Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Borden County	82.5	89.1	91.7	25.3	78.7	94.3
2	Glasscock County	81.1	89.2	87.8	53.1	68.5	95.8
3	Loving County	78.9	N/A	N/A	16.7	92.6	100
4	Terrell County	76.5	79.7	92.6	14.1	64.8	99.6
5	Kent County	76.3	76.8	83	30	74.9	99
6	Crockett County	75.3	92.9	90.4	36.7	44	94.2
7	Roberts County	75.2	74	84.2	26.5	73.6	96.9
8	Motley County	73.8	71.4	87.4	24.4	66.7	96.9
9	Throckmorton County	73.5	69.9	91.6	21.8	62.5	96.7
10	King County	72.4	N/A	94.6	29.2	48.2	99.7
11	Somervell County	72.3	75.1	78.6	37.8	66.8	89.2
12	Cottle County	72.2	69.9	96.3	21.8	54.2	87.6
13	Mills County	72	77.5	85.1	25.5	56.9	94.4
14	Sterling County	71.9	72.1	75	34.8	71.1	98.9
15	Mason County	71.1	79.3	83.6	28.3	54.6	89.1
16	Stonewall County	71	64	88.6	23.4	61.8	96.2
17	Goliad County	70.6	73.2	85.5	22.3	61.9	77.4
18	Shackelford County	70.5	66.1	86.1	25.6	59.7	98.6
19	Winkler County	70.5	75.5	83.3	43.4	48.9	95.9
20	Delta County	70.4	74.9	79.2	24.4	62.7	91.1
21	Irion County	70.3	75.4	78.7	21.3	61	98.3
22	Robertson County	70.1	76.5	84.8	26.6	58.4	70.4
23	Foard County	70	69	90.3	11	54.9	95.6
24	Kinney County	70	62.7	86.3	26.7	60.8	97.8
25	Ward County	70	85.4	82.2	30.2	46.7	84.7
26	Archer County	69.9	65.1	81.6	30.4	64.8	92.3
27	Jeff Davis County	69.9	86.9	77.3	4.7	55.9	97.1
28	Franklin County	69.8	76.6	76.9	27	66.1	75.2
29	Marion County	69.5	80.1	85.7	14.4	55.2	70.9
30	Callahan County	69	71.4	80.4	28.1	59.4	85.3
31	Coke County	69	68.9	86.9	13.7	54.4	96.4
32	Clay County	68.9	64	80.3	33.9	64.6	85.7
33	San Augustine County	68.9	79.3	87.7	13.6	47.3	82.4
34	Hardeman County	68.8	69	85.1	23.3	54.6	91.4
35	Sabine County	68.7	74.2	86.5	22.5	51.9	77.9
36	Baylor County	68.4	67.2	87.5	11	58.5	82.5
37	Donley County	68.4	70.6	88.4	20.4	53.9	73.4
38	Hemphill County	68.3	69.5	78.1	30.4	61.7	83.5
39	Schleicher County	68.2	62.1	83.7	42.2	52.8	96.3
40	Upton County	68.2	70.6	86.7	17.5	50	92.4
41	Reagan County	68.1	70.9	80.6	29.3	53	94.1
42	Carson County	67.9	64	80.1	38.6	62.9	74.8
43	San Saba County	67.9	74	83.6	19.2	48.8	92.7
44	Rains County	67.8	71.5	78.8	25.7	57.3	85.9
45	Briscoe County	67.6	71.8	90	10.3	44.6	91.3
46	Fisher County	67.6	54.3	88.3	25.6	57.3	98.1
47	Burleson County	67.4	72.9	81.2	31	54.5	70.9
48	Concho County	67.4	59.7	82.1	22.3	61.1	95.5
49	Culberson County	67.3	78.1	85	11.3	44.4	88.4
50	Dickens County	67.3	63.8	87.4	16.3	54.5	86.4
51	Blanco County	67.1	72.9	72.5	40.5	62.9	67
52	Brewster County	67.1	67.8	80.7	17.7	60.7	79
53	Live Oak County	67.1	77.5	82.6	18.6	52.6	66.3
54	Oldham County	66.9	65.8	73.5	33.3	62.6	90.3
55	Fayette County	66.8	73.9	80.3	33.3	61	42
56	Haskell County	66.8	70.8	84.1	18.7	48.8	88.3
57	Morris County	66.7	69.1	85.6	19.3	55.3	65.5
58	Hartley County	66.6	67.9	74.3	37	64.7	66.9
59	Martin County	66.6	77.4	76.1	33.7	49.7	80.1
60	Kimble County	66.5	67	83.4	26.3	56.3	67.9
61	Panola County	66.5	77	83.6	24.2	54.6	44.6
62	Bosque County	66.3	73.9	80.6	28.6	53.2	63.1
63	Leon County	66.2	81	83.6	22.5	51.1	41.7
64	Jack County	66.1	65.8	79.7	26.3	54	88.6
65	Crane County	66	65.5	82.9	22.5	47.5	98.9
66	Sutton County	66	63.5	83.2	32.3	48	93
67	Hall County	65.9	68.2	90.1	13.9	48.8	65.4
68	Lavaca County	65.8	75.4	82	23.7	63.4	21.1
69	Armstrong County	65.7	61.7	76.4	28.1	63.1	80
70	Floyd County	65.7	71.9	89.5	19.6	42	69.3
71	Coleman County	65.6	63.8	86.2	17.6	51.3	79.4
72	Wood County	65.5	76.1	81.8	24.2	56.6	36.8
73	Bandera County	65.3	75.8	77.9	28.9	60.9	33.3
74	Lipscomb County	65.3	63.9	81.8	30	54.2	72.1
75	Newton County	65.3	73.3	84.9	10.2	47.2	72.9
76	Lee County	65.2	75	76.3	26.5	55.2	59.6
77	Pecos County	65.2	73.2	79.8	27.6	47	74.9
78	Rusk County	65.2	74.1	79.1	27.5	56.7	46
79	Camp County	65.1	72.3	83.5	19.3	50.3	60.7
80	Castro County	65.1	70.6	83.4	24.8	48.5	65.6
81	Hudspeth County	65.1	69.1	90.9	9.1	34.7	97.7
82	Collingsworth County	65	66.5	88.3	22.7	44.2	72.6
83	Falls County	65	61	86	19.5	53.1	73.8
84	Cass County	64.9	72.4	83.6	18.9	53.2	49.2
85	Childress County	64.9	60.9	82.8	22.8	53.9	80.5
86	Eastland County	64.9	68.7	84.4	17.2	52.9	58.9
87	Lampasas County	64.9	66.6	74.8	33.6	58.9	70.1
88	Llano County	64.8	79.7	75.6	26.2	60.2	29.6
89	McMullen County	64.8	46.3	90.4	13.3	54.6	99.5
90	Freestone County	64.7	73.1	81.8	21.6	55.1	43.5
91	Madison County	64.7	69.8	82.4	27.2	48.5	65.1
92	Trinity County	64.6	71.1	84.3	17.1	56.1	39.4
93	Milam County	64.5	72.5	80.2	22	57.1	41.9
94	Montague County	64.5	75.5	78.6	24.4	54.6	45.1
95	Hamilton County	64.4	59	82	19.5	53.6	87.2
96	Karnes County	64.4	74.7	82.2	22	52.2	41.6
97	McCulloch County	64.4	63.6	82.4	17.3	48.4	90
98	Cochran County	64.3	68.9	87.9	10.9	38.6	87.2
99	Young County	64.2	68.1	80.7	25	51.5	63.7
100	Houston County	64.1	76.4	81.7	19	51.8	39.4
101	Edwards County	64	72.7	87.8	8.5	32	94.3
102	Runnels County	64	61.1	81.9	24.8	53.1	73.5
103	Refugio County	63.9	62.8	83.3	21.3	53.7	62.6
104	Mitchell County	63.8	47.1	91.4	20	53	80.3
105	Reeves County	63.8	69	81.4	20	44.1	80.9
106	Zapata County	63.8	73.4	91.1	7.2	35.2	68.7
107	DeWitt County	63.7	78.1	80.3	25.2	55.7	16.1
108	Grimes County	63.7	71.5	78.9	27.2	54.6	43
109	Jasper County	63.6	73.1	85.1	16	49.6	38.9
110	Menard County	63.6	55.6	83.5	14.9	50.1	97
111	Yoakum County	63.6	74.7	81.8	37.1	40.1	54
112	Duval County	63.5	72	87.9	16.1	44.2	45.6
113	Stephens County	63.5	54.9	82.4	19.1	52.5	90.8
114	Bailey County	63.3	61	85.9	29.5	48.5	57.6
115	Tyler County	63.3	73.2	81.3	16.5	53.1	39
116	Harrison County	63.2	73.7	78	26.5	58.8	22.3
117	Lamar County	63.2	75.5	80.7	23.3	55	20.5
118	Hardin County	63.1	69.8	76.1	30.7	60.8	30.4
119	Shelby County	63.1	73.5	84.3	16.3	46.4	44.3
120	Washington County	63.1	69.9	74.4	32.4	63.1	28
121	Brown County	63	69.9	80.6	19.5	56.5	35.1
122	Fannin County	63	71.2	76.6	28	58.8	31.9
123	Nacogdoches County	62.9	76.2	81.1	17	55.2	19.3
124	Red River County	62.9	74.6	83	14	49.9	35.3
125	Howard County	62.8	71.5	77.5	30	51.4	45.2
126	Van Zandt County	62.8	71.2	75.9	28	55.7	41.2
127	Knox County	62.7	49.9	87.6	20.1	50.2	82.2
128	Colorado County	62.6	71.6	78.6	28.1	52.2	37.8
129	Garza County	62.6	55.6	86.7	16.4	46.9	80
130	La Salle County	62.5	58.4	88.8	19.6	40.7	77.5
131	Anderson County	62.3	74.9	77.4	21.8	55	26.4
132	Limestone County	62.3	68.9	82.3	21.3	50	40.8
133	Titus County	62.3	68.5	81	22	47.5	53.2
134	Cherokee County	62.2	68.2	81.1	22.4	52.3	38.4
135	Jackson County	62.2	72.7	77.8	23.7	55.2	28.3
136	Real County	62.2	N/A	85.8	13	48.7	57.4
137	Hopkins County	62.1	72.1	76.9	25.6	55.7	28.8
138	Hutchinson County	62.1	60.6	82.9	26.1	58	32.3
139	Aransas County	62	73.8	75.9	23.7	52.3	38.8
140	Brooks County	62	66.8	93.1	3.8	42.9	39.2
141	Jones County	62	59	80.1	24.8	53.1	62.1
142	Hansford County	61.9	56.2	83.7	28	51	58
143	Kerr County	61.8	71.5	75.2	27.7	58.7	22.8
144	San Jacinto County	61.8	70.2	76.8	22.2	53.7	41.1
145	Calhoun County	61.7	63	76.2	30.3	60.7	33.8
146	Comanche County	61.7	59.8	82.6	22.5	53	49
147	Nolan County	61.7	59.8	82.5	16.1	51	62.2
148	Polk County	61.7	73.1	80.1	21.9	51.3	24.4
149	Austin County	61.6	66.3	71.1	33	58.8	46.9
150	Scurry County	61.6	57.6	80	24.3	50.7	70
151	Dimmit County	61.5	70.1	87.1	5.2	36.6	64.1
152	Lamb County	61.5	68.7	84.5	20.6	44.9	38.8
153	Palo Pinto County	61.5	66.2	76.2	25.8	54.6	44.8
154	Crosby County	61.4	52.2	88.4	17.5	44.3	76.3
155	Gillespie County	61.4	73.6	68.3	27.6	57.7	42.3
156	Presidio County	61.4	57.7	92	2.3	34.4	89.8
157	Andrews County	61.3	64.9	66.8	33.6	49.6	91.1
158	Lynn County	61.3	53.5	80.9	20.9	51	77
159	Ochiltree County	61.3	62.8	80.5	25.8	44.8	65.2
160	Wheeler County	61.3	61.6	81.7	27.8	45.9	58.7
161	Chambers County	61.2	70.3	56.8	53.9	64.8	48.2
162	Cooke County	61.2	67.3	73.1	30.7	61	26.7
163	Medina County	61.2	65.4	73.9	31.3	60.1	31.3
164	Upshur County	61.2	67.8	76.8	24.4	55.4	33.1
165	Hill County	61.1	67.6	79.4	24.6	53.8	27
166	Henderson County	61	74.7	78.4	25.1	51.2	15.5
167	Orange County	61	67.2	76.2	31.3	60	14.1
168	Walker County	61	71	77.1	15.9	56.2	26.2
169	Atascosa County	60.9	65.1	77.9	28.7	52	39.3
170	Wise County	60.8	68.9	66.2	42.1	58.4	41
171	Zavala County	60.8	62.2	90	10.7	41.8	46.4
172	Wilson County	60.7	65.7	69.2	43.7	62.3	24.5
173	Hockley County	60.6	60.6	83.3	19.2	48.2	48.6
174	Erath County	60.5	70.6	72.9	26	57.3	25
175	Hood County	60.5	69.9	62.4	40	65.9	29.5
176	Bowie County	60.4	65.8	78.3	22.1	57.2	21
177	Coryell County	60.4	62.5	72.5	28.4	60.7	36.6
178	Bee County	60.3	62.3	80.4	20	52.5	37.3
179	Kendall County	60	68.4	53.3	55.5	70.6	34.5
180	Burnet County	59.9	70.6	67.7	33.8	59.8	23.4
181	Gonzales County	59.9	67.8	82.9	22.1	49.3	14.3
182	Gray County	59.9	62.1	81.1	20	49.5	40.1
183	Wilbarger County	59.8	60.8	80.7	17.1	47.1	53.9
184	Angelina County	59.4	67.1	76.5	21.8	51.8	28.2
185	Gaines County	59.2	61	81.9	33.4	41.4	42.4
186	Sherman County	59	47.4	77.8	31.8	51.1	69.7
187	Navarro County	58.9	65	75.7	22.1	54.2	24.8
188	Matagorda County	58.7	67	80.2	19.4	47.9	19.7
189	Dawson County	58.6	53.7	83.2	19.8	42.8	61.3
190	Hale County	58.6	63.3	84.4	17.9	45.4	21.6
191	Deaf Smith County	58.5	63.7	82.7	18.7	41.1	38.2
192	Jim Hogg County	58.5	62.5	80.9	11	41.7	54.6
193	Smith County	58.5	67.3	69.8	30.3	58.1	15.8
194	Tom Green County	58.5	64.3	72.2	26.6	56.9	22.7
195	Gregg County	58.4	67.9	74.5	25.7	53.5	13
196	Starr County	58.4	70.7	89.2	8.3	36.1	15.2
197	Waller County	58.4	64	67.7	33.1	58.5	29.7
198	Grayson County	58.3	65.9	69.7	29.4	57.9	19.7
199	Randall County	58.3	57.9	68.4	36.2	67.7	13.2
200	Jim Wells County	58.2	67.1	82.1	14.4	47.1	13.5
201	Comal County	58	68.2	56.8	48	69.7	7.3
202	Hunt County	58	65.8	69.9	29.2	57.2	17.8
203	Swisher County	58	53.2	86.3	8.9	39.8	62.6
204	Terry County	57.8	60.7	81.5	13.4	41.4	48
205	Liberty County	57.6	67.1	76.1	25.7	46.4	20.5
206	Dallam County	57.5	60.9	75.8	30.6	41.6	48.9
207	Caldwell County	57.3	64.8	72.9	28.1	51	20.2
208	Val Verde County	57.3	60.8	79.1	22.3	47.7	23.9
209	Wharton County	57.3	59.9	77	26.5	52.2	17
210	Taylor County	57.2	62.8	71	26.7	57.2	16.2
211	Frio County	57.1	57.5	79.5	22.6	42.7	44.1
212	Midland County	57	66.8	60.2	44.7	59.7	18.8
213	Moore County	57	59.4	79	23.4	42.9	38.1
214	Maverick County	56.8	63.1	83.2	16.9	35.6	35.9
215	Uvalde County	56.8	58.2	79.6	21.2	45.9	30
216	Johnson County	56.6	66.3	64.1	36.8	57.9	13.3
217	Parker County	56.6	61.5	56.6	50	66.5	18.9
218	Victoria County	56.6	60.4	73.3	29.1	54	13.5
219	Wichita County	56.6	52.6	76.1	24	58.2	18.1
220	Parmer County	56.4	58.2	78.5	27.9	47.5	18.2
221	Guadalupe County	56.3	60.3	60	44.6	67.3	8.5
222	Bastrop County	56	59.7	66.1	37.4	57.5	18.8
223	Ector County	55.9	66.3	70.3	29.8	48	17.2
224	Ellis County	55.6	61.2	57.3	46	63.2	18.4
225	Bell County	55.5	58.9	67.9	26.5	60.9	8.9
226	McLennan County	55.5	59.3	71.2	25.1	56.6	8.8
227	Kleberg County	55.4	56.9	76.2	21	51.1	15.6
228	San Patricio County	55.1	59.3	71	27.5	52.4	14.6
229	Brazos County	54.9	56.2	66.1	21.5	64.2	11.6
230	Jefferson County	54.9	58	75.7	22.5	51.7	4.3
231	Galveston County	54.8	60.4	60.1	39.1	64.3	4.6
232	Lubbock County	54.7	58.3	69.1	24.8	58.7	3.8
233	Rockwall County	54	56.1	41.4	64.9	73.4	29.3
234	Potter County	53.9	60	77.4	16.3	43.7	9.5
235	Willacy County	53.5	48.4	85.8	13.2	39.3	22.5
236	Williamson County	53.3	54.2	46.6	54.1	75.6	9.9
237	Brazoria County	53.1	53.2	57.9	45.5	64.7	6.4
238	Montgomery County	53.1	55.9	56.2	46.9	64.6	4.3
239	Kaufman County	53	53.6	58.1	41.2	59.1	23.8
240	Hays County	52.9	53.7	55.2	39.4	67.9	9.4
241	Cameron County	52.6	56.7	81.7	16.9	38.2	2.7
242	Denton County	52.4	53.9	45.8	54	75.7	3.1
243	Collin County	52.3	55.6	41.4	60.1	78.2	1.1
244	Travis County	52.2	59.1	46.6	46.8	71.3	2.3
245	Nueces County	51.7	55.1	68.2	26.5	50.9	3.4
246	Webb County	51.4	50.2	73.4	24.2	45.8	10.8
247	Bexar County	51	51.2	64.1	29.5	57.2	0.6
248	Tarrant County	50.7	52.4	57	36.8	61.8	0.9
249	Hidalgo County	50.3	52.7	81	17.5	34.4	1
250	Fort Bend County	50.2	46.3	46	57.4	73.2	2.5
251	El Paso County	49.9	43.6	74.2	21.8	48.2	4.5
252	Dallas County	49.8	55	59	31.8	54.8	0.4
253	Harris County	49.8	53.9	61.2	31.1	53.3	0.1
254	Kenedy County	17.9	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	71.7

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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