Niche Places Take: “…The Woodlands, outside Houston — shows up on the list, and it tops them all, coming in at No. 1…
…Niche, an online platform that helps people choose schools and places to live, revealed its 2021 Best Cities to Live in America rankings on March 15. Niche generates the rankings by combing through data from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and sifts through millions of reviews from residents. Among the ranking factors that Niche considers are affordability, housing market, neighborhood diversity, public schools, and walkability…”
Alex’s Take: We view Texas as home base. So we look at the data by region. DFW (actually 2 Alex Regions) had the most with 7 including: Arlington Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Irving, Plano and Richardson.
Some may be surprised by West Texas having the next most with 5: Abilene, El Paso, Lubbock, Midland and Odessa. But, its a BIG region!
Same with South Texas next with 4: Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Laredo and McAllen.
East Texas (Alex East Texas Region includes Shreveport) and Houston (Alex includes Beaumont in the Houston Region). East Texas included: Killeen, Shreveport, and Tyler. Houston included: Beaumont, Houston and The Woodlands.
Austin had 2: Austin and Round Rock. The Pan Handle had 2: Amarillo and Wichita Falls.
Rounding out the Texas winners were College Station and San Antonio.
The 29 Best Texas Cities to Live In by Alphabetical Order:
| Count | City | State | Region |
| 1 | Abilene | TX | West |
| 2 | Amarillo | TX | Panhandle |
| 3 | Arlington | TX | Fort Worth |
| 4 | Austin | TX | Austin |
| 5 | Beaumont | TX | Houston |
| 6 | Brownsville | TX | South |
| 7 | College Station | TX | BCS |
| 8 | Corpus Christi | TX | South |
| 9 | Dallas | TX | Dallas |
| 10 | Denton | TX | Dallas |
| 11 | El Paso | TX | West |
| 12 | Fort Worth | TX | Fort Worth |
| 13 | Houston | TX | Houston |
| 14 | Irving | TX | Dallas |
| 15 | Killeen | TX | East |
| 16 | Laredo | TX | South |
| 17 | Lubbock | TX | West |
| 18 | McAllen | TX | South |
| 19 | Midland | TX | West |
| 20 | Odessa | TX | West |
| 21 | Plano | TX | Dallas |
| 22 | Richardson | TX | Dallas |
| 23 | Round Rock | TX | Austin |
| 24 | San Antonio | TX | San Antonio |
| 25 | Shreveport | LA | East |
| 26 | The Woodlands | TX | Houston |
| 27 | Tyler | TX | East |
| 28 | Waco | TX | Central |
| 29 | Wichita Falls | TX | Panhandle |
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