Checkr – an employee background-check firm – analyzed data to pinpoint the growth metros that would be attractive to employer relocations and job-seeking movers.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Boomtowns, in short, are U.S. cities and metro areas attracting the most people – new business as well as movers looking for better jobs – that other areas of the country. Boomtowns often have rapidly expanding infrastructure – housing and services – to accommodate a growing population.
To pinpoint the current boomtowns, Checkr – an employee background-check firm – analyzed a roster of data, including some from the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. Factors considered:
- Population growth
- GDP growth
- Unemployment rate
- Workforce growth
- Poverty rate
- Housing unit growth
- Real personal income growth
- Change in median age
- Change in the total number of businesses
- Percentage of high-earning residents (making more than $100,000)
Once completed, it created a list of the top 25 and top 100 U.S. boomtowns, and of those 25, five are in Florida.
Of the top 100, 17 are in Florida – and the lowest Florida city on the list is only No. 69, Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent.
Of Checkr’s top 25 “not-so-much boomtowns,” none are in Florida.
Top 25 U.S. “boomtowns”
- Provo, Utah
- Boise City, Idaho
- Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
- Bend, Oregon
- St. George, Utah
- Destin, Florida
- Austin, Texas
- Logan, Utah
- Ogden, Utah
- Reno, Nevada
- Bradenton, Florida
- Fort Collins, Colorado
- Idaho Falls, Idaho
- Charlotte, N. Carolina
- Palm Bay, Florida
- Huntsville, Alabama
- Jacksonville, Florida
- Daphne, Alabama
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Raleigh, N. Carolina
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Olympia, Washington
- The Villages, Florida
- Seattle, Washington
Other Florida metros on the boomtowns top-100 list
27. Punta Gorda
28. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
29. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
30. Lakeland-Winter Haven
31. Ocala
36. Gainesville
39. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
43. Cape Coral-Fort Myers
53. Naples-Marco Island
58. Port St. Lucie
61. Sebastian-Vero Beach
69. Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
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