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Ranked · Buying a home · Texas

Best cities for buying a home in Texas

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Pharr, TX80k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $121,900 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: -1.4%

  2. 2.Harlingen, TX72k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $140,600 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: -1.4%

  3. 3.Pasadena, TX149k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $209,600 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: -3.3%

  4. 4.Wichita Falls, TX103k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $156,800 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  5. 5.Mission, TX87k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $175,700 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: +0.1%

  6. 6.Brownsville, TX189k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $139,900 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: +2.4%

  7. 7.Mesquite, TX149k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $245,700 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: -3.7%

  8. 8.San Angelo, TX100k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $187,600 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: +0.2%

  9. 9.Temple, TX90k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $239,000 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: -2.5%

  10. 10.Garland, TX247k residents

    68/100

    median home price: $270,800 · property tax rate: 1.68% · home price yoy: -4.8%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Texas?
Pharr, TX ranks first with a fit score of 74/100, followed by Harlingen (73) and Pasadena (71), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.