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Best US metros for families

Weighted for families: safety, home affordability, parks & recreation, and taxes. All 200 metros ranked (1 = best). Search a city or click a column to sort.

# Metro Family score
1 Jackson, MS 76/100
2 Gulfport, MS 76/100
3 Huntington, WV 76/100
4 Charleston, WV 76/100
5 Lynchburg, VA 75/100
6 Houston, TX 74/100
7 McAllen, TX 74/100
8 Youngstown, OH 74/100
9 Brownsville, TX 74/100
10 Columbus, GA 74/100
11 Roanoke, VA 74/100
12 San Antonio, TX 73/100
13 Lexington, KY 73/100
14 Canton, OH 73/100
15 Davenport, IA 73/100
16 Louisville, KY 72/100
17 Toledo, OH 72/100
18 Beaumont, TX 72/100
19 Evansville, IN 72/100
20 Longview, TX 72/100
21 Cedar Rapids, IA 72/100
22 Laredo, TX 72/100
23 Indianapolis, IN 71/100
24 Virginia Beach, VA 71/100
25 El Paso, TX 71/100
26 Boise, ID 71/100
27 Akron, OH 71/100
28 Augusta, GA 71/100
29 Montgomery, AL 71/100
30 Hickory, NC 71/100
31 Lubbock, TX 71/100
32 Tuscaloosa, AL 71/100
33 Pittsburgh, PA 70/100
34 Cincinnati, OH 70/100
35 Cleveland, OH 70/100
36 Jacksonville, FL 70/100
37 Richmond, VA 70/100
38 Pensacola, FL 70/100
39 Killeen, TX 70/100
40 Mobile, AL 70/100
41 Corpus Christi, TX 70/100
42 Fort Wayne, IN 70/100
43 Tallahassee, FL 70/100
44 Ocala, FL 70/100
45 Gainesville, FL 70/100
46 South Bend, IN 70/100
47 Waco, TX 70/100
48 Erie, PA 70/100
49 College Station, TX 70/100
50 Amarillo, TX 70/100
51 Austin, TX 69/100
52 Columbus, OH 69/100
53 Dayton, OH 69/100
54 Lakeland, FL 69/100
55 Des Moines, IA 69/100
56 Winston-Salem, NC 69/100
57 Wichita, KS 69/100
58 Savannah, GA 69/100
59 Tyler, TX 69/100
60 Dallas, TX 68/100
61 Atlanta, GA 68/100
62 Orlando, FL 68/100
63 Birmingham, AL 68/100
64 Tucson, AZ 68/100
65 Tulsa, OK 68/100
66 Omaha, NE 68/100
67 Greensboro, NC 68/100
68 Palm Bay, FL 68/100
69 Scranton, PA 68/100
70 Fayetteville, NC 68/100
71 Manchester, NH 68/100
72 Flint, MI 68/100
73 Lincoln, NE 68/100
74 Kingsport, TN 68/100
75 Duluth, MN 68/100
76 Crestview, FL 68/100
77 Tampa, FL 67/100
78 Oklahoma City, OK 67/100
79 Cape Coral, FL 67/100
80 Ogden, UT 67/100
81 Provo, UT 67/100
82 Deltona, FL 67/100
83 York, PA 67/100
84 Peoria, IL 67/100
85 Spartanburg, SC 67/100
86 Sioux Falls, SD 67/100
87 Norwich, CT 67/100
88 Fargo, ND 67/100
89 Charlotte, NC 66/100
90 Harrisburg, PA 66/100
91 Lansing, MI 66/100
92 Port St. Lucie, FL 66/100
93 Huntsville, AL 66/100
94 Lafayette, LA 66/100
95 Reading, PA 66/100
96 Rockford, IL 66/100
97 Green Bay, WI 66/100
98 Atlantic City, NJ 66/100
99 Binghamton, NY 66/100
100 Fort Smith, AR 66/100
101 Appleton, WI 66/100
102 Prescott Valley, AZ 66/100
103 Daphne, AL 66/100
104 Chicago, IL 65/100
105 Memphis, TN 65/100
106 Salt Lake City, UT 65/100
107 Hartford, CT 65/100
108 New Haven, CT 65/100
109 Allentown, PA 65/100
110 North Port, FL 65/100
111 Columbia, SC 65/100
112 Durham, NC 65/100
113 Lancaster, PA 65/100
114 Portland, ME 65/100
115 Springfield, MO 65/100
116 Asheville, NC 65/100
117 Shreveport, LA 65/100
118 Utica, NY 65/100
119 Philadelphia, PA 64/100
120 Las Vegas, NV 64/100
121 Kansas City, MO 64/100
122 Milwaukee, WI 64/100
123 Raleigh, NC 64/100
124 Greenville, SC 64/100
125 Baton Rouge, LA 64/100
126 Springfield, MA 64/100
127 Madison, WI 64/100
128 Myrtle Beach, SC 64/100
129 Wilmington, NC 64/100
130 Phoenix, AZ 63/100
131 St. Louis, MO 63/100
132 San Juan, PR 63/100
133 Providence, RI 63/100
134 New Orleans, LA 63/100
135 Buffalo, NY 63/100
136 Grand Rapids, MI 63/100
137 Knoxville, TN 63/100
138 Little Rock, AR 63/100
139 Syracuse, NY 63/100
140 Chattanooga, TN 63/100
141 Salisbury, MD 63/100
142 Trenton, NJ 63/100
143 Clarksville, TN 63/100
144 Aguadilla, PR 63/100
145 Hagerstown, MD 63/100
146 Kalamazoo, MI 63/100
147 Miami, FL 62/100
148 Detroit, MI 62/100
149 Rochester, NY 62/100
150 Naples, FL 62/100
151 Yakima, WA 62/100
152 Albany, NY 61/100
153 Fayetteville, AR 61/100
154 Reno, NV 61/100
155 Salem, OR 61/100
156 Ann Arbor, MI 61/100
157 Worcester, MA 60/100
158 Eugene, OR 60/100
159 Kennewick, WA 60/100
160 Minneapolis, MN 59/100
161 Nashville, TN 59/100
162 Bridgeport, CT 59/100
163 Charleston, SC 59/100
164 Colorado Springs, CO 59/100
165 Poughkeepsie, NY 59/100
166 Spokane, WA 59/100
167 Baltimore, MD 58/100
168 Portland, OR 58/100
169 Bakersfield, CA 58/100
170 Visalia, CA 58/100
171 Greeley, CO 58/100
172 Fort Collins, CO 57/100
173 Merced, CA 57/100
174 Fresno, CA 56/100
175 Boston, MA 55/100
176 Bremerton, WA 55/100
177 Honolulu, HI 54/100
178 Modesto, CA 54/100
179 Olympia, WA 54/100
180 Denver, CO 53/100
181 Sacramento, CA 53/100
182 Albuquerque, NM 53/100
183 Boulder, CO 53/100
184 Seattle, WA 52/100
185 Stockton, CA 52/100
186 Vallejo, CA 52/100
187 New York, NY 51/100
188 Riverside, CA 51/100
189 Santa Rosa, CA 49/100
190 San Diego, CA 48/100
191 Los Angeles, CA 47/100
192 San Luis Obispo, CA 47/100
193 Oxnard, CA 46/100
194 Salinas, CA 46/100
195 Anchorage, AK 46/100
196 Santa Maria, CA 44/100
197 Santa Cruz, CA 43/100
198 San Francisco, CA 41/100
199 San Jose, CA 37/100
200 Washington, DC 33/100
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