Colorado cities didn’t fare too poorly in the new WalletHub list, with Denver ranking No. 7. Detroit ranked 62 for livability, 50 for education, 58 for health and 59 for local economy and taxes.
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Several other Midwestern cities fared worse than Chicago, however. “Big cities continue to grow considerably faster than in the previous decade and earlier”, according to a recent Brookings Institute analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
WalletHub’s list also scored cities in sub-catagories like “Best School System Quality”, where Austin ranked No. 2, and “Highest Household Income Adjusted by Cost of Living”, where Austin came in third place.
The report showed that cities on the West Coast and in the South generally ranked highest.
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According to WalletHub, large cities continue to be a big draw, helped by the fact that they are becoming “increasingly livable”, filled with amenities, activities, jobs and shifting demographics. In 2011, the rate of population growth in urban areas outpaced the rate of growth in the suburbs for the first time in almost a century, WalletHub reports.
