4 Texas cities land in top 25 of 2017 U.S. News & World Report's Best Places to Live ranking

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25. Omaha, Neb. Average annual salary: $44,920 Average monthly rent: $810 Median home price: $152,450 Photo: Getty Photo: Getty Image 1 of / 38 Caption Close 4 Texas cities land in top 25 of 2017 U.S. News & World Report's Best Places to Live ranking 1 / 38 Back to Gallery

U.S. News & World Report's 2017 ranking of the best places to live in 2017 features four Texas cities on the top 25.

This year's list featured new destinations, with a few slipping out of the top 25. There were also several shifts in where some major metros landed in the overall ranking.

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"When considering a move people are concerned about finding a job in their field, earning enough to afford a home, sending their kids to good schools and feeling like a part of their community," Kim Castro, executive editor at U.S. News, said in a prepared statement. "The Best Places to Live ranking takes all of that into account – the metro areas that do well are the ones with strong job markets and high quality of life."

>>See the gallery above to see each Texas city's ranking and average salary/rent/home prices.

San Antonio

Average commute time: 25.4

Average high/low temperatures: 80.2/58.6

Average median age: 25.4

Houston

Average commute time: 29

Average high/low temperatures: 78.9/61.5

Average median age: 33.7

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Dallas - Fort Worth

Average commute time: 27.4

Average high/low temperatures: 76.6/55.8

Average median age: 34.3



Austin

Average commute time: 26.2

Average high/low temperatures: 79.7/54.8

Average median age: 33.6

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To determine which U.S. cities are the best metros to call home, the study looked at the job market, which factored the unemployment versus the median salary; and value index, which looked at blended household income and blended annual cost of living.

Thirty percent of the evaluation also considers the quality of life in each city, including crime rates, availability of health care, commute times and quality of education.

Also considered in the methodology: desirability and net migration, which is calculated based on how many people are moving away from each metro and how many are migrating there, according to U.S. Census data.

