Overview

• WalletHub compared 300 cities across 17 housing and economic metrics, placing McKinney first, Cary second and Irvine third.
• Analyst Chip Lupo said Texas cities rank highly because strong job creation aligns with substantial recent homebuilding, supporting resilient markets.
• McKinney’s profile includes roughly 38% of homes built since 2010, high building-permit activity and job growth near 21% annually.
• Cary’s appeal includes some of the lowest utility and maintenance costs plus low foreclosure and mortgage-delinquency rates, while Irvine features a young housing stock, very low delinquency and high median credit scores.
• Five Texas suburbs made the top 10, New York City ranked 230th, and the bottom three markets were New Orleans, Shreveport and Baton Rouge.