To find the best places to raise kids, a new study by SmartAsset analyzed the 200 largest metro areas nationwide across metrics reflective of safety, health, education and affordability, among others. The Sioux Falls metro area cracks the top 10!
The Sioux Falls metro area cracked the top 25 places in SmartAsset’s study of the Best Housing Markets for Growth and Stability coming in at No. 24.
SmartAsset, in their sixth annual study set out to find the housing markets that have experienced the most stable growth throughout the past 25 years (1995-2019). They specifically considered historical data on home price growth and volatility in 357 metro areas nationwide.
Forbes compared more than 750 locales in America, measuring everything from housing costs and taxes to healthcare and air quality. Sioux Falls is one of the top 25 cities for retirees.
SmartAsset analyzed data from various sources to find the cities across America that are the best for young professionals.
They compared 150 cities across the following metrics: percentage of the population between 25 and 34, county level unemployment rate from May 2020, labor force participation rate for young professionals, median rent, cost of living, density of entertainment establishments, median earnings for full-time workers, four-year change in median earnings and median rent as a percentage of full-time workers earnings.
Seven of the top 10 cities are in the Midwest including Sioux Falls at No. 4!. Midwest cities stand out in two metrics in particular: median rent as a low percentage of full-time workers’ earnings and a high percentage of the population between 25 and 34.
To determine the cities where Americans cope best, WalletHub compared 182 cities across 42 key metrics. The data set ranges from how vulnerable the state is to COVID-19 to average weekly work hours to divorce and suicide rates.
Sioux Falls ranked as the third least stressed city. Regional communities ranking alongside Sioux Falls include Lincoln, Fargo and Bismarck.
In order to determine the best- and worst-run cities in America, WalletHub compared 150 of the most populated cities across six key categories: 1) Financial Stability, 2) Education, 3) Health, 4) Safety, 5) Economy and 6) Infrastructure & Pollution. They evaluated these dimensions using 38 relevant metrics…ranking Sioux Falls No. 11.
Zippia looked at over 200 cities and ranked them on median income, average rent and unemployment using data from the most recent Census ACS.
The Best Cities to Start a Career according to Zippia’s research are:
Sioux Falls is among the top ranked hottest job markets in the U.S. according to the Wall Street Journal. WSJ worked with Moody’s Analytics to assess the labor market of the country’s 381 metro areas based on five metrics:
Those rankings were averaged to determine the hottest labor markets for metro areas over 1 million people, and for those under one million people.
Sioux Falls ranked No. 5 among communities with less than one million residents.
ZipRecruiter® released its annual list of the 10 Hottest Job Markets for 2020 based on job market size, job market growth, median annual wage, and the average number of job openings per job seeker. ZipRecruiter then averaged the percentile rankings to compare overall job market hotness on a 100-point scale. Sioux Falls ranked No. 3.
The top 10 include:
