PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Central Texas is seeing a lot of accolades lately. Now it's adding another one when it comes to most livable small cities.
Pflugerville is among the top 50 most livable small cities in America, according to a study done by SmartAsset.
SmartAsset looked at 275 cities with at least 65,000 people but less than 100,000. The platform looked at the following different metrics:
- The number of arts, entertainment and recreation establishments
- The number of bars and restaurants
- The number of healthcare and social assistance establishments
- Housing costs as a percentage of household income
- Percentage of residents below the poverty line
- Unemployment rate
- Residents without health insurance
- Average commute time
According to the data, Pflugerville ranked 31 with 19.57% of housing costs as a percentage of income, 6.6% of residents below the poverty line and an unemployment rate of 3%.
Other notable Central Texas cities are Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander, which all rounded out the top 150.
Below you can search your city to see where it falls on the list.
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