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Round Rock named America's Number 1 place to live
CultureMap Austin February 2, 2015
Finding the best place to live is often a compromise between affordability and fun — but in this Austin suburb, you can have both. According to a new list, Round Rock is the No. 1 best affordable places to live in the country.
On the annual list, Livability.com picks the best places to live based on the cost of living as well as the range of entertainment options.
Round Rock is in the sweet spot for affordability, balancing "higher than average salaries and lower than average home prices," says Livability. According to numbers pulled from the Council for Community and Economic Research, the cost of living is almost 7 percent below the national average.
In addition to low property taxes and utility rates — which leave more money in residents' pockets — the local economy is bolstered by large companies such as Dell, TECO-Westinghouse and Dresser. In fact, the Austin-Round Rock area was recently deemed the No. 2 place in the U.S. for professionals in science, technology, engineering and math.
But it's not just about the dollars and cents. Round Rock has really been raking in the accolades of late. In addition to Livability's shout-outs to the Round Rock Express and Flix Brewhouse, our northern neighbors boast some great eateriesand romantic evening delights. This Austin 'burb was also named one of the best places to raise a young family due to its wide variety of city events and the ever-important cost of living.
Falling behind the Texas town on the Livability list are Dayton, Ohio (No.2), Lawton, Oklahoma (No. 3), Lansing, Michigan (No. 4) and Appleton, Wisconsin (No. 5).
On the annual list, Livability.com picks the best places to live based on the cost of living as well as the range of entertainment options.
Round Rock is in the sweet spot for affordability, balancing "higher than average salaries and lower than average home prices," says Livability. According to numbers pulled from the Council for Community and Economic Research, the cost of living is almost 7 percent below the national average.
In addition to low property taxes and utility rates — which leave more money in residents' pockets — the local economy is bolstered by large companies such as Dell, TECO-Westinghouse and Dresser. In fact, the Austin-Round Rock area was recently deemed the No. 2 place in the U.S. for professionals in science, technology, engineering and math.
But it's not just about the dollars and cents. Round Rock has really been raking in the accolades of late. In addition to Livability's shout-outs to the Round Rock Express and Flix Brewhouse, our northern neighbors boast some great eateriesand romantic evening delights. This Austin 'burb was also named one of the best places to raise a young family due to its wide variety of city events and the ever-important cost of living.
Falling behind the Texas town on the Livability list are Dayton, Ohio (No.2), Lawton, Oklahoma (No. 3), Lansing, Michigan (No. 4) and Appleton, Wisconsin (No. 5).
Round Rock ranks No. 6 best mid-sized city in U.S. to raise children
RoundRockTexas.gov September 2014
Round Rock ranks No. 6 among mid-size cities in the United States as the best place to raise children, according to a recently released analysis.
Mylife.com, which published the rankings Aug. 5, had this to say about Round Rock:
"The self-proclaimed “sports capital of Texas,” Round Rock has valid reason to be known as such. Not only do they host the AAA team for the Texas Rangers, but Old Settler’s Park is a vast complex with a wide range of sports to choose from, including disc golf and cricket. They were the only city to rank no worse than 64th in every category."
Mylife started with a list of 189 midsized cities, which it determined as those ranking 101 through 289 in population based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2013 estimates. It then applied a ranking of 1 through 189 in each of the following categories:
Here is the top 10 list:
Mylife.com, which published the rankings Aug. 5, had this to say about Round Rock:
"The self-proclaimed “sports capital of Texas,” Round Rock has valid reason to be known as such. Not only do they host the AAA team for the Texas Rangers, but Old Settler’s Park is a vast complex with a wide range of sports to choose from, including disc golf and cricket. They were the only city to rank no worse than 64th in every category."
Mylife started with a list of 189 midsized cities, which it determined as those ranking 101 through 289 in population based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2013 estimates. It then applied a ranking of 1 through 189 in each of the following categories:
- Crime Rate – Your child’s safety is something that is always on your mind. It doesn’t matter if he or she is five or 50, you hope they are staying safe. So we examined crime rate as an important criteria. Data found on neighborhoodscout.com.
- Public School Ranking – Education is important. You’d like your child to be able to survive a college classroom, and that’s where being prepared comes in. Numbers from schooldigger.com, which explains how they rank the schools here.
- Public Parks Per Capita – Children getting exercise is of big significance as well. It keeps them healthy, and it helps the parents stay happy. Public parks are an excellent, and free, way to do that. Data found through Yelp.
- Average Family Salary – We know that money isn’t everything, and plenty of kids had just as much fun growing up playing telephone with a couple of empty soup cans and some string as a kid who may have had fancier toys. But we used this criteria to help determine a family’s monetary preparedness for children. This is the average salary based on a family household. Numbers from the Census website.
- Cost of Living – In order to balance out annual salary, we looked the cost of living in each city as well. Data attained through Area Vibes website.
Here is the top 10 list:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- Naperville, Ill.
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
- Cary, N.C.
- Frisco, Texas
- Round Rock, Texas
- Olathe, Kan.
- Bellevue, Wash.
- Torrance, Calif.
- Elk Grove, Calif.
Austin homes sell in 10 days or less
KVUE.com 10:11 p.m. CDT July 28, 2014
AUSTIN -- Ten days or less. That's how fast half of all Austin homes are selling.
ZipRealty crunched the nationwide housing numbers and found homes selling faster in Austin than any place else in the country.
That puts us ahead of Washington D.C (half of all homes sell within 14 days), Dallas(15), Denver (15), Portland Oregon (15), Houston (17) and Seattle(17).
According to the Austin Board of Realtors the average time it takes to sell a home here is 39 days.
ZipRealty crunched the nationwide housing numbers and found homes selling faster in Austin than any place else in the country.
That puts us ahead of Washington D.C (half of all homes sell within 14 days), Dallas(15), Denver (15), Portland Oregon (15), Houston (17) and Seattle(17).
According to the Austin Board of Realtors the average time it takes to sell a home here is 39 days.
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