Best cities in Texas

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

Texas's cities, head to head.

What counts: Seeded with approximate real-world figures — the crowd's votes decide the order from here.

Austin▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 2,400,000Median home: $450,000Sunny days: 228
added by IJRin 8 rankings
75
Houston▲ Rising
Metro pop.: 7,300,000Median home: $340,000Sunny days: 204
added by IJRin 7 rankings
35
Dallas
Metro pop.: 8,000,000Median home: $380,000Sunny days: 232
added by IJRin 7 rankings
2
San Antonio▼ Falling
Metro pop.: 2,600,000Median home: $300,000Sunny days: 220
added by IJRin 4 rankings
-19
Fort Worth▼ Falling
Metro pop.: 1,000,000Median home: $340,000Sunny days: 229
added by IJRin 5 rankings
-39

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XXimena Chen18h
Weather is underrated in these rankings until you've done one bad winter.
MMateo Garcia2d
The commute data should be weighted double, honestly.
WWill Kowalski3d
Visited last spring and it absolutely lives up to the hype.
YYara Silva3d
Housing prices moved way faster than this list implies.
IIris RossiJul 28, 2026
Lived in two of these — the cost-of-living numbers are the whole story.