Eight of the 20 best small U.S. cities for careers are in California or Texas, according to a Jan. 13 ranking from CoworkingCafe.
The ranking was developed by analyzing 298 U.S. cities with populations below 250,000. CoworkingCafe evaluated several key metrics on a 100-point scale, including salary, income, cost of living, job market strength, access to healthcare and commute times.
Some of the small cities are also fast-growing communities with new hospital projects, such as Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health’s hospital that opened in Frisco, Texas, in July and Arlington-based Texas Health Resources’ hospital in McKinney, Texas, slated to open in 2028.
Here are the top 10 career hotspots with fewer than 250,000 residents, according to CoworkingCafe:
1. Alpharetta, Ga.
2. South Jordan, Utah
3. Mountain View, Calif.
4. Santa Clara, Calif.
5. Palo Alto, Calif.
6. Carmel, Ind.
7. Fishers, Ind.
8. Franklin, Tenn.
9. Kirkland, Wash.
10. Portland, Maine
11. Frisco, Texas
12. Bellevue, Wash.
13. San Ramon, Calif.
14. Boca Raton, Fla.
15. Flower Mound, Texas
16. Troy, Mich.
17. Pflugerville, Texas
18. Richmond, Va.
19. Alexandria, Va.
20. McKinney, Texas
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