{"id":304129,"date":"2026-05-22T06:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304129\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T06:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:12:13","slug":"surging-north-texas-suburb-ranked-among-best-places-to-live-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/304129\/","title":{"rendered":"Surging North Texas suburb ranked among best places to live in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"

People new to the state, as well as those already living in Texas<\/a>, are always looking for the best possible place to establish a home. Luckily, U.S. News & World Report<\/a> releases its list of the best places to live in the country<\/a> every single year.<\/p>\n

In the latest report of the 250 best places to live in 2026-27, the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb of Flower Mound<\/a> was ranked the No. 3 best place to live in the country and the No. 1 best place to live in Texas. Flower Mound is located north of the two major metros, past Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, and bordering Grapevine Lake.<\/p>\n

Flower Mound’s population grew from over 64,000 in 2010 to more than 81,000 in 2024, according to Flower Mound Economic Development<\/a>. The population is projected to exceed 110,000 by 2045.<\/p>\n

U.S. News & World Report used a variety of factors to create its ranking – such as job market, desirability and quality of life – as well as a nationwide public survey measuring the qualities people value most in a place to live.<\/p>\n

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Flower Mound, Texas. (Brian Maschino\/Courtesy of the City of Flower Mound)<\/p>\n

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Flower Mound, Texas. (Courtesy of the City of Flower Mound)<\/p>\n

Flower Mound had a median household income of $167,151 and an unemployment rate of 2.98%. Renters are paying a median monthly cost of $1,822, while homes have a median value of $553,334.<\/p>\n

Three Texas cities rounded out the top 10, as Leander, Frisco and Sugar Land were ranked the No. 8, 9 and 10 best places to live in the country. Meanwhile, Carmel and Fishers, Indiana, were ranked the No. 1 and 2 best places to live, respectively.<\/p>\n

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This article originally published at Surging North Texas suburb ranked among best places to live in the US<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People new to the state, as well as those already living in Texas, are always looking for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1256,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-304129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-flower-mound","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}