Living

  • #30 Top 100 Best Places To Live — Livability.com
  • Fastest Growing U.S. Cities — Metro Magnets Index
  • Top 30 Fastest Growing Major Metros In The Country — United States Census Bureau
  • Top 10 U.S. Cities On The Rise — NerdWallet
  • #4 Affordable Apartment Ranking — Apartment Guide
  • A Best Town For Families — Family Circle
  • Playful City USA — Kaboom
  • Top 10 Great Places To Be Inspired By Innovation — USA Today
  • Top 25 Places To Retire — Forbes
  • Best Destination For Green Travelers — TravelNerd
  • #4 Most Optimistic Cities In America — Gallup
  • Top 10 Best Performing Cities In The Country — Milken Institute
  • A Best Place To Retire — Grandparents.com
  • A Top Small City Of The Future In North & South America — FDI Magazine
  • Top 3 Best Performing Cities In The Country — Milken Institute
  • Best Place To Live In The Country — Relocate-America.com
  • Top 10 City For Raising Families — Kiplinger's magazine
  • America's New Federal City — Government Executive Magazine
  • One Of The Nation's Most Affordable Cities — CNN/Money

Employment

  • Best Places For Business And Careers — Forbes Magazine
  • Best Places For Job Growth — Forbes
  • Top 20 Southern cities for jobs — ZipRecruiter
  • Top Cities For STEM Jobs — SmartAssett
  • Nation's Top Engineering City — NerdWallet
  • #1 In Employee Engagement — Forbes
  • Best Cities For Employee Recognition — Quantum Workplace
  • Top 10 Strongest Economies In The Nation — Policom Corporation
  • Top 10 Most Promising U.S. Tech Hubs To Watch In 2014
  • Best Mid-Sized Cities For Veterans To Find Careers — USA and U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • #4 America's High Tech Hot Spots — Progressive Policy Institute
  • Top 25 Cities For High Tech Startups — Entrepreneur
  • #2 City In The South For Computer Programmers — ValuePenguin
  • #4 Growth Potential — Business Facilities
  • #3 Best Places For Engineering Graduates — NerdWallet
  • #2 State For Small Business Friendliness — Thumbtack.com
  • Top 20 Strongest Economies In The Nation — Policom Corporation
  • #3 Best Cities For Mid-Career Professional In The Nation
  • Top 10 Leading Creative Class Metros — Kiplinger's Personal Finance
  • #3 largest Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing Hubs — Business Facilities - The Location Advisor
  • Leading Metro For Business — Forbes
  • Leading Hotbed For High-Tech Growth — Area Development & TechAmerica Foundation Cybercities Report
  • Top 10 Attractive Metros For Business — Area Development
  • Nation's Leading Small City With Big Opportunities — Entrepreneur
  • #1 National Ranking For Employment Growth — Moody's Economy
  • Top 5 Community Leading The Economic Recovery — USA Today

Education

  • Best Place For STEM Graduates — NerdWallet
  • A Best Town For College Students — American Institute For Economic Research
  • One of the Nation's Most Educated Cities — WalletHub
  • One of the Happiest Cities In The Country — The Washington Post
  • Leader Of Nation's Realignment Boon — Washington Times
  • Best-Educated of Alabama's Metro Areas — AL.com