Healthiest Cities in Texas.

Cities in Texas whose adults have the lowest rates of chronic health problems.

How we rank: Each city’s adult rates of obesity, diabetes, smoking, inactivity and high blood pressure, compared with the typical US city and averaged. Lower is healthier. These are CDC estimates, not counts.

264 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Obesity	Smoking	Inactive
1	University Park	25,155	24.9%	6.0%	14.6%
2	West University Place	14,982	26.4%	5.3%	12.0%
3	Steiner Ranch	18,619	26.5%	7.2%	14.9%
4	Bellaire	17,206	25.9%	6.0%	14.0%
5	Lantana	12,766	30.9%	6.9%	14.7%
6	Southlake	31,137	25.7%	7.2%	16.8%
7	Lakeway	19,307	26.6%	6.8%	15.5%
8	Coppell	42,154	26.5%	7.4%	18.8%
9	College Station	124,570	27.2%	10.7%	23.1%
10	Frisco	219,304	30.0%	8.0%	17.8%
11	Fulshear	34,868	29.0%	8.8%	18.2%
12	Addison	17,290	31.1%	8.8%	20.4%
13	Prosper	37,869	33.1%	8.9%	16.3%
14	Austin	979,539	30.1%	9.4%	20.1%
15	Celina	34,268	33.6%	9.3%	17.3%
16	Colleyville	26,012	26.4%	7.4%	17.3%
17	Sienna	24,992	29.1%	8.2%	18.2%
18	Flower Mound	78,389	31.0%	8.1%	17.4%
19	Keller	45,976	27.6%	8.7%	18.7%
20	Trophy Club	13,733	31.6%	8.5%	17.0%
21	The Woodlands	121,002	28.5%	8.4%	17.7%
22	Cedar Park	78,301	31.1%	9.1%	20.1%
23	Brushy Creek	19,576	30.9%	8.7%	19.4%
24	Wells Branch	13,523	31.9%	10.0%	20.8%
25	Cinco Ranch	18,611	28.5%	8.3%	18.6%
26	The Colony	45,454	33.5%	9.4%	19.6%
27	Highland Village	16,101	32.0%	8.4%	17.5%
28	Leander	74,067	31.9%	9.9%	20.4%
29	Allen	110,265	31.7%	9.2%	19.3%
30	Grapevine	51,139	29.3%	9.9%	21.0%
31	Timberwood Park	35,413	29.0%	8.5%	19.7%
32	League City	116,215	30.5%	9.7%	19.6%
33	Pflugerville	65,971	31.3%	9.9%	20.7%
34	Richardson	118,731	30.0%	9.4%	22.5%
35	Canyon	15,723	32.5%	10.8%	21.5%
36	Plano	290,594	31.2%	8.8%	20.2%
37	Friendswood	41,030	29.6%	9.3%	19.2%
38	Webster	12,366	33.2%	10.2%	20.6%
39	San Marcos	70,897	33.6%	11.0%	25.1%
40	Katy	25,184	31.5%	9.6%	19.9%
41	Heath	10,777	33.5%	8.9%	17.8%
42	McKinney	210,600	33.9%	9.9%	20.2%
43	Sugar Land	110,016	24.8%	8.2%	22.0%
44	Corinth	23,385	33.8%	10.0%	19.9%
45	Seabrook	13,768	32.9%	11.0%	18.6%
46	Sachse	30,491	30.9%	9.9%	21.6%
47	Fate	22,884	36.1%	11.3%	20.6%
48	Melissa	20,136	35.7%	11.6%	19.8%
49	Rockwall	51,168	34.2%	9.4%	19.8%
50	Buda	15,859	33.9%	10.3%	20.8%
51	Fair Oaks Ranch	10,728	29.2%	8.3%	19.0%
52	Manor	18,603	34.1%	10.7%	23.7%
53	Hutto	35,483	35.7%	11.1%	23.2%
54	Scenic Oaks	10,569	29.4%	9.1%	20.6%
55	Pecan Grove	24,272	30.5%	10.2%	21.5%
56	Selma	11,503	32.0%	10.4%	22.4%
57	Anna	24,330	36.8%	11.6%	20.9%
58	Murphy	21,188	31.2%	9.8%	21.0%
59	Wylie	60,334	34.8%	11.0%	21.1%
60	Stephenville	21,682	32.5%	12.4%	25.0%
61	Benbrook	24,557	29.9%	10.3%	22.3%
62	Atascocita	99,354	35.3%	10.8%	20.3%
63	Mansfield	77,510	31.7%	10.9%	22.8%
64	Little Elm	54,820	36.1%	11.3%	22.6%
65	Round Rock	127,786	34.2%	10.6%	23.7%
66	Carrollton	133,740	32.2%	9.8%	24.1%
67	Royse City	20,037	36.2%	12.3%	22.5%
68	Pearland	127,514	33.4%	9.6%	22.2%
69	Denton	152,866	35.5%	11.2%	24.1%
70	Kyle	56,823	35.7%	11.3%	24.0%
71	Rowlett	65,463	32.6%	10.5%	23.5%
72	Midlothian	39,356	35.0%	11.8%	21.7%
73	Euless	60,421	30.9%	11.7%	25.0%
74	Farmers Branch	36,645	32.3%	10.6%	27.1%
75	Bedford	49,085	30.8%	11.1%	23.9%
76	North Richland Hills	70,780	30.6%	11.7%	24.2%
77	Burleson	52,918	31.5%	12.8%	23.1%
78	Cibolo	35,109	34.0%	11.6%	22.1%
79	New Braunfels	104,643	34.6%	11.0%	23.0%
80	Irving	256,492	31.6%	11.2%	28.6%
81	Forney	31,532	36.0%	12.5%	23.4%
82	Lewisville	131,080	36.1%	11.4%	24.9%
83	Georgetown	85,999	31.9%	9.1%	23.6%
84	Princeton	25,229	38.1%	12.9%	24.1%
85	Deer Park	33,967	34.5%	11.9%	22.5%
86	Hewitt	16,432	31.4%	10.3%	23.1%
87	Port Neches	13,664	33.7%	12.3%	22.8%
88	Live Oak	15,984	31.3%	10.6%	25.4%
89	Hornsby Bend	12,367	36.1%	12.4%	27.2%
90	Lumberton	13,963	31.9%	13.5%	23.1%
91	Boerne	20,518	35.0%	11.2%	23.1%
92	Tomball	13,655	33.3%	11.4%	22.7%
93	Fairview	10,783	33.1%	9.2%	21.7%
94	Saginaw	24,970	32.4%	13.3%	26.5%
95	Schertz	44,050	33.4%	11.3%	23.2%
96	Crowley	19,532	33.6%	13.1%	26.3%
97	Watauga	23,233	31.9%	13.2%	26.5%
98	Manvel	14,758	36.3%	11.3%	24.1%
99	Robinson	12,800	32.7%	13.1%	24.4%
100	Hurst	39,861	32.1%	12.4%	26.2%
101	Spring	68,580	37.3%	12.4%	24.3%
102	Midland	136,640	36.0%	12.5%	27.2%
103	Conroe	102,360	33.1%	13.1%	26.7%
104	Nederland	18,381	35.2%	13.7%	25.1%
105	Weatherford	35,788	35.5%	13.4%	25.2%
106	Missouri City	76,558	32.6%	10.3%	25.7%
107	Fredericksburg	11,419	32.1%	10.4%	25.3%
108	Waxahachie	45,347	37.0%	13.0%	26.1%
109	Santa Fe	12,901	33.1%	13.6%	24.9%
110	La Porte	36,730	36.5%	13.3%	24.7%
111	Lubbock	264,814	35.8%	13.0%	28.7%
112	Bastrop	11,156	37.4%	12.1%	26.8%
113	Arlington	397,742	33.8%	13.3%	29.2%
114	Iowa Colony	12,891	39.7%	13.4%	26.5%
115	Universal City	20,189	32.6%	11.7%	27.1%
116	Copperas Cove	37,947	37.7%	13.9%	26.6%
117	Converse	29,607	34.5%	12.3%	27.5%
118	Red Oak	17,077	38.7%	12.6%	26.0%
119	Rendon	14,632	32.4%	14.1%	27.3%
120	Stafford	17,401	32.9%	12.1%	29.0%
121	Abilene	128,053	35.3%	13.9%	27.5%
122	Fort Worth	963,194	34.6%	13.8%	29.9%
123	Azle	14,126	33.3%	15.0%	27.3%
124	Harker Heights	34,128	41.9%	12.6%	26.9%
125	Lake Jackson	27,974	37.0%	13.0%	26.7%
126	Portland	20,543	38.2%	12.8%	28.2%
127	Heartland	10,607	41.3%	15.4%	27.8%
128	Grand Prairie	201,883	35.8%	12.9%	31.4%
129	Belton	24,356	40.8%	13.2%	29.9%
130	Bryan	87,939	33.4%	14.5%	29.9%
131	Dallas	1,307,930	36.8%	13.0%	31.0%
132	San Angelo	99,674	36.5%	12.7%	29.4%
133	Huntsville	47,864	38.2%	15.0%	28.9%
134	Angleton	19,972	37.7%	12.8%	27.8%
135	Sherman	46,397	34.3%	14.2%	28.9%
136	Cedar Hill	48,879	38.3%	11.9%	28.2%
137	Burkburnett	11,059	34.8%	15.4%	26.3%
138	Brenham	18,641	36.6%	12.7%	28.2%
139	Fresno	24,560	38.8%	12.6%	29.4%
140	Wichita Falls	102,581	35.4%	14.9%	27.7%
141	Glenn Heights	18,096	40.3%	12.9%	28.6%
142	Canyon Lake	33,883	36.7%	12.8%	24.3%
143	Garland	246,844	34.7%	13.1%	32.3%
144	Granbury	12,136	33.0%	12.4%	27.5%
145	Andrews	13,468	36.1%	14.2%	31.0%
146	Four Corners	11,692	31.0%	12.5%	31.8%
147	Tyler	109,215	37.5%	13.3%	28.1%
148	Houston	2,328,253	38.0%	13.6%	28.8%
149	Clute	10,715	39.2%	13.0%	30.4%
150	Alvin	28,333	38.1%	14.2%	29.1%
151	Dickinson	21,753	36.2%	14.6%	29.2%
152	Odessa	115,322	39.4%	14.0%	31.0%
153	Borger	12,226	35.6%	15.1%	29.5%
154	Horizon City	23,668	35.9%	13.1%	34.3%
155	Snyder	11,241	37.9%	13.3%	31.0%
156	Greenville	31,222	37.3%	14.6%	29.4%
157	White Settlement	18,150	34.5%	16.2%	31.6%
158	Nacogdoches	32,197	34.6%	15.7%	31.9%
159	Edinburg	104,550	42.5%	11.7%	32.6%
160	Cleburne	34,344	34.1%	15.7%	30.5%
161	Waco	143,570	36.8%	15.1%	31.4%
162	Groves	16,976	37.7%	15.2%	29.2%
163	Leon Valley	11,446	33.4%	12.1%	32.0%
164	Mission Bend	36,586	35.7%	12.6%	31.4%
165	Mesquite	149,299	37.8%	14.2%	33.2%
166	Kerrville	24,755	34.5%	12.6%	29.3%
167	Balch Springs	27,255	38.4%	14.3%	35.2%
168	Elgin	11,563	40.7%	13.8%	31.6%
169	Athens	13,200	35.2%	14.4%	30.7%
170	Richmond	12,582	36.2%	12.8%	32.5%
171	San Antonio	1,479,835	34.9%	13.0%	33.1%
172	Amarillo	201,885	38.5%	14.9%	30.0%
173	Duncanville	39,683	37.6%	13.0%	32.8%
174	El Paso	680,130	33.8%	12.2%	33.8%
175	Pleasanton	11,011	40.3%	12.9%	31.7%
176	Baytown	85,205	39.5%	15.0%	30.4%
177	Mission	87,038	41.5%	11.0%	32.8%
178	Kilgore	13,470	36.7%	16.0%	30.3%
179	Rosenberg	40,646	37.0%	13.8%	33.7%
180	Humble	16,521	40.2%	14.6%	29.6%
181	Port Lavaca	11,358	35.5%	13.2%	34.1%
182	Pasadena	149,433	39.1%	14.6%	32.5%
183	El Campo	12,202	39.6%	13.4%	32.2%
184	Sulphur Springs	16,401	38.2%	15.5%	30.3%
185	Rockport	10,683	34.2%	13.1%	28.7%
186	Channelview	43,605	40.9%	14.9%	32.8%
187	Galveston	53,424	36.4%	14.1%	29.5%
188	McAllen	145,385	41.8%	11.2%	32.8%
189	Killeen	158,159	45.7%	14.6%	31.4%
190	Ennis	22,588	39.4%	14.8%	32.2%
191	Kingsville	24,994	38.3%	13.0%	35.6%
192	West Odessa	32,594	41.0%	15.4%	34.7%
193	Brownwood	18,777	36.0%	16.1%	31.7%
194	Dumas	14,452	38.1%	14.9%	34.7%
195	Temple	89,602	42.8%	14.0%	30.9%
196	DeSoto	56,211	40.1%	12.2%	29.7%
197	Taylor	17,136	38.8%	14.5%	33.0%
198	Longview	82,923	37.5%	15.7%	30.5%
199	Haltom City	45,767	35.4%	16.9%	36.1%
200	Corpus Christi	317,419	39.7%	13.5%	31.9%
201	Denison	25,778	35.6%	16.7%	30.6%
202	Lockhart	15,326	42.4%	14.0%	32.5%
203	Gainesville	17,883	38.4%	16.4%	32.3%
204	Lancaster	40,820	41.6%	13.8%	31.9%
205	Victoria	65,625	38.0%	14.6%	33.6%
206	Texas City	55,364	38.3%	15.1%	31.3%
207	Hidalgo	14,498	43.8%	12.1%	36.0%
208	Galena Park	10,487	40.8%	14.1%	35.4%
209	Levelland	12,466	37.1%	15.0%	35.0%
210	Pampa	16,659	38.2%	16.4%	32.4%
211	Beeville	13,412	40.1%	13.7%	35.9%
212	Seguin	33,754	37.2%	15.0%	33.8%
213	La Marque	19,268	38.9%	15.2%	31.4%
214	Henderson	13,385	39.0%	17.0%	32.2%
215	Big Spring	23,975	40.0%	16.5%	35.0%
216	Laredo	257,619	42.2%	13.1%	39.6%
217	Corsicana	25,511	38.8%	16.3%	34.0%
218	Seagoville	19,352	40.1%	17.8%	36.2%
219	Weslaco	42,229	43.1%	12.4%	36.4%
220	Socorro	37,123	35.9%	13.6%	39.4%
221	Harlingen	72,087	40.1%	13.3%	36.2%
222	South Houston	16,033	41.5%	14.9%	37.7%
223	Jacksonville	14,325	37.9%	16.8%	35.3%
224	Uvalde	15,417	41.3%	13.4%	37.1%
225	Orange	19,177	42.1%	16.7%	31.8%
226	Brownsville	189,177	40.8%	13.3%	37.7%
227	Del Rio	34,668	38.8%	13.7%	38.8%
228	Freeport	10,621	42.6%	15.3%	36.4%
229	Beaumont	113,279	42.1%	16.0%	32.1%
230	Marshall	23,825	41.7%	16.4%	33.9%
231	Mount Pleasant	16,136	39.8%	16.7%	37.3%
232	Hereford	14,840	40.5%	15.2%	39.6%
233	Terrell	20,366	41.1%	17.1%	34.8%
234	Pharr	80,333	44.8%	13.4%	38.4%
235	Mineral Wells	15,244	41.3%	18.4%	34.2%
236	Palestine	19,136	40.6%	17.1%	34.1%
237	Cloverleaf	24,063	42.5%	16.7%	37.0%
238	Bay City	17,730	41.0%	16.2%	35.7%
239	Bonham	10,697	42.2%	19.7%	33.1%
240	Texarkana	35,992	39.1%	18.0%	32.8%
241	Alton	20,214	45.8%	14.5%	39.9%
242	Plainview	19,711	39.8%	15.9%	38.3%
243	Lufkin	34,251	41.7%	16.5%	35.0%
244	San Juan	36,149	45.1%	14.0%	39.5%
245	Bellmead	10,566	40.1%	18.3%	36.6%
246	Paris	24,775	41.2%	18.6%	34.0%
247	Mercedes	16,733	44.9%	13.7%	39.5%
248	Forest Hill	14,062	40.7%	16.8%	39.5%
249	San Elizario	10,116	38.2%	16.0%	43.0%
250	Eagle Pass	28,339	43.5%	13.2%	41.7%
251	Gatesville	16,228	44.9%	23.2%	37.3%
252	Palmview	15,921	45.4%	14.7%	41.0%
253	Alamo	20,255	44.3%	14.5%	40.3%
254	San Benito	24,709	42.3%	14.7%	41.4%
255	Alice	17,707	41.7%	15.0%	43.2%
256	Sweetwater	10,385	41.8%	18.9%	38.5%
257	La Homa	11,285	47.0%	17.0%	44.4%
258	Aldine	17,167	44.6%	20.0%	43.6%
259	Raymondville	10,185	44.4%	17.9%	45.6%
260	Robstown	10,236	44.5%	16.0%	44.2%
261	Port Arthur	55,828	45.3%	19.8%	40.5%
262	Rio Grande City	15,396	45.0%	17.1%	47.2%
263	Donna	16,833	48.3%	17.3%	45.6%
264	Roma	11,545	46.5%	18.1%	51.5%