Best places to live in dfw for families

BEST DALLAS SUBURBS
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2019 top 10 Dallas suburbs for families
2019 best Dallas suburbs for families rankings
Methodology
What is the best area to live in DFW?
What is the best part of Texas to raise a family?
Is Fort Worth a good place to raise a family?
Where do Indians live in DFW?

This best suburbs of Dallas for families study analyzes local school performance, public safety and community desirability of 117 DFW cities and towns to identify the 2019 top places in DFW to raise a family.

2019 top 10 Dallas suburbs for families

Southlake
University Park
Parker
Flower Mound
Highland Village
Fairview
Trophy Club
Highland Park
Colleyville
Prosper

Becoming familiar with the analyses on this website can help identify the best places in the Dallas area for you to live. Acquiring the home that best meets your wants and needs, however, usually is done most efficiently with the assistance of a capable real estate agent.

As is further described in the Methodology section at the bottom of this page, this 2019 ranking is based on three principal evaluation factors. Top-rated local schools are of course fundamental to identifying the best suburbs for families with school age children. Low crime rates indicate which Dallas area towns and cities are likely the safest places in which to raise your children. Community desirability and stability was assessed based on where homebuyers are most willing to invest their money in owning a home and which DFW cities and towns already are attracting the highest percentages of school age children. Median house values and the population estimates reported in the U.S. Census Bureau 2017 American Community Survey, also shown in the table below, were not considered in compiling these rankings, and are provided for information only. Included in this best Dallas suburbs for families ranking are Dallas Fort Worth municipalities with populations of about 2,500 and more residents.

2019 best Dallas suburbs for families rankings

The table in which these top Dallas suburbs for families data is presented is searchable and sortable. If you want to sort these suburbs in alphabetical order, double click on the city/town column heading. Change Show entries to All to display complete rankings. To limit the display of information to a single city or town, enter its name in the Search box.

				local schools	safety	stability / desirability
rank	city/town	single-family houses median value	population	academic performance index	% residents high school graduates	violent crime rate	property crime rate	residences owner-occupied	residents under age 18
1	Southlake	$627,700	31,824	96.3	99.3%	0.7	11.7	92.9%	33.0%
2	University Park	$1,193,800	25,201	100.0	99.7%	0.4	12.5	80.4%	29.9%
3	Parker	$492,900	4,610	77.6	89.8%	0.7	4.8	95.3%	31.9%
4	Flower Mound	$312,000	76,681	81.4	96.9%	0.6	9.2	86.9%	28.4%
5	Highland Village	$327,600	16,587	80.3	97.6%	0.7	9.9	94.3%	25.1%
6	Fairview	$354,800	8,950	86.9	99.1%	0.1	6.4	76.7%	22.2%
7	Trophy Club	$348,100	12,340	75.5	97.9%	0.2	6.8	91.1%	29.5%
8	Highland Park	$1,413,900	9,208	85.1	99.0%	0.4	21.2	82.7%	26.6%
9	Colleyville	$456,100	26,674	74.4	98.5%	0.2	5.8	95.9%	24.2%
10	Prosper	$408,300	20,312	74.6	96.1%	0.7	11.2	85.7%	35.6%
11	Allen	$261,600	100,685	82.2	95.3%	1.0	12.5	76.2%	29.8%
12	Keller	$334,000	47,266	76.6	95.5%	0.5	6.3	83.0%	28.0%
13	Murphy	$324,700	20,673	73.0	94.0%	0.3	6.1	84.8%	30.7%
14	Coppell	$344,300	41,941	81.9	96.7%	0.7	12.7	72.0%	26.7%
15	Heath	$423,400	8,720	69.9	97.2%	0.5	7.2	96.0%	24.6%
16	Fate	$210,400	12,090	60.5	96.2%	0.9	3.5	96.4%	38.3%
17	Double Oak	$410,500	3,079	73.9	96.7%	0.6	9.3	93.4%	21.4%
18	Frisco	$335,900	177,286	78.3	95.8%	1.0	14.9	74.0%	31.6%
19	Willow Park	$206,200	5,340	73.2	97.0%	1.1	10.4	88.3%	24.5%
20	Argyle	$381,600	4,100	73.4	98.6%	0.7	6.8	88.8%	19.4%
21	Wylie	$173,500	49,826	70.3	91.4%	0.9	8.7	78.5%	31.9%
22	Celina	$265,400	9,836	64.5	96.2%	0.7	13.0	79.9%	32.0%
23	McKinney	$255,300	181,330	73.4	92.2%	1.5	13.4	66.6%	29.6%
24	Lucas	$544,800	7,483	84.9	95.0%			88.2%	34.1%
25	Plano	$271,300	286,143	80.1	93.9%	1.5	17.3	61.0%	23.4%
26	Melissa	$269,100	9,212	56.5	95.1%	0.4	3.7	87.7%	29.9%
27	Rockwall	$225,500	44,208	71.0	90.9%	1.1	17.8	73.7%	25.8%
28	Mansfield	$218,200	68,928	62.4	94.7%	1.2	12.0	76.0%	29.5%
29	Roanoke	$248,600	8,135	75.5	89.5%	1.2	17.7	60.6%	24.4%
30	Forney	$171,600	20,336	56.1	93.4%	1.2	14.9	84.6%	33.5%
31	Sachse	$198,400	25,937	58.8	88.3%	0.5	11.2	87.2%	25.6%
32	Lavon	$201,700	3,140	45.1	95.1%	0.6	5.5	86.1%	34.7%
33	Grapevine	$273,600	53,982	75.0	91.7%	2.0	23.9	55.4%	24.2%
34	Corinth	$213,400	21,152	55.0	93.0%	1.3	12.2	80.9%	26.0%
35	Little Elm	$205,300	46,548	50.8	92.6%	0.8	5.8	74.6%	31.7%
36	Watauga	$115,700	24,602	58.4	88.7%	1.5	16.5	76.7%	28.2%
37	Midlothian	$170,800	25,254	53.7	93.0%	0.9	16.9	75.6%	28.9%
38	Rowlett	$181,500	62,868	53.3	92.6%	2.2	17.2	87.6%	25.8%
39	Hickory Creek	$224,600	4,596	55.0	95.9%	1.4	17.7	85.9%	17.7%
40	Richardson	$226,100	116,783	64.7	93.7%	1.7	19.8	59.2%	22.5%
41	Saginaw	$138,800	23,014	55.3	91.3%	1.3	22.8	73.4%	28.5%
42	Northlake	$339,000	2,776	74.5	98.1%	1.6	26.3	28.0%	27.8%
43	Burleson	$150,600	46,145	55.1	92.3%	2.0	19.8	72.7%	28.8%
44	Aledo	$189,100	4,232	67.7	95.9%			80.2%	35.9%
45	Sunnyvale	$348,000	6,491	66.4	93.7%			96.2%	28.4%
46	Royse City	$149,600	12,567	50.0	88.4%	1.5	9.9	71.9%	31.7%
47	Anna	$173,100	12,753	45.9	89.1%	0.4	11.3	70.0%	35.4%
48	McLendon-Chisholm	$388,600	2,983	69.9	96.3%			90.8%	24.2%
49	North Richland Hills	$171,200	70,441	61.7	91.6%	2.1	19.4	62.5%	23.7%
50	Aubrey	$148,200	3,391	47.9	88.3%	1.1	3.7	76.8%	25.7%
51	Joshua	$153,000	7,778	51.3	87.1%	1.7	15.0	75.6%	28.8%
52	Lake Dallas	$147,500	7,958	55.0	91.5%	2.9	13.6	71.4%	25.8%
53	Carrollton	$197,500	135,710	60.5	85.9%	1.2	17.5	59.6%	24.0%
54	The Colony	$172,900	42,721	58.8	93.1%	2.6	11.5	60.7%	22.8%
55	Crandall	$136,500	3,624	47.9	91.4%	1.8	14.1	78.3%	27.1%
56	Bedford	$179,600	49,486	63.7	94.5%	2.2	20.6	55.0%	20.0%
57	Euless	$163,700	55,174	65.0	91.5%	1.5	22.8	44.9%	23.3%
58	Hurst	$157,000	39,051	63.8	86.5%	2.2	39.1	64.1%	23.6%
59	Seagoville	$88,800	16,715	56.9	71.5%	1.2	24.1	70.2%	26.2%
60	Richland Hills	$115,500	8,052	62.9	83.7%	2.9	32.8	68.2%	20.7%
61	Kennedale	$171,700	8,338	50.1	83.4%	2.6	17.3	74.9%	26.0%
62	Sanger	$121,800	8,255	47.2	87.9%	2.2	10.3	61.7%	27.7%
63	Princeton	$160,800	10,159	51.5	86.0%	3.4	20.0	61.8%	30.9%
64	Crowley	$131,100	15,389	41.0	90.8%	1.8	20.2	74.3%	29.7%
65	Azle	$123,600	12,495	49.2	90.6%	1.7	24.3	69.0%	22.4%
66	Weatherford	$153,400	30,654	51.3	87.6%	1.1	23.0	57.5%	25.0%
67	Lewisville	$172,100	106,021	60.0	86.3%	2.6	20.1	42.6%	25.4%
68	Providence Village	$176,800	7,127	54.4	97.2%			79.2%	35.2%
69	Venus	$118,300	3,581	40.6	80.6%	1.1	7.6	78.0%	21.5%
70	Red Oak	$167,000	12,780	45.7	83.5%	1.3	28.4	68.9%	29.3%
71	Grand Prairie	$139,600	193,837	49.6	86.3%	3.0	24.4	62.7%	28.3%
72	Decatur	$130,700	6,721	51.5	84.0%	1.5	26.4	55.8%	26.8%
73	Wilmer	$57,200	4,136	54.7	63.9%	1.0	20.4	54.8%	27.1%
74	Shady Shores	$288,000	2,890	55.0	95.0%			87.6%	24.7%
75	Waxahachie	$139,600	35,340	48.0	86.4%	1.5	21.3	54.5%	26.7%
76	Justin	$177,100	3,847	58.5	89.1%			80.9%	26.5%
77	Cedar Hill	$146,200	48,710	41.4	95.5%	2.4	30.7	69.7%	29.6%
78	Benbrook	$157,100	23,590	42.1	94.2%	1.6	19.0	68.3%	21.7%
79	Farmersville	$134,200	3,466	52.1	90.4%	2.3	15.8	52.2%	18.7%
80	Denton	$179,000	136,268	56.2	89.1%	3.0	22.6	47.8%	20.4%
81	Farmers Branch	$160,600	37,088	49.3	84.1%	1.6	21.8	54.7%	22.5%
82	Krum	$164,000	5,020	52.7	89.3%			81.1%	30.7%
83	Springtown	$129,400	2,911	43.6	91.0%	2.8	17.9	61.6%	23.9%
84	Haltom City	$95,300	44,417	52.7	74.8%	3.4	26.4	54.4%	29.4%
85	Oak Point	$192,200	4,128	50.0	94.6%			94.0%	21.4%
86	Garland	$132,600	238,002	49.5	77.6%	3.2	30.3	61.9%	27.5%
87	Glenn Heights	$147,700	13,084	42.0	79.9%	5.4	17.6	70.0%	31.5%
88	Hutchins	$79,000	5,627	54.7	71.7%	2.8	38.6	66.6%	20.2%
89	River Oaks	$88,300	7,703	38.4	77.3%	0.8	17.2	61.4%	26.8%
90	Pantego	$193,400	2,543	54.2	93.0%	7.0	46.3	76.7%	16.1%
91	Cleburne	$97,600	30,230	41.8	78.8%	2.3	23.1	58.9%	26.2%
92	Arlington	$147,000	396,394	49.6	84.7%	5.2	32.0	55.6%	26.3%
93	Keene	$106,300	6,440	45.3	81.9%	4.9	10.4	46.3%	26.9%
94	Bridgeport	$116,700	6,596	46.1	73.0%	4.2	10.3	50.8%	25.3%
95	Alvarado	$97,100	4,124	39.8	83.7%	4.5	23.3	61.0%	29.2%
96	White Settlement	$78,500	17,828	44.5	79.1%	1.8	24.8	48.5%	25.0%
97	Irving	$155,200	240,373	48.3	79.9%	2.3	25.4	37.7%	27.3%
98	Cockrell Hill	$84,900	4,251	53.1	51.8%	3.0	29.6	48.0%	29.6%
99	Greenville	$90,400	27,443	42.4	83.0%	4.0	25.0	53.6%	26.7%
100	Fort Worth	$141,400	874,168	45.2	81.5%	5.6	32.2	57.2%	28.3%
101	Mesquite	$119,000	143,949	43.5	80.2%	4.3	36.5	57.7%	28.9%
102	Granbury	$173,100	9,923	48.7	90.6%	1.5	48.9	49.1%	18.1%
103	Forest Hill	$80,200	12,953	38.1	65.0%	4.8	28.7	73.0%	31.6%
104	Kaufman	$81,900	7,322	42.1	79.6%	3.8	30.0	57.9%	24.5%
105	DeSoto	$155,100	53,568	34.2	88.3%	4.1	26.8	62.3%	26.4%
106	Duncanville	$128,100	39,487	36.2	82.1%	4.7	27.4	64.7%	26.6%
107	Glen Rose	$130,300	2,627	57.5	81.2%			58.3%	19.2%
108	Commerce	$76,500	9,145	35.3	86.4%	4.5	18.2	37.6%	35.6%
109	Lancaster	$109,800	38,386	34.8	87.3%	5.7	31.8	60.4%	31.4%
110	Edgecliff Village	$142,000	3,021	38.3	85.9%			84.3%	23.8%
111	Everman	$73,200	6,348	39.3	74.0%			77.0%	30.4%
112	Balch Springs	$85,900	25,357	42.3	57.9%	7.7	34.0	60.8%	36.2%
113	Westworth Village	$105,100	2,726	48.8	87.9%			49.3%	22.1%
114	Sansom Park	$66,900	5,836	39.3	67.6%			66.3%	29.8%
115	Dallas	$154,000	1,341,075	43.4	75.9%	7.7	31.9	41.5%	25.5%
116	Addison	$317,500	15,458	54.7	95.5%	6.0	48.9	20.1%	13.6%
117	Terrell	$100,700	17,842	38.8	81.5%	6.5	45.1	48.6%	25.5%

Note: Crime rates are offenses reported per 1,000 residents.

Methodology

Three factors were selected to identify the best DFW cities and towns in which to raise a family: local school performance, crime rates and community desirability and stability. Each city and town included in this analysis was measured against seven evaluation criteria that were selected to reflect these three factors. Within each evaluation category, the top rated municipality was awarded the maximum points allocated to that category and bottom rated city or town received zero points. All other cities and towns were awarded a proportional number of points based on how their individual scores compared to the score of the top rated city or town. Scores from all seven evaluation categories for each community were added together and then divided by the total possible points to arrive at a total overall ranking score.

Crime statistics were not available for Aledo, Edgecliff Village, Everman, Glen Rose, Justin, Krum, Lucas, McLendon-Chisholm, Oak Point, Providence Village, Sansom Park, Shady Shores, Sunnyvale and Westworth Village. These communities were credited with no points for those evaluation categories and the total possible points for each of these cities and towns were adjusted accordingly.

Local public schools performance: 125 points

Based on the percentage of students residing in each city or town meeting the TEA's 2018 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) achievement standards on reading, writing, mathematics, science and social studies subject assessments and analysis of the success of the local high schools in preparing their students for college (calculation of this academic performance index metric is described on this Dallas area high schools ranking page) and on the percentage of residents that are high school graduates. The city/town with the highest academic perfromance index was awarded one hundred points and the city/town with highest percentage of high school graduates was awarded twenty-five points.

Public safety: 50 points

Based on 2016 Annual Uniform Crime Report statistics for eight types of offenses: murder and negligent homicide, forcible rape, robbery and aggravated assault (violent crimes), and burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and larceny (property crimes). The crime statistics shown above for each community are the number of incidents reported per 1,000 residents. Twenty-five points were awarded to community with the lowest incidence of violent crimes and twenty-five points were awarded to community with the lowest incidence of property crimes.

Community desirability and stability: 75 points

Based on recent percentage of owner-occupied homes and percentage of residents under 18 years of age. The city/town with the highest percentage of owner-occupied homes was awarded fifty points and the city/town with the highest percentage of school age residents was awarded twenty-five points.

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