Website lists Pearland among best Texas cities for families

PRESS RELEASE

With much of the Lone Star State thriving economically - in sharp contrast to certain other areas of the country - and the summer months ranking among the most popular times to move, the personal-finance website WalletHub on Wednesday released an in-depth analysis of 2016’s Best Cities for Families in Texas.

To identify the Texas towns best positioned to provide personal and professional happiness, WalletHub’s analysts compared 112 of the state’s cities across 21 key metrics. Our data set ranges from the number of playgrounds per capita to the the violent-crime and divorce rates.

Best Texas Cities for Families

1. Southlake

2. University Park

3. Colleyville

4. Allen

5. Flower Mound

6. Frisco

7 Coppell

8. Keller

9. Pearland

10. Cedar Park

Worst Texas Cities for Families

103. Nacogdoches

104. Eagle Pass

105. San Marcos

106. San Benito

107. Dallas

108. Texarkana

109. Port Arthur

110. Houston

111. Beaumont

112. Weslaco

Key Stats

Kyle has the highest percentage of families with children younger than age 18, 68%, which is two times higher than in Georgetown, the city with the lowest, 34%.

Colleyville has the lowest property-crime rate per 1,000 residents, 5.70, which is 12 times lower than in Weslaco, the city with the highest, 70.83.

Southlake has the highest cost-of-living-adjusted median family annual income, $132,345, which is three times higher than in San Benito, the city with the lowest, $45,099.

Colleyville has the lowest divorce rate, 6.7 percent, which is five times lower than in Big Spring, the city with the highest, 32.9 percent.

Colleyville has the lowest percentage of families living below the poverty line, 1.3 percent, which is 27 times lower than in San Benito, the city with the highest, 34.4 percent.

Southlake has the highest school-system quality, which is six times higher than in Odessa, the city with the lowest.

For the full report and to see where your city ranks, please visit:

https://wallethub.com/edu/best-places-to-live-in-texas/22419/