# | City & State | Score | Affordability | City Profile | Safety | Recreation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Knoxville, TN |
93.8 |
9 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
2 | Baton Rouge, LA |
84.5 |
3 | 6 | 2 | 36 |
3 | Midland, TX |
82.4 |
6 | 4 | 33 | 4 |
4 | Little Rock, AR |
78.4 |
27 | 2 | 5 | 37 |
5 | Denton, TX |
78.3 |
25 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
6 | Plano, TX |
75.7 |
41 | 7 | 37 | 12 |
7 | Laredo, TX |
70.4 |
23 | 16 | 32 | 6 |
8 | Lubbock, TX |
66.4 |
26 | 35 | 36 | 28 |
9 | Garland, TX |
65.8 |
18 | 12 | 28 | 23 |
10 | Irving, TX |
65.6 |
5 | 21 | 30 | 10 |
11 | Birmingham, AL |
65.3 |
28 | 26 | 39 | 22 |
12 | Montgomery, AL |
64.4 |
30 | 23 | 35 | 14 |
13 | Amarillo, TX |
63.1 |
22 | 39 | 20 | 8 |
14 | Shreveport, LA |
62.2 |
34 | 27 | 7 | 43 |
15 | Mobile, AL |
61.4 |
17 | 28 | 23 | 13 |
16 | Huntsville, AL |
60.9 |
33 | 13 | 42 | 17 |
17 | Grand Prairie, TX |
58.5 |
40 | 32 | 26 | 2 |
18 | Brownsville, TX |
56.5 |
4 | 34 | 43 | 18 |
19 | Chattanooga, TN |
53.9 |
31 | 37 | 13 | 44 |
20 | Jackson, MS |
51.2 |
39 | 40 | 12 | 20 |
21 | McKinney, TX |
51.0 |
19 | 10 | 6 | 42 |
22 | Frisco, TX |
49.4 |
21 | 44 | 25 | 24 |
23 | Pasadena, TX |
48.0 |
7 | 17 | 11 | 40 |
24 | Clarksville, TN |
46.7 |
13 | 36 | 44 | 39 |
25 | Mesquite, TX |
46.5 |
14 | 14 | 27 | 31 |
26 | Killeen, TX |
44.2 |
15 | 19 | 10 | 7 |
27 | McAllen, TX |
44.1 |
32 | 11 | 31 | 33 |
28 | Carrollton, TX |
43.9 |
43 | 20 | 29 | 16 |
29 | Waco, TX |
43.5 |
29 | 24 | 22 | 21 |
30 | Lafayette, LA |
42.4 |
38 | 5 | 21 | 5 |
31 | Murfreesboro, TN |
41.9 |
44 | 38 | 34 | 15 |
32 | Abilene, TX |
40.4 |
36 | 29 | 41 | 38 |
33 | Norman, OK |
39.9 |
12 | 33 | 14 | 29 |
34 | Odessa, TX |
39.5 |
20 | 8 | 40 | 26 |
35 | Beaumont, TX |
39.2 |
11 | 25 | 38 | 25 |
36 | Round Rock, TX |
38.5 |
35 | 42 | 24 | 27 |
37 | Richardson, TX |
36.8 |
8 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
38 | Pearland, TX |
36.1 |
24 | 43 | 3 | 35 |
39 | College Station, TX |
35.8 |
42 | 22 | 15 | 32 |
40 | Broken Arrow, OK |
35.4 |
2 | 41 | 19 | 41 |
41 | Wichita Falls, TX |
34.7 |
16 | 31 | 1 | 30 |
42 | Lewisville, TX |
34.6 |
37 | 15 | 18 | 9 |
43 | Tyler, TX |
34.4 |
10 | 18 | 17 | 11 |
44 | San Angelo, TX |
33.3 |
1 | 30 | 16 | 34 |