Columbus ranked No. 10 on Forbes Home’s list of “The Best Cities to Move to in 2024”. The Forbes Homes team of experts analyzed data across the top 50 most populated cities using 12 different metrics across four categories: Value, Quality of Life, Job Market, and Desirability.
Columbus ranked No. 10, receiving a score of 74.63, edging out fellow midwestern metro Indianapolis, which ranked 11th. Columbus’s median monthly housing cost ($1,203), Employment rate (97%), median family income ($63,284), crime rate (40 of 1000 residents impacted), and net migration to the city (-984) were all factors.
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