CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — WalletHub recently ranked Cedar Rapids the 22nd best-run city in the United States.

Chip Lupo, a writer and analyst for the site, said the city’s medium size and responsible budgeting helped it earn the spot.

“It just means that for the most part, people seem to be pretty satisfied with with the quality of service that they’re receiving,” Lupo said.

Earlier this year the city was among the top 40 cities to raise a family by WalletHub, and ranked in the top 100 best places to live by Livability.

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WalletHub looked at data for each city’s financial health, education, safety, healthcare and economy. Lupo said Cedar Rapids also placed high because of its safety and strong economy.

Cedar Rapids does very well in the safety aspect,” Lupo said. “Low crime rates, decent numbers of law enforcement per capita. The economy is doing reasonably well.

Lupo said the outlet gathers their data from different sources.

“Whether it’s through Federal Reserves or it’s all government or third party think tank data,” Lupo explained.

Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell said she’s happy with the ranking.

It’s always good to be noticed outside of your community,” O’Donnell said. “That being said, you know, we work every day without awards.

Two areas Lupo identified where the city can improve are education and infrastructure. That was something residents like Evan Schmidtke, who runs the nonprofit Chain Reaction Bike Hub, agreed with.

“I think the infrastructure in terms of biking and a pedestrian, and transit has made great strides over the past probably ten years,” Schmidtke said. “I think there’s definitely areas of opportunity.”

O’Donnell pointed to investments in flood protection and road pavement projects, while explaining they take time to get done.

“It really is a very complicated puzzle,” O’Donnell said. “And Infrastructure takes time.”

The mayor agrees education is an area to work on, but said it’s not just a Cedar Rapids issue.

I think the entire state of Iowa,” O’Donnell said. “We used to hang our hats on education, and we can’t do that anymore. That’s a problem.

The only other Iowa community to make the list was Des Moines, who ranked 89th.