Unemployment Rate
2.1 % – Nashville metro
2.6 % – Oklahoma City metro
2.6 % – Richmond metro
2.8 % – Indianapolis metro
2.9 % – Cincinnati metro
3.0 % – Birmingham metro
3.0 % – Atlanta metro
3.1 % – Raleigh metro
3.2 % – St. Louis metro
3.3 % – Charlotte metro
3.5 % – Memphis metro
3.5 % – Louisville metro
3.9 % – Detroit metro
Employment Growth
0.3 % – Detroit metro
0.8 % – Louisville metro
1.0 % – Indianapolis metro
1.2 % – Raleigh metro
1.3 % – Memphis metro
1.5 % – Richmond metro
1.6 % – St. Louis metro
1.7 % – Oklahoma City metro
1.9 % – Birmingham metro
2.1 % – Cincinnati metro
2.5 % – Charlotte metro
2.8% – Nashville metro
Median Household Income
$50,194 – Memphis metro
$52,088 – Birmingham metro
$54,624 – Louisville metro
$54,946 – Oklahoma City metro
$56,339 – Detroit metro
$56,624 – Indianapolis metro
$57,871 – Charlotte metro
$59,046 – St. Louis metro
$59,365 – Nashville metro
$59,478 – Cincinnati metro
$61,733 – Atlanta metro
$63,599 – Richmond metro
$68,870 – Raleigh metro
Cost of living index:
64.29 – Oklahoma City
65.14 – Louisville
69.13 – Cincinnati
70.20 – Detroit
70.76 – St. Louis
70.98 – Richmond
71.40 – Raleigh
71.88 – Nashville
72.95 – Memphis
74.64 – Birmingham
74.72 – Indianapolis
74.97 – Atlanta
75.35 – Charlotte
97.85 – San Francisco
100.00 – New York City
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I can’t see how Nashville’s cost of living is less than Memphis….
Smart City, not sure you have been watching but it looks like Robot Rudd completely REMOVED the goal post for peer city review from The Memphis Economy website….