13 Best Family Friendly Cities With Homes Under $400K

When you’re looking for a place to raise a family, your priorities are likely safety, affordability and quality schools. With the median home price now at $420,000, the affordability part of the equation can be hard to come by. Fortunately, you still do have options.

MoveBuddha identified the American cities that people want to move to that have a median home price under the national median and an A- or B-grade for crime and schools. Of those cities, these 13 have median home prices of less than $400,000.

Here are the hottest cities for families with affordable homes.

• Median home price: $275,192
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.88
• Population: 119,194
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A-

• Median home price: $281,657
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.33
• Population: 225,564
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: B+

• Median home price: $326,261
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.54
• Population: 9,064
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A

Pictured: Jacksonville, Florida

• Median home price: $328,215
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.54
• Population: 30,321
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A

• Median home price: $333,385
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.35
• Population: 74,458
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A

• Median home price: $343,655
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.42
• Population: 98,103
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A+

• Median home price: $353,735
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.76
• Population: 26,360
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A+

• Median home price: $361,958
• In-to-out move ratio: 2.67
• Population: 110,958
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A-

• Median home price: $366,320
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.36
• Population: 27,506
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A-

• Median home price: $372,892
• In-to-out move ratio: 2.03
• Population: 30,216
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: B+

• Median home price: $379,317
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.36
• Population: 17,317
• Crime & safety score: B-
• Public schools score: A-

• Median home price: $389,571
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.51
• Population: 2,769
• Crime & safety score: B
• Public schools score: A

Pictured: Houston

• Median home price: $391,874
• In-to-out move ratio: 1.61
• Population: 12,816
• Crime & safety score: B
• Public schools score: B+

Data is sourced from moveBuddha and is accurate as of July 18, 2024.