ATTOM Data Solutions has ranked the finalists for Amazon.com’s proposed second headquarters based on housing and quality of life.
Raleigh, North Carolina -- with relatively affordable homes, above-average school scores and below-average crime rates and property taxes -- is No. 1, according to the curator of data on America’s property market.
Boston -- considered by some a favorite -- is last. New York also ranks poorly.
Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Nashville and Austin round out the top five.
The Washington area trio of Montgomery County, Maryland, the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia -- all making separate bids -- are No. 9, No. 12 and No. 13.
While there are 20 finalists, ATTOM ranked 19 U.S. locations only. The other finalist is Toronto in Canada.
Seattle-based Amazon.com’s (AMZN) second corporate headquarters is projected to cost more than $5 billion and create 50,000 jobs over 10 to 15 years.
|
Place
|
Q4 2017 Median Price
|
5Y Chg%
|
Price/
Income
|
Avg. School Score
|
Crime Rate
|
Effective Property
Tax
|
Environ-mental Risk Score
|
Rank
|
| Raleigh |
$235,000 |
26% |
3.69 |
1.13 |
96 |
0.86% |
2.58 |
1 |
| Atlanta |
$220,000 |
69% |
3.68 |
0.99 |
303 |
0.98% |
1.77 |
2 |
| Pittsburgh |
$150,000 |
36% |
2.55 |
1.06 |
215 |
1.79% |
2.52 |
3 |
| Nashville |
$275,000 |
67% |
5.16 |
0.87 |
126 |
0.74% |
2.22 |
4 |
| Austin |
$361,000 |
114% |
4.93 |
1.06 |
98 |
1.84% |
3.49 |
5 |
| Denver |
$346,500 |
73% |
5.86 |
0.92 |
179 |
0.49% |
4.92 |
6 |
| Los Angeles |
$776,000 |
88% |
14.51 |
0.85 |
143 |
0.68% |
1.64 |
7 |
| Columbus |
$138,000 |
52% |
2.89 |
0.85 |
190 |
1.79% |
3.83 |
8 |
| Montgomery County, MD |
$400,000 |
8% |
3.59 |
1.17 |
34 |
1.00% |
93.6 |
9 |
| Indianapolis |
$130,000 |
16% |
2.6 |
0.81 |
287 |
1.02% |
3.09 |
10 |
| Dallas |
$284,619 |
246% |
5.21 |
0.93 |
194 |
2.23% |
3.55 |
11 |
| Washington, D.C. |
$520,000 |
21% |
6.47 |
1.17 |
316 |
0.64% |
2.12 |
12 |
| Northern Virginia |
$395,000 |
14% |
3.83 |
1.04 |
53 |
1.00% |
58.37 |
13 |
| Chicago |
$223,000 |
48% |
4.43 |
0.92 |
231 |
1.34% |
3.59 |
14 |
| Philadelphia |
$140,000 |
27% |
3.09 |
0.65 |
256 |
1.09% |
4.77 |
15 |
| Miami |
$285,000 |
71% |
5.77 |
0.95 |
233 |
1.05% |
10.57 |
16 |
| Newark, NJ |
$204,000 |
69% |
6.47 |
0.52 |
42 |
2.32% |
80.59 |
17 |
| New York |
$1,445,000 |
41% |
14.79 |
1.09 |
82 |
1.15% |
54.5 |
18 |
| Boston |
$670,000 |
50% |
9.57 |
0.6 |
115 |
0.91% |
34.04 |
19 |
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