Wall Street Journal puts Topeka high on the list of great places to live
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A new report from the Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com puts Topeka high on the list of great places to live.
The collaboration listed Topeka #11 overall.
The rankings are based on data from the second release of the WSJ and Realtor.com’s Emerging Housing Markets Index.
Factors in the ranking include real-estate supply and demand, median home listing price trend, unemployment, wages, commute, foreign-born residents, how much of the area is represented by small businesses, and the cost of property taxes.
In short, the study was looking for cities with housing markets with a strong return on investment that are also just nice places to live.
Here are the Top 20 best cities to live in according to the report:
| City | Rank |
|---|---|
| Billings, MT | 1 |
| Coeur D.Alene, ID | 2 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 3 |
| Rapid City, SD | 4 |
| Raleigh, NC | 5 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 6 |
| Waco, TX | 7 |
| Johnson City, TN | 8 |
| Bangor, ME | 9 |
| Huntsville, AL | 10 |
| Topeka, KS | 11 |
| Jefferson City, MO | 12 |
| Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 13 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | 14 |
| Eureka-Arcata-Fortuna, CA | 15 |
| Springfield, OH | 16 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | 17 |
| Concord, NH | 18 |
| Burlington, NC | 19 |
| Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY | 20 |
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