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