{"id":149,"date":"2026-10-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2026-10-18T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T11:00:00","slug":"safest-and-richest-midsize-southern-cities-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/18\/safest-and-richest-midsize-southern-cities-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Safest and Richest Midsize Southern Cities in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>When I look at the landscape of midsize Southern cities, I\u2019m always drawn to those communities where safety, strong incomes, and true livability all come together. For 2026, cities like Sugar Land, Cedar Park, Pearland, Plano, Cary, Roswell, Alexandria, and Hoover stand out\u2014with median household incomes above $100K, low crime rates, high home values, and livability scores topping 80. As someone who\u2019s spent 24 years helping clients navigate the Austin market (and as a long-time community advocate), I see firsthand how these factors shape not only investment value but also day-to-day life\u2014especially for families and newcomers. These data-driven insights can help you make confident real estate decisions, whether you\u2019re searching for your next home or evaluating long-term growth opportunities here in Texas or beyond.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/real-estate\/articles\/8-safest-richest-midsize-southern-170025918.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I look at the landscape of midsize Southern cities, I\u2019m always drawn to those communities where safety, strong incomes, and true livability all come together. For 2026, cities like Sugar Land, Cedar Park, Pearland, Plano, Cary, Roswell, Alexandria, and Hoover stand out\u2014with median household incomes above $100K, low crime rates, high home values, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austin114.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}