Cities in TX, OK, LA, AR, NM ranked by composite momentum.
Texas and its neighbors have been the engine of US population growth for the last decade. The Austin metro overshot and corrected; the rest of the region is more nuanced.
This list ranks by current composite momentum so the cities still running show up at the top.
1Bentonville, ARFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers · pop 61,79182Hot$487,573median home+4.0%home YoY 2Rogers, ARFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers · pop 75,63978Hot$385,816median home+3.4%home YoY 3University Park, TXDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington · pop 25,26878Hot$2,461,469median home+6.9%home YoY 4Fayetteville, ARFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers · pop 103,13477Rising$380,101median home+4.1%home YoY 5Bella Vista, ARFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers · pop 33,27477Rising$358,353median home+1.9%home YoY 6Socorro, TXEl Paso · pop 38,64276Rising$207,975median home+1.8%home YoY 7Abilene, TXAbilene · pop 130,50175Rising$214,916median home+6.1%home YoY 8Springdale, ARFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers · pop 89,36875Rising$339,383median home+3.6%home YoY 9Brownsville, TXBrownsville-Harlingen · pop 191,96773Rising$196,920median home+2.3%home YoY 10Stillwater, OKStillwater · pop 50,13873Rising$266,352median home+4.4%home YoY 11Rio Rancho, NMAlbuquerque · pop 112,52472Rising$362,476median home+0.4%home YoY 12Owasso, OKTulsa · pop 42,82172Rising$317,586median home+2.1%home YoY 13Southlake, TXDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington · pop 31,50072Rising$1,313,920median home+2.5%home YoY 14Centerton, ARFayetteville-Springdale-Rogers · pop 25,74572Rising$349,319median home+0.2%home YoY 16Edinburg, TXMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission · pop 108,73371Rising$217,077median home+1.7%home YoY 17Jenks, OKTulsa · pop 27,86971Rising$354,532median home+2.8%home YoY 18Farmington, NMFarmington · pop 46,26270Rising$279,567median home+4.4%home YoY 20Sherwood, ARLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway · pop 33,28170Rising$235,460median home+4.6%home YoY 21Shawnee, OKShawnee · pop 32,09270Rising$179,321median home+3.5%home YoY 22Cabot, ARLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway · pop 27,57570Rising$245,833median home+3.1%home YoY 23Yukon, OKOklahoma City · pop 27,06870Rising$275,122median home+1.3%home YoY 24Amarillo, TXAmarillo · pop 203,72969Rising$208,517median home+2.8%home YoY 25Jonesboro, ARJonesboro · pop 82,38469Rising$225,577median home+3.7%home YoY 26Weslaco, TXMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission · pop 43,86469Rising$178,387median home+0.1%home YoY 27Benton, ARLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway · pop 38,08869Rising$237,319median home+2.6%home YoY 28Russellville, ARRussellville · pop 29,44269Rising$214,184median home+2.3%home YoY 29Tulsa, OKTulsa · pop 415,15468Rising$220,279median home+2.8%home YoY 30Norman, OKOklahoma City · pop 131,01068Rising$264,711median home+1.9%home YoY 31Bryan, TXCollege Station-Bryan · pop 91,54168Rising$275,442median home+1.2%home YoY 32Lawton, OKLawton · pop 90,02768Rising$141,667median home+5.6%home YoY 33Conway, ARLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway · pop 70,71168Rising$246,465median home+1.7%home YoY 34San Juan, TXMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission · pop 37,34168Rising$182,051median home-0.2%home YoY 35Bixby, OKTulsa · pop 31,72868Rising$333,851median home+1.7%home YoY 36Colleyville, TXDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington · pop 26,01268Rising$917,464median home+1.6%home YoY 37College Station, TXCollege Station-Bryan · pop 128,02367Rising$349,672median home+0.5%home YoY 38Fort Smith, ARFort Smith · pop 90,50767Rising$195,664median home+3.2%home YoY 39Longview, TXLongview · pop 83,66867Rising$232,445median home+1.7%home YoY 40Alvin, TXHouston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land · pop 29,86967Rising$294,161median home+0.3%home YoY 41Jacksonville, ARLittle Rock-North Little Rock-Conway · pop 29,12967Rising$170,281median home+5.8%home YoY 42Oklahoma City, OKOklahoma City · pop 712,91966Rising$207,961median home-0.2%home YoY 43El Paso, TXEl Paso · pop 681,72366Rising$235,994median home+1.5%home YoY 44McAllen, TXMcAllen-Edinburg-Mission · pop 148,78266Rising$229,034median home+0.6%home YoY 45Odessa, TXOdessa · pop 119,74866Rising$253,423median home+5.9%home YoY 46Las Cruces, NMLas Cruces · pop 116,99866Rising$290,963median home-0.3%home YoY 47Edmond, OKOklahoma City · pop 99,04066Rising$355,632median home+0.8%home YoY 48Keller, TXDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington · pop 46,64366Rising$655,788median home+0.6%home YoY 49Hot Springs, ARHot Springs · pop 37,97166Rising$244,769median home-0.3%home YoY 50Paragould, ARParagould · pop 30,68066Rising$190,985median home+1.1%home YoY Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.