Forbes recently put Boulder at the tops of its America’s Best Towns to Live Well list, followed by Doral, Fla.; Fairfax, Va.; and Mountain View and Cupertino, Calif. Boulder, however, was the only Colorado town to make the top 25 list, which featured numerous communities in California as well as Maryland and Florida.
The magazine partnered with ZoomProspector.com, a consulting firm specializing in relocation, to identify and rank towns with less than 100,000 residents. Forbes considered median income; average commutes, distance to highways and airports, per capita venture capital funding; per capita number of small businesses; sole-proprietorships and start-ups; the percentage of population with bachelor’s degrees or higher, the share of professional-level workers as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; the percentage of young and educated people, or those 25-34 years with a bachelor’s degree or higher; the percentage of foreign-born residents degree or higher; and the per capital number of restaurants, bars, museums and cultural institutions.
With a population of 90,648 and a median income of $54,243, Boulder was a consistent performer in all of Forbes’ measures, according to the magazine. The city’s businesses bring in $1,165 in per capital venture capital funding; and it ranks fourth for its young and educated population, in the top 5 percent for its patents per capita, fourth for museums and cultural institutions, and it has an average commute of 17 minutes. The only drawback mentioned was snow – at least for those who don’t care for it.
Here’s a look at America’s Top 25 Towns to Live Well, according to Forbes:
Top 25 Towns to Live Well
1. Boulder, Colo.
2. Doral. Fla.
3. Fairfax, Va.
4. Mountain View, Calif.
5. Cupertino, Calif.
6. Newton, Mass.
7. Columbia, Md.
8. Rockville, Md.
9. Coral Gables, Fla.
10. Foster City, Calif.
11. Belmont, Calif.
12. Hillsborough, Calif.
13. North Potomac, Md.
14. Santa Monica, Calif.
15. Sandy Springs, Ga.
16. Aliso Viego, Calif.
17. Germantown, Md.
18. Evanston, Ill.
19. Davis, Calif.
20. Silver Spring, Md.
21.Tustin, Calif.
22. Sugarland, Texas
23. Potomac, Md.
24. Santa Fe, N.M.
25. Kendall, Fla.
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