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Heather Taylor

America’s Fastest-Growing Suburbs With Home Values Under $500K in 2025

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Move over, Mooresville. The North Carolina suburb, which ranked No. 1 in GOBankingRates’ 2024 study on the nation’s fastest-growing suburbs with home values under $500,000, has officially been dethroned in GOBankingRates’ original research study covering the 2025 rankings.

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The 2025 study examines all cities with home values below $500,000. These cities are part of metro statistical areas with populations above 1 million and a 9% or greater change in population from 2021 to 2023. Only 26 suburbs had qualifying home values under $500,000, compared to 50 suburbs in 2024.

Key Findings

Stockbridge, Georgia, is the fastest-growing suburb with home values under $500,000 in 2025. It is the only Georgia suburb among the 26 suburbs and did not previously rank in the top 50 in 2024. The 2025 home value in Stockbridge is $303,705.
13 Texas suburbs ranked in 2025 — compared to eight in 2024 — accounting for half of this year’s list. Atascocita (#2), Kyle (#3), Conroe (#4), Forney (#6), Hutto (#10), New Braunfels (#11), Waxahachie (#13), Weatherford (#14), Lewisville (#17), Little Elm (#19), Georgetown (#20), Leander (#23) and Midlothian (#24) ranked as this year’s top suburbs with home values under $500,000.
Four Florida suburbs made the 2025 ranking. They include Sun City Center (#5), Ruskin (#7), Wesley Chapel (#18) and Apollo Beach (#22). Eight Florida suburbs were featured in 2024’s ranking.
No California suburbs made it into the 2025 ranking.

Ranked by most to least affordable home values, here are the 26 fastest-growing suburbs in America.

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1. Stockbridge, Georgia

Suburb of: Atlanta
2025 home value: $303,705
2021 total population: 28,567
2023 total population: 35,475
2-year population increase (%): 24.18%

2. Atascocita, Texas

Suburb of: Houston
2025 home value: $321,050
2021 total population: 84,222
2023 total population: 93,926
2-year population increase (%): 11.52%

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3. Kyle, Texas

Suburb of: Austin, Texas
2025 home value: $323,917
2021 total population: 45,147
2023 total population: 52,439
2-year population increase (%): 16.15%

4. Conroe, Texas

Suburb of: Houston
2025 home value: $325,425
2021 total population: 87,930
2023 total population: 96,976
2-year population increase (%): 10.29%

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5. Sun City Center, Florida

Suburb of: Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida
2025 home value: $327,924
2021 total population: 26,920
2023 total population: 31,801
2-year population increase (%): 18.13%

6. Forney, Texas

Suburb of: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
2025 home value: $330,146
2021 total population: 22,770
2023 total population: 28,222
2-year population increase (%): 23.94%

7. Ruskin, Florida

Suburb of: Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida
2025 home value: $331,345
2021 total population: 26,536
2023 total population: 30,074
2-year population increase (%): 13.33%

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8. Olive Branch, Mississippi

Suburb of: Memphis, Tennessee
2025 home value: $339,320
2021 total population: 39,136
2023 total population: 46,538
2-year population increase (%): 18.91%

9. Maricopa, Arizona

Suburb of: Phoenix
2025 home value: $360,155
2021 total population: 57,075
2023 total population: 62,986
2-year population increase (%): 10.36%

10. Hutto, Texas

Suburb of: Austin, Texas
2025 home value: $364,720
2021 total population: 26,971
2023 total population: 32,188
2-year population increase (%): 19.34%

11. New Braunfels, Texas

Suburb of: San Antonio, Texas
2025 home value: $368,224
2021 total population: 87,549
2023 total population: 98,700
2-year population increase (%): 12.74%

12. Clayton, North Carolina

Suburb of: Raleigh, North Carolina
2025 home value: $374,518
2021 total population: 25,486
2023 total population: 28,043
2-year population increase (%): 10.03%

13. Waxahachie, Texas

Suburb of: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
2025 home value: $377,490
2021 total population: 39,815
2023 total population: 43,591
2-year population increase (%): 9.48%

14. Weatherford, Texas

Suburb of: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
2025 home value: $402,838
2021 total population: 30,385
2023 total population: 33,924
2-year population increase (%): 11.65%

15. Buckeye, Arizona

Suburb of: Phoenix
2025 home value: $408,220
2021 total population: 89,711
2023 total population: 99,844
2-year population increase (%): 11.30%

16. San Tan Valley, Arizona

Suburb of: Phoenix
2025 home value: $410,260
2021 total population: 96,127
2023 total population: 105,231
2-year population increase (%): 9.47%

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17. Lewisville, Texas

Suburb of: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
2025 home value: $416,508
2021 total population: 110,077
2023 total population: 128,313
2-year population increase (%): 16.57%

18. Wesley Chapel, Florida

Suburb of: Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida
2025 home value: $423,390
2021 total population: 65,134
2023 total population: 71,965
2-year population increase (%): 10.49%

19. Little Elm, Texas

Suburb of: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
2025 home value: $438,867
2021 total population: 45,124
2023 total population: 51,426
2-year population increase (%): 13.97%

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20. Georgetown, Texas

Suburb of: Austin, Texas
2025 home value: $450,854
2021 total population: 66,514
2023 total population: 78,803
2-year population increase (%): 18.48%

21. Lebanon, Tennessee

Suburb of: Nashville, Tennessee
2025 home value: $451,321
2021 total population: 37,471
2023 total population: 41,951
2-year population increase (%): 11.96%

22. Apollo Beach, Florida

Suburb of: Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida
2025 home value: $459,379
2021 total population: 24,790
2023 total population: 28,347
2-year population increase (%): 14.35%

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23. Leander, Texas

Suburb of: Austin, Texas
2025 home value: $460,293
2021 total population: 57,696
2023 total population: 67,880
2-year population increase (%): 17.65%

24. Midlothian, Texas

Suburb of: Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
2025 home value: $460,851
2021 total population: 33,914
2023 total population: 37,256
2-year population increase (%): 9.85%

25. Westfield, Indiana

Suburb of: Indianapolis
2025 home value: $482,509
2021 total population: 45,695
2023 total population: 51,109
2-year population increase (%): 11.85%

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26. Goodyear, Arizona

Suburb of: Phoenix
2025 home value: $483,706
2021 total population: 93,651
2023 total population: 102,891
2-year population increase (%): 9.87%

See more original studies and surveys in the GOBankingRates original research center.

Editor’s note: Photos are for representational purposes only and might not reflect the exact locations listed.

Methodology: For this piece GOBankingRates first found the (1) two-year numerical and percent change in total population from 2021 to 2023 for all cities with populations between 25,000 and 200,000. With these cities isolated, GOBankingRates focused on all cities with a 9% or greater change in population from 2021 to 2023 AND part of metro statistical areas with above 1 million in total population AND with a 2025 home value below $500,000. All data was collected on and is up to date as of July 31, 2025.

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