Dallas–Fort Worth

60 cities and suburbs across DFW, each scored out of 100 on the same national scales. The metro's median home is $359,500 and its mean commute 27.9 min. University Park scores highest overall at 81. Hurst leads on cost of living.

Places

Median score

Poll responses

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Coverage

60 places
in DFW

One of 50 metros graded so far, on the same national scales.

10 mi

20 mi

30 mi

Downtown Dallas

Downtown Fort Worth

University Park

Colleyville

Frisco

Plano

Allen

Grapevine

Keller

Prosper

McKinney

Richardson

Carrollton

Bedford

Melissa

Celina

Rockwall

Denton

Corinth

Lewisville

Mansfield

Saginaw

Fate

Waxahachie

Irving

Midlothian

Weatherford

Burleson

Arlington

Cleburne

Anna

Garland

Forney

Ennis

Duncanville

Benbrook

Greenville

Balch Springs

Terrell

DeSoto

Dot size = overall scoreA B C D Positions plotted from place centroids · rings measured from Downtown Dallas

Every suburb of DFW, ranked

#	Place	Score	Hous	Scho	Cost	Comm	Amen	Empl	Resi
1	University Park	81 B+	A	A+	F	A+	A	B+	—
2	Southlake	76 B	A+	A	D−	C+	B−	A−	—
3	Coppell	72 B−	B−	A	D	B−	B	A−	—
4	Colleyville	72 B−	A+	A−	F	B−	C−	B+	—
5	Frisco	71 B−	B−	A	C−	C−	B+	B	—
6	Plano	70 B−	C−	A−	C	B−	B+	B−	—
7	Allen	70 B−	C	A−	C	C−	A−	B	—
8	Murphy	70 B−	A−	A−	D	D−	B+	B+	—
9	Grapevine	69 B−	C−	A−	C	B	B−	B−	—
10	Keller	68 B−	B	B+	D	C−	C+	B+	—
11	Prosper	67 C+	A−	A−	D−	C−	C	B	—
12	McKinney	67 C+	C	A−	C−	C−	B−	B−	—
13	Richardson	66 C+	D+	B	C+	B	B+	C	—
14	Flower Mound	66 C+	B	B+	C−	C	D−	B+	—
15	Carrollton	66 C+	D+	B−	C+	B−	B+	B−	—
16	Farmers Branch	65 C+	D	C	C+	B	B+	B	—
17	Hurst	64 C+	D−	B+	B	C−	A−	C	—
18	Bedford	63 C+	D−	A−	B−	C	B−	C−	—
19	Melissa	63 C+	B	A−	D+	D−	D	B	—
20	The Colony	63 C+	C−	B	C	C−	C−	B	—
21	Celina	63 C+	B+	A−	D	D−	F	A−	—
22	Euless	63 C+	D−	A−	C+	C	B	C−	—
23	Rockwall	63 C+	C	A−	C−	F	B	C+	—
24	Denton	62 C	D−	C+	B−	C+	A	D+	—
25	Corinth	62 C	C	C+	C−	D+	B−	B	—
26	Sachse	62 C	C	C+	C	D	C+	B−	—
27	Lewisville	61 C	D	A−	C	C	C−	C+	—
28	North Richland Hills	59 C	D+	B−	C−	D+	C+	C+	—
29	Mansfield	59 C	C	B	D+	D−	C	B−	—
30	Dallas	59 C	F	C−	B−	C+	A	D+	—
31	Wylie	59 C	C	B+	D	F	D+	B−	—
32	Saginaw	59 C	D+	C+	B−	D+	C+	C	—
33	Fate	58 C	B−	B+	D+	F	D	B−	—
34	Watauga	58 C	D+	B	C−	D	B	C−	—
35	Waxahachie	58 C	D	C+	C	D+	C+	C+	—
36	Irving	57 C−	F	D+	C+	C+	B+	C	—
37	Midlothian	57 C−	C+	B−	C	F	D	B−	—
38	Princeton	57 C−	C	B−	C	F	D−	B	—
39	Rowlett	57 C−	C−	C	C−	F	C+	C+	—
40	Weatherford	57 C−	D−	B−	C+	C−	C−	C−	—
41	Burleson	56 C−	D+	B	C	F	C−	C+	—
42	Arlington	55 C−	F	C	C+	D+	B	D+	—
43	Cleburne	54 C−	F	C−	C+	D	B	C−	—
44	Fort Worth	54 C−	D−	C−	C	C−	C+	D+	—
45	Grand Prairie	54 C−	D−	C	C	D	C+	D+	—
46	Anna	53 C−	C	D+	C	D	D−	C+	—
47	Little Elm	52 D+	C	C+	D+	F	D−	C	—
48	Haltom City	52 D+	F	C+	B−	C−	D+	D	—
49	Garland	52 D+	D−	C	C	D−	C+	D+	—
50	Forney	52 D+	D+	C+	C−	F	C+	C	—
51	Ennis	52 D+	D−	C+	C+	D	D	C	—
52	Cedar Hill	51 D+	D+	D	C−	F	B−	D+	—
53	Duncanville	50 D+	D−	D	C+	D+	B−	F	—
54	Benbrook	50 D+	D	D−	C	C−	C−	C−	—
55	Mesquite	49 D+	F	C	C+	F	C+	D	—
56	Greenville	49 D+	F	D	B−	C−	B−	F	—
57	Lancaster	45 D	D−	D+	C	D−	D−	F	—
58	Balch Springs	45 D	F	C−	B−	F	C−	F	—
59	Terrell	43 D	F	F	B−	D−	C−	F	—
60	DeSoto	43 D	D	D−	C−	D−	D	F	—

— for Residents: fewer than 8 poll responses, so the category is not yet counted. Those places' overall scores are computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. 60 of 60 are currently below the threshold.

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8 head-to-heads

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16 guides

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