LendingTree study<\/a> comparing federal data from 2023 and 2024. <\/p>\nResearchers evaluated eight measurements across people and housing, work and earnings, and business and economy.<\/p>\n
Tampa received an overall score of 60.3. <\/p>\n
Austin led the rankings with 79 points, followed by Raleigh, Seattle and Charlotte. <\/p>\n
Phoenix placed sixth, while Jacksonville, Orlando, Houston and Nashville completed the top 10.<\/p>\n
Tampa performed best in work and earnings, ranking second nationally with a category score of 77.1. <\/p>\n
The region\u2019s workforce expanded 4.4%, while median earnings increased 7.8%. <\/p>\n
The annual unemployment rate rose 13.3% during the period studied.<\/p>\n
The metro ranked 10th in people and housing. <\/p>\n
Tampa\u2019s population grew 2.4%, housing units increased 1.5% and 14.3% of residents had moved from another county, state or country.<\/p>\n
Tampa finished eighth in business and economy. <\/p>\n
Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product increased 3.3%, while applications for employer identification numbers declined 0.4%. <\/p>\n
Those applications are commonly used to track potential new business activity.<\/p>\n
Florida placed three metropolitan areas in the top 10. <\/p>\n
Jacksonville ranked seventh and Orlando finished eighth, while Miami placed 16th.<\/p>\n
Eight of the 10 highest-ranked metros were in the South. Seattle and Phoenix were the exceptions.<\/p>\n
Researchers used information from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Economic Analysis. <\/p>\n
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