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Best places to live in Greater Dallas

85 places with 4,113,053 residents within about 50 km of Dallas, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Dallas, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1The Trails of Frisco
    Texas, 51,059 residents    72
  2. 2Frisco (Texas)
    Texas, 154,407 residents    71
  3. 3Murphy (Texas)
    Texas, 20,610 residents    71
  4. 4Flower Mound
    Texas, 71,253 residents    70
  5. 5Prosper
    Texas, 15,967 residents    69
  6. 6Little Elm
    Texas, 38,341 residents    68
  7. 7Rockwall
    Texas, 42,566 residents    68
  8. 8McKinney
    Texas, 162,898 residents    68
  9. 9Wylie
    Texas, 46,708 residents    67
  10. 10Parker (Texas)
    Texas, 4,352 residents    67

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For retired couples

  1. 1Murphy (Texas)
    Texas, 20,610 residents    77
  2. 2Frisco (Texas)
    Texas, 154,407 residents    75
  3. 3The Trails of Frisco
    Texas, 51,059 residents    74
  4. 4Wylie
    Texas, 46,708 residents    74
  5. 5Prosper
    Texas, 15,967 residents    74
  6. 6Lucas (Texas)
    Texas, 6,883 residents    73
  7. 7Flower Mound
    Texas, 71,253 residents    73
  8. 8Parker (Texas)
    Texas, 4,352 residents    73
  9. 9Trophy Club
    Texas, 11,759 residents    73
  10. 10Little Elm
    Texas, 38,341 residents    72

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For remote workers

  1. 1The Trails of Frisco
    Texas, 51,059 residents    69
  2. 2Flower Mound
    Texas, 71,253 residents    68
  3. 3Murphy (Texas)
    Texas, 20,610 residents    67
  4. 4Little Elm
    Texas, 38,341 residents    67
  5. 5Frisco (Texas)
    Texas, 154,407 residents    67
  6. 6Colleyville
    Texas, 25,487 residents    67
  7. 7Trophy Club
    Texas, 11,759 residents    66
  8. 8Rockwall
    Texas, 42,566 residents    66
  9. 9Prosper
    Texas, 15,967 residents    66
  10. 10Wylie
    Texas, 46,708 residents    66

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For commuters

  1. 1Plano (Texas)
    Texas, 283,558 residents    85
  2. 2Frisco (Texas)
    Texas, 154,407 residents    84
  3. 3The Trails of Frisco
    Texas, 51,059 residents    83
  4. 4McKinney
    Texas, 162,898 residents    82
  5. 5Lewisville (Texas)
    Texas, 104,039 residents    82
  6. 6Allen (Texas)
    Texas, 98,143 residents    80
  7. 7Richardson
    Texas, 110,815 residents    79
  8. 8Flower Mound
    Texas, 71,253 residents    79
  9. 9Irving
    Texas, 236,607 residents    78
  10. 10Garland (Texas)
    Texas, 236,897 residents    78

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For single professionals

  1. 1Plano (Texas)
    Texas, 283,558 residents    78
  2. 2Dallas (Texas)
    Texas, 1,326,087 residents    76
  3. 3Frisco (Texas)
    Texas, 154,407 residents    74
  4. 4Allen (Texas)
    Texas, 98,143 residents    73
  5. 5McKinney
    Texas, 162,898 residents    72
  6. 6Irving
    Texas, 236,607 residents    71
  7. 7Garland (Texas)
    Texas, 236,897 residents    71
  8. 8The Trails of Frisco
    Texas, 51,059 residents    71
  9. 9Richardson
    Texas, 110,815 residents    71
  10. 10Lewisville (Texas)
    Texas, 104,039 residents    69

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Rockwall
    Texas, 42,566 residents    51
  2. 2Fate
    Texas, 9,847 residents    50
  3. 3Heath (Texas)
    Texas, 8,211 residents    48
  4. 4The Trails of Frisco
    Texas, 51,059 residents    46
  5. 5Flower Mound
    Texas, 71,253 residents    44
  6. 6Colleyville
    Texas, 25,487 residents    43
  7. 7Red Oak (Texas)
    Texas, 12,022 residents    43
  8. 8Little Elm
    Texas, 38,341 residents    43
  9. 9Ovilla
    Texas, 3,855 residents    42
  10. 10The Colony
    Texas, 41,779 residents    42

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Towns in Greater Dallas