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 influencing quality of
life, with a unique emphasis on affordability.
Per Livability’s attention to the 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.
Excellence in the housing and
cost of living, amenities and health care categories make Troy one of the best places to live in the U.S. In fact, Troy earned one of the highest overall
LivScores on this year's list.
To learn more about why Troy is
a great place to live, you can view the full write-up here: https://bit.ly/TroyMI24
“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.”
The complete selection 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. A complete
toolkit, including a customized list badge and other media assets, is available
here: https://livability.com/top-100-toolkit/
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.
The 2024 Top 100 Best Places
to Live represents the top 5% of U.S. cities with populations in the studied range.
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. “Because we truly want our list to help you find your personal best place, we weighted 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
