10 Booming Cities Americans Are Flocking To...

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Americans are flocking to these 10 cities where jobs are plentiful

Americans are flocking to these 10 cities where business is booming, jobs are plentiful and salaries are rising
Published Mon, Dec 30 2019 1:55 PM EST


Emmie Martin
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If you're looking for the perfect place to find a job, start a business or grow your salary, consider one of America's thriving "boomtowns": cities where rapid economic growth is creating jobs and attracting new residents.

Financial advice website SmartAsset analyzed data for the 500 largest U.S. cities to determine the top "boomtowns" in the country. The site considered seven metrics in its ranking: population change, unemployment rate, number of jobs created, GDP growth rate, business growth rate, housing growth and change in household income.

To compile the list, SmartAsset used data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2014 and 2018 1-year American Community Surveys, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau's County Business Patterns Survey.
Southern cities dominated the ranking, including several places in Texas and South Carolina. Although all of the locations on the list are considered "boomtowns," SmartAsset found that a few places are growing at a quicker clip than others. In Greeley, Colorado, the population grew twice as fast as the average of the rest of the cities in the study. New Braunfels, Texas, added 41% more housing units between 2014 and 2018, allowing the population to increase by 30%. And Round Rock, Texas, increased its number of businesses by more than 20%.

Below, check out the top 10 cities where both populations and salaries are rising and jobs are plentiful.

10. Round Rock, Texas

• Population change 2014-2018: 14.52%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 18.57%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 13.96%

9. North Charleston, South Carolina

• Population change 2014-2018: 10.41%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 9.36%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 21.71%

8. Charleston, South Carolina

• Population change 2014-2018: 7.91%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 11.51%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 25.13%

Guides lead tourists through streets on a horse drawn buggy in the historic 19th-century downtown Charleston, South Carolina on April 24, 2019.
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7. Denver, Colorado

• Population change 2014-2018: 7.93%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 10.71%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 24.46%

6. New Braunfels, Texas

• Population change 2014-2018: 30.21%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 41.47%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 16.6%

5. Greeley, Colorado

• Population change 2014-2018: 8.88%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 14.63%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 18.81%

4. Miami, Florida

• Population change 2014-2018: 9.43%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 10.11%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 31.02%

Miami, Florida.
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3. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

• Population change 2014-2018: 14.85%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 16.28%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 23.94%

2. Denton, Texas

• Population change 2014-2018: 8.08%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 13.42%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 36.21%

1. Longmont, Colorado

• Population change 2014-2018: 6.43%
• Housing growth 2014-2018: 17.61%
• Household income growth 2014-2018: 29.16%

The kind researchers also urged people to avoid Houston, emphasizing it was FULL

 

[Standing on business]

Rock round and New Braunfels are only booming only because of Austin being the new hotspot but too expensive to buy a house.

 

[Rekkapryde]

Great, everyone moving to my hometown the Chuck.

Thing is though..... we got that Boeing, that Volvo, that Mercedez and the ports so

 

[Barnett114]

Miami, I wonder why?

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

. Irrelevant but New York stinks and has a rat problem

Chill out

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Miami, I wonder why?

I'm guessing this
Household income growth 2014-2018: 31.02%

 

[Kairi Irving]

Fort Lauderdale is going to be one of these cities within the next 4 years. A lot of buildings in progress, I can just feel something is going to arise.

 

[Piffiztheanswer]

Miami

shyts overpopulated

 

[Deflatedhoopdreams]

Fort Lauderdale is going to be one of these cities within the next 4 years. A lot of buildings in progress, I can just feel something is going to arise.

Yeah Ft. Lauderdale is nice. I spent a week there and Miami. It’s a LIT spot to visit I know that

 

[TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?]

Fort Lauderdale is going to be one of these cities within the next 4 years. A lot of buildings in progress, I can just feel something is going to arise.

Don't old cacs move there to retire and expire?

 

[UberEatsDriver]

These list are always ok until you see a place like Miami make the list especially since it’s known for city that has a language barrier but Charleston, SC made the list so I’m happy cause the only southern city aside from Charlotte and Texas I would move to.

 

[Kairi Irving]

Don't old cacs move there to retire and expire?

The old cacs are usually from here.

Scottie pippen lives here apparently....or did.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

This reads like a euphemism for white flight.

 

[The Special Man]

If you plan on moving to New Braunfels FYI it’s real down there

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

why aren't any cities in the North East listed???













i think we all know the answer to that