Flower Mound Is Now the Third-Best Place to Live in America

You probably already knew Flower Mound was a good place to live. Now the whole country knows.

The 2026–2027 Best Places to Live report from U.S. News & World Report put Flower Mound at No. 3 in the nation and No. 1 in Texas, behind only Carmel and Fishers, Indiana. The jump is steep: Flower Mound soared into the No. 3 spot after ranking 14th last year.

To build the 2026–2027 rankings, U.S. News scored 250 American cities using four categories — quality of life, value, desirability, and job market. Each category carried a weight determined by surveying thousands of U.S. individuals on what matters most to them. The methodology also drew on data from government agencies including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census, FBI, FEMA, and NOAA.

The numbers behind the ranking tell a familiar story to anyone shopping for a home here. Flower Mound's profile in the report shows a typical commute of 26 minutes, a median home price of $553,334, and a median household income of $167,151 a year. That last figure is worth pausing on. The average American household income is $83,181 — Flower Mound residents earn roughly double that.

Flower Mound also topped the list of best small cities to live in for 2026–2027. No. 3 overall and No. 1 in its size category. That's the kind of double result Flower Mound's economic development office will be printing on every pitch deck for the next two years.

For sellers and anyone holding property here, third place nationally on a widely circulated index is straightforward good news. Real estate search engines and relocation firms pull these rankings. A household in Chicago or Phoenix that's been loosely considering DFW now has a reason to type "Flower Mound" into a search bar instead of just "Dallas suburbs."

For everyone else — especially people managing growth on Flower Mound's roads and in its classrooms — the ranking is a signal, not a surprise. The town's economic development page already cites the ranking alongside Flower Mound's low crime rate, great schools, and one of the lowest tax rates in North Texas. That language is aimed squarely at businesses and residents considering a move. More of them will now come looking.

No council vote or public action is attached to the ranking itself. Building permit applications, school enrollment projections, and traffic studies on agendas over the next 12 months will be the clearest early read on whether this kind of national attention accelerates interest in the town.