Preston Highlands Named Among America’s Best Places To Live

Dallas' Preston Highlands was named as one of the best places to live in America for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. Preston Highlands was ranked as the 26th best place to live in America and the third best place to live in Texas.

The “Best Places to Live” rankings include cities, city neighborhoods and suburbs. Niche defines a place as a “non-rural town” with a population of 1,000 or more, including neighborhoods, suburbs and cities. Niche also separately ranked the best cities, neighborhoods and suburbs to live in.

Preston Highlands received an overall Niche grade of A+. Here’s how Niche graded Preston Highlands in the following categories:

Public Schools: A+
Crime & Safety: B-
Housing: A
Nightlife: A
Good for Families: A+
Diversity: A+

Preston Highlands also ranked as the No. 1 best place to live in the Dallas area.

The top 10 best places to live in Texas are:

1. Terrell Hills, San Antonio
2. Timberbrook, Plano
3. Preston Highlands, Dallas
4. Canyon Creek South, Richardson
5. Clear Spring Place, Richardson
6. Greatwood, Houston
7. Triangle State, Austin
8. Cinco Ranch, Houston
9. Canyon Creek North, Richardson
10. New Territory, Houston

The top 10 best places to live in America are:

1. Bluemont, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
2. Carmel, Indiana
3. Overlake, neighborhood in Redmond, Washington
4. College Terrace, neighborhood in Palo Alto, California
5. Davis Island, neighborhood in Tampa, Florida
6. Rose Isle, neighborhood in Orlando, Florida
7. Colonial Village, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
8. Okemos, Michigan
9. Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania
10. Radnor/Fort Myer Heights, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia

Niche released its “Best Places to Live” rankings on Monday. The publication says its goal is to “provide accurate, comparable and thorough evaluations of places.” Using data from government and private sources, Niche grades the places evaluated for the rankings on factors like public schools, crime and safety and housing.

You can see the full Niche “Best Place to Live” rankings for 2019 here.