Henderson Nevada, One of the 50 Best Cities to Live in!
A recent study names Henderson Nevada to its list of top cities in the U.S.
For those of us that call Henderson Nevada home, we are aware that we live in a great city. But for the sake of everyone else, I’d like to share the findings of a recent study that has named Henderson to the list of America's 50 Best Cities to Live. Henderson was the only city to Nevada to make the list, ranking 27th on the list.
The study was undertaken by 24/7 Wall St., LLC a Delaware corporation set up to run a financial news and opinion operation with content delivered over the Internet.
The cities that make up the list have populations of 65,000 or more and were selected based on wide range of variables including housing affordability, educational attainment, employment growth, and crime rates. Within each category, specific data points contributed to category ranking. For example, the economy category included median household income, cost of living, employment growth between 2011 and 2013, and the 2013 unemployment rate. They then used a formula to weight each category and convert each category rank to a meta rank ranging from 0-100. Crime, economy, education, and housing received full weights, while environment, leisure, and infrastructure received half weights.
How Henderson stacked up.
First the raw numbers:
> Median household income: $61,404
> Unemployment rate, 2013: 9.40%
> Median home value: $186,500
> Violent crime per 100,000 residents: 168.9
> Average commuter travel time: 22.9 minutes
Now, 24/7’s meta rankings and:
Economy 82 (32nd)
Crime 92.5 (20th)
Education 91 (7th)
Housing 72.7 (39th)
Enviroment 69.8 (43rd)
Leisure 60.8 (20th)
Infrastructure 45.8 (21st)
So, if already live in Henderson, you can feel a sense of pride in knowing that you live in an awesome city. If you don’t live in Henderson…..I can recommend a GREAT real estate agent to help you make the move!
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