Check Out These Highly Rated Texas Counties To Raise A Family In

Where people choose to raise their families in Texas is a big deal. For new or established families thinking about moving to Texas or relocating to another part of the Lone Star State, they have a big choice to make, which of the 254 different counties are they going to live in?

There has been an influx of transplants from California, New York, Oklahoma, and from elsewhere around the US and they all have quickly learned that not all of the 254 Texas counties are created equally. Each one of them has its perks and pitfalls and is beautiful in its own way.

Families looking to move to or around Texas consider a lot when they move:

• tax rates
• cost of basic necessities
• transportation and traffic
• cost of living
• school district rating
• amount of available healthcare
• recreational opportunities
• general weather

In addition to those factors, another key consideration is safety. How safe is the area they're going to move to? What's the law enforcement presence like and is there a sense of community within the neighborhood?

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Another big concern among those families looking to move to Texas is the amount of affordable and available housing or what the rental situation is like in the area. You would think that with 268,820 square miles of land, there would be houses everywhere, but that's just not the case.

With so many priorities and things to take into consideration when moving to Texas, Stacker, along with the help of Niche has compiled a list of the Texas counties that rank the best when looking at factors like schools, healthcare, cost of living, recreational opportunities, and the weather.