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Atlanta named one of the best cities in USA for recent college grads

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Real Estate Agent with Chapman Hall Premier Realtors

Graduating college is one thing, but leaving the city you’ve called home for the past few years in search of a new home can seem like a daunting and risky task.

 

Lucky for you, analysts at personal finance site Nerdwalletcame up with a list of the best cities for recent college gradsbased on opportunities, average income, affordability, unemployment rate, population of young adults and more.

 

Data for the ranking came from the 2015 U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Overall, researchers found cities with high rents aren’t always a bad place to start out and cities with big state universities are especially welcoming.

Of the country’s 100 most populated cities, Madison, Wisconsin, earned top honors for its highly educated young adult population and its affordability.

Our very own Atlanta came in ninth on the list.

Georgia’s largest city and a magnet for people from around the South and beyond, Atlanta scores just behind Minneapolis in median gross rent as a percentage of income at 22%. In addition to affordability, the city is 10th in the top 100 in percentage of workers in management, business, science and arts occupations, in part due to the Georgia Institute of Technology, better known as Georgia Tech.

And a deeper look at Atlanta’s numbers:

  • Overall rank: 9
  • Population: 463,875
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher for population 25 and older: 27 percent
  • Median earnings with bachelor’s degree, 25 and older: $53,581
  • Rent as percentage of income for those with a bachelor’s degree, 25 and older: 22 percent
  • Percentage of workers in management, business, science or arts: 51.2 percent
  • Unemployment rate: 4.8 percent

Comments (2)

Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Tim,  I did not know this,  great to get the word out to all us here in the rain.

 

Oct 02, 2017 08:17 AM
TIM GRISSETT
Chapman Hall Premier Realtors - Atlanta, GA

Thanks Will! 

Oct 09, 2017 06:50 AM