,541 | $554,313 | 47.0% |
| 62 | Pflugerville | 67.00 | 65,971 | $117,799 | $377,293 | 44.0% |
| 63 | Roanoke | 67.33 | 10,286 | $97,295 | $428,021 | 47.0% |
| 64 | Georgetown | 69.00 | 85,999 | $95,062 | $426,799 | 47.0% |
| 65 | Addison | 69.17 | 17,290 | $73,854 | $490,587 | 65.0% |
| 66 | Carrollton | 69.83 | 133,740 | $101,396 | $406,040 | 45.0% |
| 67 | Round Rock | 70.00 | 127,786 | $99,287 | $407,077 | 45.0% |
| 68 | Lavon | 70.33 | 6,498 | $131,303 | $349,797 | 42.0% |
| 69 | Farmers Branch | 72.50 | 36,645 | $91,186 | $377,734 | 53.0% |
| 70 | Katy | 72.50 | 25,184 | $114,912 | $338,082 | 50.0% |
| 71 | Justin | 73.83 | 5,447 | $114,157 | $371,851 | 41.0% |
| 72 | Liberty Hill | 74.33 | 8,371 | $115,096 | $485,096 | 32.0% |
| 73 | Cibolo | 75.17 | 35,109 | $122,365 | $335,092 | 44.0% |
| 74 | Van Alstyne | 75.17 | 5,952 | $102,469 | $433,827 | 37.0% |
| 75 | Rowlett | 77.67 | 65,463 | $112,081 | $371,473 | 38.0% |
| 76 | Lewisville | 86.00 | 131,080 | $89,233 | $393,896 | 42.0% |
| 77 | Aubrey | 86.17 | 7,396 | $101,574 | $363,613 | 37.0% |
| 78 | Krum | 86.83 | 6,189 | $124,405 | $338,248 | 35.0% |
| 79 | Hutto | 87.00 | 35,483 | $118,834 | $338,960 | 36.0% |
| 80 | Seabrook | 87.33 | 13,768 | $102,726 | $348,376 | 40.0% |
| 81 | North Richland Hills | 89.50 | 70,780 | $97,305 | $367,728 | 37.0% |
| 82 | Bedford | 90.33 | 49,085 | $83,971 | $374,676 | 43.0% |
| 83 | Red Oak | 90.83 | 17,077 | $104,561 | $344,822 | 37.0% |
| 84 | Kennedale | 94.17 | 9,439 | $118,794 | $383,332 | 27.0% |
| 85 | Schertz | 98.67 | 44,050 | $99,948 | $314,686 | 40.0% |
| 86 | Nassau Bay | 100.17 | 5,230 | $71,696 | $397,247 | 44.0% |
| 87 | New Braunfels | 100.33 | 104,643 | $86,021 | $350,104 | 38.0% |
| 88 | Euless | 100.50 | 60,421 | $82,167 | $357,017 | 39.0% |
| 89 | Anna | 100.67 | 24,330 | $105,593 | $349,537 | 31.0% |
| 90 | Benbrook | 102.17 | 24,557 | $86,292 | $316,645 | 44.0% |
| 91 | Windcrest | 102.50 | 5,820 | $89,844 | $309,779 | 45.0% |
| 92 | Irving | 102.67 | 256,492 | $81,830 | $341,503 | 42.0% |
| 93 | Cedar Hill | 102.67 | 48,879 | $101,909 | $314,931 | 36.0% |
| 94 | Forney | 103.00 | 31,532 | $104,112 | $311,401 | 36.0% |
| 95 | Burleson | 104.83 | 52,918 | $93,928 | $338,945 | 35.0% |
| 96 | Fredericksburg | 104.83 | 11,419 | $64,534 | $517,758 | 43.0% |
| 97 | Denton | 105.33 | 152,866 | $76,019 | $354,135 | 42.0% |
| 98 | Tomball | 106.83 | 13,655 | $78,562 | $360,402 | 37.0% |
| 99 | Waxahachie | 107.67 | 45,347 | $85,723 | $370,257 | 32.0% |
| 100 | Bastrop | 110.83 | 11,156 | $81,551 | $351,852 | 35.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024, Zillow research. 354 places with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
There You Have It – Now That You’re On Your High Horse
When it comes to snobbery, these places in Texas are heading ever upward. Residents in these communities are well educated, well paid, and appear to have all the sophisticated culture and entertainment of an Ernst Lubitsch film right at their fingertips.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
The snobbiest cities in Texas are University Park, Highland Park, West University Place, Southlake, Bellaire, Terrell Hills, Colleyville, Lakeway, Lucas, and Parker. Not sold on Texas? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
