The 25 cities with the best quality of life in the US
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Cheers to Boulder, Colorado, one of the cities with the best quality of life in America.
If you regularly remark about how happy, safe, and satisfied you feel in your personal and professional lives, you likely have a pretty high quality of life.
The city you live in may have a lot to do with that, thanks to factors like job opportunities, a good housing market, access to quality public schools, and proximity to outdoor activities.
To determine which US cities offer the best quality of life, we turned to the latest Places to Live rankings from Niche, a company that researches and compiles information on cities.
We looked at eight separate rankings in the best cities category — which assessed more than 220 places with a population exceeding 100,000 people — including “Safest Cities,” “Cities with the Best Job Opportunities,” “Healthiest Cities,” and “Best Cities to Raise a Family.” We then combined these rankings to determine which cities have the best overall quality of life. You can read the full methodology here.
The final list of the top 25 cities reveals that midsized cities (with populations less than 500,000) offer the best quality of life. The state with the most cities in the top 25 is Texas with seven, followed by California with five.
Read on to check out the top 25 cities with the best quality of life.
25. Denton, Texas
Population: 122,742
Median home value: $149,200
Cost of living: C+
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: A
24. The Woodlands, Texas
Population: 102,911
Median home value: $296,700
Cost of living: C
Crime & safety: N/A
Jobs: A+
23. Lincoln, Nebraska
Population: 265,811
Median home value: $144,900
Cost of living: B-
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: B+
22. Irvine, California
Population: 229,850
Median home value: $662,200
Cost of living: D-
Crime & safety: N/A
Jobs: B
21. Irving, Texas
Population: 224,859
Median home value: $138,900
Cost of living: C+
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: B+
20. Santa Clara, California
Population: 119,525
Median home value: $633,600
Cost of living: D-
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: B
19. Richardson, Texas
Population: 103,752
Median home value: $190,400
Cost of living: C+
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: B+
18. Austin, Texas
Population: 864,218
Median home value: $227,800
Cost of living: C
Crime & safety: C+
Jobs: A-
17. Boise, Idaho
Population: 211,655
Median home value: $175,800
Cost of living: C
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: B
16. Torrance, California
Population: 147,181
Median home value: $253,200
Cost of living: C-
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: B
15. Roseville, California
Population: 124,250
Median home value: $317,800
Cost of living: D+
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: B
14. Rochester, Minnesota
Population: 109,252
Median home value: $163,400
Cost of living: B
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: A-
13. Columbia, Maryland
Population: 102,116
Median home value: $363,400
Cost of living: C
Crime & safety: N/A
Jobs: A-
12. Boulder, Colorado
Population: 102,002
Median home value: $499,200
Cost of living: D-
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: B-
11. Arlington, Virginia
Population: 220,173
Median home value: $594,800
Cost of living: C-
Crime & safety: N/A
Jobs: B+
10. Round Rock, Texas
Population: 106,972
Median home value: $172,500
Cost of living: C+
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: A
9. Fort Collins, Colorado
Population: 149,627
Median home value: $253,200
Cost of living: C-
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: B
8. Cambridge, Massachusetts
Population: 106,844
Median home value: $552,600
Cost of living: D
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: B
7. Naperville, Illinois
Population: 144,108
Median home value: $377,900
Cost of living: C-
Crime & safety: B+
Jobs: B+
6. Ann Arbor, Michigan
Population: 115,985
Median home value: $231,700
Cost of living: C-
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: B+
5. Sunnyvale, California
Population: 145,921
Median home value: $748,700
Cost of living: D-
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: B
4. Overland Park, Kansas
Population: 178,945
Median home value: $225,000
Cost of living: B-
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: A-
3. Plano, Texas
Population: 271,166
Median home value: $222,800
Cost of living: C+
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: A+
2. Alexandria, Virginia
Population: 146,422
Median home value: $494,400
Cost of living: D+
Crime & safety: B-
Jobs: B+
1. Bellevue, Washington
Population: 132,268
Median home value: $538,300
Cost of living: D
Crime & safety: B
Jobs: B
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