?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · Texas

Best cities to put your HQ in Texas

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. 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.El Paso, TX680k residents

    67/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 28.1% · avg. weekly wage: $991/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  2. 2.Lubbock, TX265k residents

    64/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 35.1% · avg. weekly wage: $1,088/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  3. 3.College Station, TX125k residents

    64/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 56.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,093/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  4. 4.Sugar Land, TX110k residents

    63/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 63% · avg. weekly wage: $1,221/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  5. 5.Frisco, TX219k residents

    60/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 67.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,307/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  6. 6.Austin, TX980k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 59.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,588/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  7. 7.Amarillo, TX202k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 26.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,074/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  8. 8.The Woodlands, TX121k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 66.1% · avg. weekly wage: $1,500/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  9. 9.League City, TX116k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 47.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,260/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

  10. 10.Flower Mound, TX78k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 65.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,307/wk · corporate income tax: 0%

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 to put your HQ in Texas?
El Paso, TX ranks first with a fit score of 67/100, followed by Lubbock (64) and College Station (64), using the "Pick an HQ" 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 bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.