U.S. News and World Report<\/a>, a ranking spotlighted this week by Business Insider.<\/p>\nHow Did They Decide El Paso Is Number 2?<\/p>\n
U.S. News analyzed 859 cities across the country, factoring in crime rates, commute times, health care access, education quality, net migration, and cost of living. El Paso stood out in the value category, landing in the top 10% of cities thanks to housing costs nearly $195,000 lower than the national average.<\/p>\n
The Numbers Behind El Paso’s No. 2 Spot<\/p>\n
The ranking highlighted an average commute time of 21 minutes, a median home value of $175,800, and a median monthly rent of $833. Oklahoma City claimed the No. 1 spot, with El Paso coming in just behind. Six Texas cities made the top 15, with Austin at No. 3, Fort Worth at No. 4, San Antonio at No. 6, Houston at No. 10, and Dallas at No. 13.<\/p>\n
What Mayor Johnson Had To Say<\/p>\n
“This moment speaks to who we are as a city and where we are headed,” said Mayor Renard U. Johnson. City Manager Dionne Mack added that the City will continue investing in infrastructure, public safety, economic mobility, and quality of life.<\/p>\n
What the Numbers Don’t Always Capture<\/p>\n
Rankings are built on data, and the data tells a real story. But statistics do not always echo what El Pasoans live day to day. The affordability is real, but finding work that actually lets you take advantage of it is another matter. Breaking into El Paso’s job market, especially without an already established career in a field thriving here, takes time and patience. Like every city, El Paso has challenges its residents are still working through together. The recognition is worth celebrating. So is the honesty about how much work is still left to do.<\/p>\n
The \u201cPeople of El Paso\u201d loteria series<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Courtesy: Ware Portraits <\/p>\n
Throwback: Bad Bunny in El Paso, Texas<\/p>\n
Before the Grammys and the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny played El Paso venues. Remember when he was just warming up for what would become a historic global rise?<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Courtesy: Jorge Salgado<\/p>\n
The Falstaff Art Space<\/p>\n
A beautiful art space in Central El Paso filled with local collaboration and tons of cultural and community events!<\/p>\n
Gallery Credit: Grizz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sun City is getting national recognition, and this time, the numbers back it up. The City of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,141,142,143],"class_list":{"0":"post-237285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news","11":"tag-featured-carousel","12":"tag-include-in-newsletter","13":"tag-local-el-paso"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}