Data-Driven List Allows Users to Curate the 100 Best Places to
Live with Affordability & Personalization in Mind
FRANKLIN, Tenn., April 24,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --
Livability.com announces the release of its annual Top
100 Best Places to Live list, which recognizes the best small and
mid-sized communities across the U.S. The list is based on
extensive research into economic variables and factors that
influence quality of life, with a unique emphasis on
affordability.
"Our Top 100 Best Places to Live in the
U.S. is the only list out there truly honing in on affordability,
lauding the amazing cities across the country other than our large
U.S. metros."
Per Livability's attention to cost of living, only cities with a
median home value of $500,000 or less
were included in the final Top 100 Best Places to Live.
Analysis of average rent and home prices relative to income in each
city is also part of the selection process.
"Our Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S. is a data-driven
collection of what we consider to be the best small to mid-sized
places to live in. It's the only list out there truly honing in on
affordability, lauding the amazing cities across the country other
than our large U.S. metros," says Amanda
Ellis, Livability.com editor-in-chief. "Our Top 100 Best
Places to Live celebrates the cities where most Americans are busy
creating dream careers, building families, launching businesses and
leading meaningful lives."
Livability.com partnered with Applied Geographic
Solutions (AGS) to curate the Top 100 Best Places to Live list
based on about 100 data points measuring eight categories: economy,
housing and cost of living, amenities, transportation, environment,
safety, education, and health. Livability and AGS collected data
for more than 2,000 U.S. cities with populations between 75,000 and
500,000, using an algorithm to weigh the eight categories against
each other and select the 100 best places to live.
In a move to make the list more personalized than ever before,
the algorithm ranked all eight categories equally in this year's
selection process. The list's filters allow users to tailor the
ranking to reflect which categories are most important to them.
Other filters can personalize the list based on home pricing,
population size and region of the country, alongside interactive
maps.
"This is the first year we have weighted all eight data
categories equally with our algorithm," Ellis says. "In the past,
we gave additional weight to categories we believed would be more
important to our readers. But because we truly want our list to
help you find your personal best place, we are weighting our
criteria equally this year to select our cities, leaving it up to
each individual to filter and rank the categories that mean the
most to them for a personalized top 100 ranking of the best places
to live."
While the 2024 Top 100 Best Places to Live does not
represent a ranking until users select their preferences, a
sampling of some of the cities featured include:
- Carmel, IN
- Raleigh, NC
- Boise, ID
- Warwick, RI
- Omaha, NE
- Reno, NV
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Santa Fe, NM
- Richmond, VA
- Knoxville, TN
The 2024 Top 100 Best Places to Live represents the
top 5% of U.S. cities with populations in the studied range.
The complete list of the 2024 Top 100 Best Places to
Live is featured on Livability.com, along with filters to
create your personalized Top 100 list and detailed articles about
what makes each city an exceptional place to live.
For more information or to schedule an interview, please
contact:
Amanda Ellis, Editor-in-Chief,
Livability.com
aellis@livability.com
or
Cara Sanders, Managing Editor,
Livability.com
csanders@livability.com
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About Livability.com:
Livability.com highlights the best small to mid-sized cities and
what makes them great places to live, work and visit. Through
exclusive research and original content, we examine affordability,
cultural amenities, talent attraction and more, celebrating the
accomplishments of cities through various rankings, our annual
Top 100 Best Places to Live and articles exploring the who, what,
why and how behind the "where." Livability.com is a division of
Journal Communications, Inc., based in Franklin, TN.
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615-656-6662, aellis@livability.com, https://livability.com/
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615-397-0949, csanders@livability.com, https://livability.com/
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