Finding the right place to live in such a densely populated metro as Dallas-Fort Worth may be intimidating, but certainly not impossible. And a new housing affordability report has revealed suburbs like Melissa, Celina, and Princeton have topped the list of Dallas-area neighbors that offer the best value (and affordable housing prices) for homebuyers.
Online real estate marketplace Zoocasa compared 42 Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs across these four metrics to determine the best places to live: Average single-family home prices, median income, walkability score, and population change from July 2023 to July 2024.
Overall, Zoocasa’s report found the best suburbs to live aren’t popular cities like Southlake or Flower Mound (the latter didn’t even make the list). Instead, the top three best DFW suburbs are in neighboring Collin County, northeast of Dallas, which stand out because residents “earn relatively high incomes while home prices remain comparatively affordable.”…