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Ranked · Buying a home · United States

Best cities for buying a home in the US

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.Cape Coral, FL216k residents

    76/100

    median home price: $373,500 · property tax rate: 0.8% · home price yoy: -6.8%

  2. 2.Clarksville, TN176k residents

    75/100

    median home price: $263,600 · property tax rate: 0.65% · home price yoy: -0.4%

  3. 3.Nashville, TN690k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $450,000 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -3.3%

  4. 4.Las Vegas, NV660k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $430,000 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -2.9%

  5. 5.Henderson, NV332k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $484,900 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -2.5%

  6. 6.North Las Vegas, NV279k residents

    74/100

    median home price: $404,400 · property tax rate: 0.55% · home price yoy: -1.8%

  7. 7.Mobile, AL203k residents

    73/100

    median home price: $193,300 · property tax rate: 0.4% · home price yoy: -1.4%

  8. 8.Jacksonville, FL978k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $300,000 · property tax rate: 0.9% · home price yoy: -2.2%

  9. 9.Aurora, CO394k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $469,100 · property tax rate: 0.5% · home price yoy: -3.9%

  10. 10.Chandler, AZ280k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $507,800 · property tax rate: 0.6% · home price yoy: -1.8%

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 the US?
Cape Coral, FL ranks first with a fit score of 76/100, followed by Clarksville (75) and Nashville (74), 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.