9 Most Livable Cities for Middle-Class Families in the Southwest

The Southwestern United States is already well known for its temperate weather, affordable cost of living and thriving cultural landscape. Recently, a Livability study ranking the 100 best places to live in America named 20 Southwest cities as among the most livable. 

This is good news for middle-class families especially, as nine of the cities mentioned from that ranking are included on this list thanks to having reasonable median home values (under $350,000). From Texas to New Mexico, middle-class families will want to explore a comfortable lifestyle in these nine Southwest cities.

• LivScore: 778
• Population: 96,125
• Median home value: $317,536

• LivScore: 758
• Population: 101,954
• Median home value: $329,097

• LivScore: 716
• Population: 107,705
• Median home value: $297,034

• LivScore: 712
• Population: 138,366
• Median home value: $291,451

• LivScore: 711
• Population: 124,530
• Median home value: $292,882

• LivScore: 711
• Population: 132,045
• Median home value: $248,548

• LivScore: 676
• Population: 107,959
• Median home value: $228,736

• LivScore: 659
• Population: 128,010
• Median home value: $182,377

• LivScore: 644
• Population: 421,630
• Median home value: $213,956