Wednesday, June 14, 2017 / by Brooke Cole
Cape Coral snags top spots on "Top City" lists
No.1 “Fastest Growing City in the U.S.” -- Forbes
“Top 25 Cities to Retire in the U.S.” – Forbes
“Top 10 Housing Investment Cities in the U.S.” - Forbes
Cape Coral-Fort Myers MSA -- No. 1 metro area for “Anticipated Job Gains in 2016” -- HIS Global Insight research firm
No. 4 in the U.S. for the “Most Anticipated Economic Growth” at 4.5% -- Bloomberg, 2015
No. 2 in the 10 Hottest Real Estate Markets to Watch in 2017 – Trulia
No. 2 on Top 10 Cities Where People are Moving in 2017 – Trulia
No. 75 “Top 150 Cities for Millennials” – Millennial Personal Finance
No. 15 “Best Performing Cities” in 2016 for Large Cities -- Milken Institute
No. 34 "Best Cities to Start a Family" -- LendEDU.com
No. 5 “Fastest Growing Metro Areas” -- U.S. Census Bureau’s
Best in the nation for job growth using labor-market data from Emsi. (July 2016) – Forbes
Top 50 in the nation for positive GDP growth rate of 5.3 percent. -- FL Department of Economic Opportunity
No. 3 “The Most Affordable Cities to Live in Florida” -- Livability.com
No.10 “Cities to Watch” -- Forbes (for the fastest-growing population and economy in 2016)
No. 1 for anticipated job gains in 2016 -- HIS Global Insight
Top 10 List for “Fastest Job Growth” -- Bloomberg
“Top 10 Housing Investment Cities in the U.S. – Forbes
No. 3 “Happiest Cities to Live in Florida” -- CreditDonkey
No. 17 “Safest cities in the U.S.” -- Niche
Top 10 “25 Best Places to Retire” – Forbes
