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Safety has taken on new significance in 2021, amid record infections and deaths from COVID-19.
Despite progress overall, crime still impacts America’s communities. Crime and safety are intertwined with prosperity, income and economic opportunity. Crime is costly to individual victims, perpetrators, communities and society at large.
MoneyGeek analyzed the most recent crime statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to estimate the cost of crime in nearly 300 cities across the United States.
Key Findings:- The total U.S. cost of crime was $203 billion in 2020, up from $176 billion in 2019.
- Naperville, IL, was the safest city overall with a crime cost per capita of $187; St. Louis, MO, had the highest per-capita crime costs at $11,574.
- Virginia Beach, VA, was the safest large city in the U.S.
- From 2019–2020, the average city saw a 15% increase in the cost of crime; the median increase in crime costs was 11%.
- Aguanga, CA, had the highest societal costs due to mass shootings ($75,875,198).
The Safest Cities in America
We ranked 297 cities with populations over 100,000 people from most to least safe in this analysis. The following summaries show the safest cities overall, the safest large cities, and the most dangerous cities from the analysis and their total and per capita cost of crime. The full data set including the city's population, cost of crime and crime rates by type of crime are included at the end of this study.
There's an ongoing stereotype that larger cities are more dangerous. While no larger cities (population of 300,000 or more) made the overall safest list, fewer than half of the 15 least-safe cities in the U.S. were large cities.
20 Safest Cities in America
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15 Safest Large Cities
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15 Most Dangerous Cities
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Mass Shootings
Mass shootings are a particular scourge on American life. According to Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as any single incident in which four or more people are shot, there were 611 mass shootings in 2020 and 676 as of December 2021.
Mass shooting events are included in the safest and most dangerous cities rankings. Though they are relatively rare, we did not adjust our rankings for these events. The emotional impact of mass shootings is incalculable, traumatizing families and entire communities. To quantify the economic impact, MoneyGeek calculated the total cost of mass shootings in 2019 to be $6 billion, which is about 3% of the total cost of crime in the approximately 300 cities analyzed.
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How the Cost of Crime Changed from 2019 to 2020
The year 2020 was marked by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide lockdowns and mass protests resulting in high profile, violent crimes. Amidst these events, the cost of crime increased by an average of 15% from 2019–2020.
To assess the way crime costs changed from 2019–2020 in the 297 cities included in our analysis, MoneyGeek calculated percentage decreases or increases in crime costs for each city and counted the number of cities that fit into various ranges of change.
MoneyGeek found that the median change in crime across these cities was 11%. Chicago and Philadelphia had some of the most significant increases in crime among large cities in the U.S., with 29% and 28% increases, respectively.
Safety and the Cost of Crime
The direct economic costs of crime to individuals and society include medical and mental health care needs of victims, damage to and loss of property and police and corrections costs. Aside from the imminent danger of crime, people living in higher crime areas see depressed home values and pay higher prices for crucial needs, including home, renters and auto insurance.
To assess the safest cities, MoneyGeek analyzed crime data, including violent crimes such as murder, rape and aggravated assault and property crimes such as home burglary and motor vehicle theft. MoneyGeek calculated each city's cost of crime and ranked the cities based on the cost of crime per capita. Additionally, researchers have quantified how much more violent crimes cost a community than property crimes.
While perceptions of safety are vital, crime statistics do not capture any city or community's whole story.
"Behind all these averages that people like to cite about the crime rates in different communities are individual people and their decisions about how they choose to engage in their community," says Jesse Bruhn, Annenberg assistant professor of education and economics at Brown University who researches education issues and inner-city gang violence. "There's a lot more heterogeneity in these patterns that we just can't measure."
Despite genuine threats, Bruhn says, it may be surprising how safe people can feel in neighborhoods with high crime rates.
Expert Panel: The Impact of Crime on Communities
Though the relationship between crime rates and poverty levels is well established, experts caution against oversimplifying the relationship between socioeconomic indicators and real or perceived safety in communities.
"We live in an unequal society," said Geoffrey T. Dancy, associate professor of political science at Tulane University. "One often overlooked indicator of that inequality is who gets to engage in the politics of safety. Those who are objectively safe often fear crime and act on it in the counterproductive policies they support. Those who are actually victimized by crime and terrorized by gun violence pay the price and are rarely heard."
- How do you define safety in a city or community? Are there factors beyond crime rates?
- How does the correlation between crime rates and income factor in our assessment of the safety of communities? Should it?
- What role do social unrest, protests over structural racism, the Black Lives Matter movement or calls to defund police play into safety perceptions? How about in the actual safety of a city or community?
- How does crime impact a community's economic well-being? How about individual wealth?
- What programs, strategies or interventions have been shown to reduce crime or improve real or perceived safety in communities?
Jesse Bruhn
Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University
Angela P. Christiana
Massachusetts Chapter Leader, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Geoffrey T. Dancy
Associate Professor of Political Science
Megan Ranney
Emergency Physician and Researcher
Leonard A. Sipes, Jr.
Owner of CrimeInAmerica.net
Methodology
To rank the safest cities in the United States, MoneyGeek started with standardized crime statistics reported to the FBI. The population of each city was added to the analysis to determine crime rates per 100,000 people, and this information was also accessed via data provided by the FBI. When cities with more than 200,000 people did not have data available in the FBI dataset, MoneyGeek conducted individualized research on standardized crime statistics for each specific city.
MoneyGeek relied on research by professors Kathryn McCollister and Michael French of the University of Miami and Hai Fang of the University of Colorado Denver to determine the cost of crime to society. We then integrated their findings into the broader dataset to better understand the societal cost of crime within individual cities.
To calculate the change in the cost of crime from 2019 to 2020, MoneyGeek analyzed 2019 FBI crime statistics according to the methodology above and compared them with our 2020 analysis results.
Lastly, MoneyGeek used data provided via Wikipedia on the number and nature of mass shootings in the United States in 2020.
Full Data Set
Naperville, IL | 1 | $187 | 66 | 164 | $27,824 | 149,137 |
Cary, NC | 2 | $195 | 66 | 946 | $33,968 | 174,441 |
Murrieta, CA | 3 | $200 | 81 | 1,024 | $23,540 | 117,639 |
Carmel, IN | 4 | $214 | 49 | 587 | $22,068 | 103,100 |
Frisco, TX | 5 | $218 | 86 | 972 | $46,412 | 212,626 |
Amherst Town, NY | 6 | $227 | 126 | 1,537 | $27,589 | 121,304 |
Cape Coral, FL | 7 | $233 | 128 | 1,068 | $46,386 | 199,503 |
Irvine, CA | 8 | $236 | 51 | 1,499 | $70,042 | 297,069 |
Thousand Oaks, CA | 9 | $252 | 60 | 1,037 | $31,970 | 126,823 |
McKinney, TX | 10 | $276 | 134 | 936 | $57,442 | 208,335 |
Allen, TX | 11 | $276 | 97 | 920 | $29,844 | 108,218 |
Lee's Summit, MO | 12 | $295 | 129 | 2,045 | $29,574 | 100,268 |
Coral Springs, FL | 13 | $301 | 121 | 1,232 | $40,693 | 135,027 |
Bend, OR | 14 | $310 | 168 | 1,893 | $32,062 | 103,485 |
Woodbridge Township, NJ | 15 | $311 | 126 | 1,235 | $31,103 | 100,119 |
Temecula, CA | 16 | $311 | 127 | 1,943 | $36,223 | 116,442 |
Santa Clarita, CA | 17 | $319 | 131 | 907 | $70,742 | 221,932 |
Daly City, CA | 18 | $326 | 180 | 1,366 | $34,861 | 106,855 |
Meridian, ID | 19 | $348 | 159 | 844 | $41,435 | 119,203 |
Centennial, CO | 20 | $351 | 128 | 1,765 | $39,401 | 112,104 |
League City, TX | 21 | $354 | 115 | 1,351 | $39,068 | 110,518 |
Gilbert, AZ | 22 | $361 | 109 | 1,078 | $93,641 | 259,629 |
Lakewood Township, NJ | 23 | $364 | 121 | 806 | $39,287 | 108,023 |
Sterling Heights, MI | 24 | $387 | 176 | 859 | $51,311 | 132,745 |
Elk Grove, CA | 25 | $387 | 224 | 1,342 | $68,677 | 177,331 |
Surprise, AZ | 26 | $389 | 145 | 1,387 | $56,274 | 144,620 |
Glendale, CA | 27 | $395 | 103 | 1,597 | $79,065 | 200,168 |
Elgin, IL | 28 | $409 | 234 | 222 | $45,463 | 111,127 |
Ann Arbor, MI | 29 | $425 | 244 | 1,320 | $51,236 | 120,647 |
Plano, TX | 30 | $433 | 155 | 1,645 | $125,824 | 290,786 |
Corona, CA | 31 | $436 | 140 | 2,101 | $74,871 | 171,848 |
Pembroke Pines, FL | 32 | $438 | 119 | 1,420 | $77,035 | 175,757 |
Port St. Lucie, FL | 33 | $440 | 128 | 807 | $90,871 | 206,450 |
Burbank, CA | 34 | $446 | 170 | 2,416 | $45,679 | 102,419 |
Cambridge, MA | 35 | $448 | 284 | 1,834 | $53,783 | 119,938 |
Fort Collins, CO | 36 | $450 | 213 | 2,131 | $76,457 | 169,810 |
Fremont, CA | 37 | $456 | 167 | 2,343 | $111,265 | 244,259 |
McAllen, TX | 38 | $457 | 85 | 1,931 | $66,008 | 144,569 |
Arlington, VA | 39 | $459 | 185 | 1,402 | $104,726 | 228,400 |
Alexandria, VA | 40 | $461 | 183 | 1,729 | $74,394 | 161,525 |
Clovis, CA | 41 | $461 | 205 | 1,998 | $53,866 | 116,809 |
Olathe, KS | 42 | $464 | 250 | 1,364 | $66,042 | 142,228 |
Sunnyvale, CA | 43 | $477 | 149 | 2,062 | $73,551 | 154,133 |
Simi Valley, CA | 44 | $479 | 133 | 1,048 | $60,170 | 125,742 |
Pearland, TX | 45 | $485 | 99 | 1,427 | $61,126 | 126,111 |
Sugar Land, TX | 46 | $490 | 57 | 1,067 | $58,676 | 119,671 |
Round Rock, TX | 47 | $491 | 134 | 1,659 | $67,612 | 137,593 |
Santa Clara, CA | 48 | $495 | 156 | 2,501 | $65,359 | 131,976 |
West Covina, CA | 49 | $501 | 196 | 2,107 | $52,592 | 104,989 |
Beaverton, OR | 50 | $525 | 235 | 2,195 | $52,501 | 100,085 |
Broken Arrow, OK | 51 | $532 | 172 | 1,936 | $59,316 | 111,488 |
Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 52 | $535 | 308 | 1,825 | $95,722 | 178,916 |
Overland Park, KS | 53 | $537 | 208 | 1,972 | $106,341 | 198,036 |
College Station, TX | 54 | $549 | 180 | 1,903 | $66,374 | 120,831 |
Peoria, AZ | 55 | $565 | 264 | 1,503 | $100,847 | 178,486 |
Huntington Beach, CA | 56 | $567 | 246 | 1,963 | $113,424 | 200,128 |
Carlsbad, CA | 57 | $574 | 192 | 1,580 | $66,927 | 116,516 |
Clearwater, FL | 58 | $579 | 390 | 1,894 | $68,264 | 117,859 |
Vacaville, CA | 59 | $582 | 243 | 1,732 | $59,174 | 101,616 |
Davie, FL | 60 | $590 | 244 | 2,264 | $63,748 | 107,988 |
Boca Raton, FL | 61 | $594 | 203 | 1,965 | $60,290 | 101,583 |
Hialeah, FL | 62 | $598 | 191 | 1,644 | $139,960 | 234,235 |
Hillsboro, OR | 63 | $605 | 231 | 1,932 | $67,203 | 111,146 |
Orange, CA | 64 | $609 | 130 | 1,726 | $84,514 | 138,846 |
Virginia Beach, VA | 65 | $611 | 99 | 1,512 | $275,251 | 450,858 |
Miramar, FL | 66 | $612 | 243 | 1,046 | $87,824 | 143,470 |
Vista, CA | 67 | $620 | 336 | 1,173 | $63,647 | 102,600 |
Garden Grove, CA | 68 | $621 | 298 | 2,294 | $106,609 | 171,698 |
Roseville, CA | 69 | $622 | 192 | 1,973 | $89,704 | 144,128 |
Torrance, CA | 70 | $627 | 191 | 2,046 | $89,955 | 143,421 |
Clinton Township, MI | 71 | $635 | 392 | 1,223 | $64,027 | 100,884 |
Bellevue, WA | 72 | $640 | 116 | 3,006 | $96,411 | 150,548 |
Downey, CA | 73 | $641 | 271 | 1,939 | $71,219 | 111,054 |
Scottsdale, AZ | 74 | $652 | 179 | 1,880 | $171,359 | 263,006 |
Boise, ID | 75 | $655 | 293 | 1,640 | $151,482 | 231,223 |
Fullerton, CA | 76 | $685 | 304 | 2,401 | $95,189 | 139,011 |
Palm Bay, FL | 77 | $686 | 281 | 1,514 | $80,240 | 116,897 |
Jurupa Valley, CA | 78 | $690 | 257 | 2,111 | $76,711 | 111,198 |
Honolulu, HI | 79 | $695 | 240 | 2,499 | $706,251 | 1,016,508 |
Ventura, CA | 80 | $717 | 300 | 2,824 | $78,368 | 109,295 |
Salem, OR | 81 | $725 | 395 | 3,792 | $128,084 | 176,632 |
Yonkers, NY | 82 | $735 | 325 | 991 | $147,652 | 200,816 |
Nampa, ID | 83 | $746 | 315 | 1,643 | $75,690 | 101,411 |
Nampa, ID | 83 | $746 | 315 | 1,643 | $75,690 | 101,411 |
Chandler, AZ | 85 | $749 | 206 | 1,855 | $197,793 | 264,071 |
Concord, CA | 86 | $752 | 325 | 2,908 | $97,799 | 130,074 |
Oceanside, CA | 87 | $761 | 406 | 1,801 | $134,319 | 176,616 |
Henderson, NV | 88 | $767 | 208 | 1,426 | $251,611 | 328,056 |
Stamford, CT | 89 | $769 | 218 | 1,104 | $100,274 | 130,425 |
Fontana, CA | 90 | $773 | 308 | 1,156 | $167,387 | 216,553 |
West Jordan, UT | 91 | $795 | 247 | 2,526 | $93,748 | 117,955 |
Lewisville, TX | 92 | $804 | 292 | 1,759 | $89,093 | 110,800 |
Chula Vista, CA | 93 | $805 | 329 | 1,171 | $223,929 | 278,027 |
Garland, TX | 94 | $807 | 287 | 2,524 | $195,140 | 241,845 |
Boulder, CO | 95 | $810 | 322 | 3,770 | $86,370 | 106,598 |
El Paso, TX | 96 | $811 | 316 | 1,241 | $555,615 | 685,288 |
Sandy Springs, GA | 97 | $817 | 147 | 1,384 | $90,904 | 111,219 |
Richardson, TX | 98 | $828 | 127 | 1,952 | $102,793 | 124,190 |
Escondido, CA | 99 | $841 | 373 | 1,769 | $128,168 | 152,446 |
Santa Rosa, CA | 100 | $870 | 516 | 1,604 | $153,914 | 176,932 |
Eugene, OR | 101 | $880 | 390 | 4,000 | $153,485 | 174,513 |
Costa Mesa, CA | 102 | $885 | 431 | 3,160 | $100,238 | 113,317 |
Laredo, TX | 103 | $898 | 324 | 1,445 | $238,557 | 265,515 |
Mesa, AZ | 104 | $901 | 372 | 1,846 | $475,227 | 527,361 |
Denton, TX | 105 | $903 | 266 | 2,183 | $130,490 | 144,569 |
Rochester, MN | 106 | $903 | 249 | 1,923 | $108,661 | 120,336 |
Norman, OK | 107 | $904 | 289 | 2,578 | $114,276 | 126,480 |
San Diego, CA | 108 | $906 | 369 | 1,692 | $1,302,678 | 1,437,608 |
San Mateo, CA | 109 | $912 | 260 | 2,191 | $95,955 | 105,246 |
Chico, CA | 110 | $917 | 513 | 2,006 | $96,573 | 105,355 |
Abilene, TX | 111 | $917 | 414 | 2,135 | $113,814 | 124,061 |
Brownsville, TX | 112 | $921 | 402 | 1,848 | $169,086 | 183,627 |
Aurora, IL | 113 | $924 | 333 | 200 | $182,643 | 197,709 |
Norwalk, CA | 114 | $932 | 421 | 1,707 | $96,715 | 103,774 |
Madison, WI | 115 | $936 | 320 | 2,779 | $245,964 | 262,736 |
Lowell, MA | 116 | $953 | 314 | 1,469 | $105,709 | 110,876 |
Spokane Valley, WA | 117 | $965 | 334 | 4,269 | $98,789 | 102,366 |
Irving, TX | 118 | $966 | 321 | 2,561 | $234,640 | 242,976 |
Oxnard, CA | 119 | $970 | 354 | 2,058 | $203,780 | 210,064 |
Everett, WA | 120 | $993 | 337 | 3,250 | $111,649 | 112,439 |
Raleigh, NC | 121 | $996 | 392 | 2,021 | $480,190 | 482,264 |
Arvada, CO | 122 | $997 | 228 | 3,164 | $122,675 | 122,983 |
Grand Prairie, TX | 123 | $1,020 | 245 | 1,924 | $200,880 | 196,990 |
Pasadena, CA | 124 | $1,045 | 293 | 2,135 | $147,898 | 141,473 |
Sparks, NV | 125 | $1,054 | 418 | 1,957 | $112,426 | 106,664 |
Anaheim, CA | 126 | $1,077 | 353 | 2,519 | $379,024 | 351,913 |
Thornton, CO | 127 | $1,079 | 288 | 3,148 | $155,579 | 144,156 |
Chesapeake, VA | 128 | $1,099 | 413 | 1,786 | $271,702 | 247,118 |
San Jose, CA | 129 | $1,100 | 425 | 2,316 | $1,132,087 | 1,029,542 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA | 130 | $1,104 | 510 | 2,954 | $141,508 | 128,152 |
El Cajon, CA | 131 | $1,105 | 497 | 1,792 | $113,882 | 103,035 |
Vancouver, WA | 132 | $1,108 | 474 | 3,598 | $206,544 | 186,440 |
Santa Ana, CA | 133 | $1,109 | 429 | 2,079 | $369,377 | 333,107 |
Allentown, PA | 134 | $1,114 | 336 | 1,962 | $140,190 | 125,845 |
Lincoln, NE | 135 | $1,144 | 445 | 2,823 | $333,051 | 291,082 |
Santa Maria, CA | 136 | $1,147 | 771 | 2,286 | $124,019 | 108,140 |
Edinburg, TX | 137 | $1,154 | 314 | 2,232 | $119,405 | 103,491 |
Ontario, CA | 138 | $1,162 | 366 | 2,131 | $217,856 | 187,464 |
Manchester, NH | 139 | $1,175 | 593 | 2,265 | $132,760 | 113,018 |
Jersey City, NJ | 140 | $1,196 | 443 | 1,497 | $314,860 | 263,273 |
Green Bay, WI | 141 | $1,200 | 527 | 1,529 | $125,620 | 104,649 |
New York, NY | 142 | $1,204 | 578 | 1,558 | $9,993,306 | 8,300,377 |
Austin, TX | 143 | $1,205 | 467 | 3,631 | $1,205,150 | 1,000,276 |
Worcester, MA | 144 | $1,230 | 632 | 1,999 | $227,336 | 184,850 |
Midland, TX | 145 | $1,230 | 365 | 2,072 | $185,143 | 150,529 |
Kenosha, WI | 146 | $1,235 | 391 | 1,443 | $123,475 | 100,005 |
Tyler, TX | 147 | $1,238 | 436 | 3,048 | $133,878 | 108,139 |
Gresham, OR | 148 | $1,240 | 465 | 2,804 | $136,072 | 109,767 |
Palmdale, CA | 149 | $1,242 | 479 | 1,374 | $192,919 | 155,321 |
Fairfield, CA | 150 | $1,243 | 457 | 2,523 | $147,240 | 118,491 |
Pasadena, TX | 151 | $1,262 | 572 | 2,333 | $191,056 | 151,421 |
Joliet, IL | 152 | $1,269 | 363 | 955 | $190,853 | 150,362 |
Tempe, AZ | 153 | $1,279 | 550 | 3,563 | $255,781 | 199,935 |
West Valley, UT | 154 | $1,289 | 528 | 3,330 | $175,180 | 135,887 |
Arlington, TX | 155 | $1,303 | 532 | 2,551 | $524,602 | 402,700 |
Salinas, CA | 156 | $1,313 | 555 | 2,232 | $204,790 | 155,984 |
Renton, WA | 157 | $1,319 | 338 | 4,221 | $135,677 | 102,856 |
El Monte, CA | 158 | $1,320 | 301 | 1,534 | $152,715 | 115,690 |
St. Petersburg, FL | 159 | $1,321 | 662 | 2,556 | $353,652 | 267,690 |
Las Vegas, NV | 160 | $1,329 | 528 | 2,211 | $2,249,583 | 1,693,061 |
Visalia, CA | 161 | $1,332 | 409 | 2,267 | $180,813 | 135,733 |
Riverside, CA | 162 | $1,354 | 446 | 2,985 | $452,805 | 334,370 |
San Angelo, TX | 163 | $1,358 | 350 | 2,984 | $138,348 | 101,860 |
Moreno Valley, CA | 164 | $1,391 | 387 | 2,381 | $299,325 | 215,257 |
Rialto, CA | 165 | $1,396 | 481 | 2,428 | $145,236 | 104,004 |
North Las Vegas, NV | 166 | $1,399 | 522 | 1,624 | $358,559 | 256,217 |
Murfreesboro, TN | 167 | $1,400 | 488 | 2,485 | $212,476 | 151,769 |
Berkeley, CA | 168 | $1,408 | 439 | 4,524 | $172,317 | 122,346 |
Fargo, ND | 169 | $1,419 | 460 | 3,469 | $180,090 | 126,927 |
Cedar Rapids, IA | 170 | $1,438 | 322 | 3,167 | $193,159 | 134,330 |
Westminster, CO | 171 | $1,468 | 286 | 3,540 | $167,286 | 113,941 |
Kent, WA | 172 | $1,472 | 351 | 4,028 | $197,076 | 133,883 |
Greeley, CO | 173 | $1,473 | 425 | 2,463 | $162,722 | 110,505 |
Sioux Falls, SD | 174 | $1,474 | 598 | 3,131 | $276,201 | 187,370 |
Boston, MA | 175 | $1,529 | 624 | 1,866 | $1,066,483 | 697,323 |
Lakewood, CO | 176 | $1,535 | 565 | 5,040 | $245,152 | 159,719 |
Lexington, KY | 177 | $1,546 | 320 | 2,872 | $503,788 | 325,851 |
Antioch, CA | 178 | $1,550 | 525 | 2,417 | $174,366 | 112,481 |
Reno, NV | 179 | $1,556 | 563 | 2,147 | $403,208 | 259,168 |
San Francisco, CA | 180 | $1,556 | 544 | 4,394 | $1,371,787 | 881,514 |
Atlanta, GA | 181 | $1,568 | 269 | 1,188 | $781,744 | 498,715 |
Hayward, CA | 182 | $1,573 | 328 | 3,325 | $253,006 | 160,891 |
Mesquite, TX | 183 | $1,576 | 438 | 3,536 | $222,773 | 141,325 |
Warren, MI | 184 | $1,586 | 502 | 1,447 | $212,461 | 133,928 |
Tampa, FL | 185 | $1,593 | 520 | 1,365 | $648,997 | 407,350 |
Modesto, CA | 186 | $1,612 | 740 | 2,466 | $349,124 | 216,560 |
Hollywood, FL | 187 | $1,623 | 346 | 2,120 | $253,849 | 156,434 |
Glendale, AZ | 188 | $1,627 | 440 | 2,723 | $415,637 | 255,468 |
Long Beach, CA | 189 | $1,632 | 506 | 2,747 | $754,844 | 462,654 |
Providence, RI | 190 | $1,637 | 486 | 2,415 | $294,066 | 179,603 |
Wichita Falls, TX | 191 | $1,653 | 387 | 3,078 | $173,016 | 104,673 |
Clarksville, TN | 192 | $1,654 | 610 | 2,243 | $266,547 | 161,167 |
Omaha, NE | 193 | $1,661 | 631 | 3,174 | $797,942 | 480,297 |
Colorado Springs, CO | 194 | $1,664 | 597 | 3,380 | $807,370 | 485,083 |
Lakeland, FL | 195 | $1,676 | 355 | 2,470 | $190,899 | 113,876 |
Sacramento, CA | 196 | $1,687 | 683 | 2,745 | $875,514 | 519,050 |
Portland, OR | 197 | $1,725 | 523 | 4,739 | $1,143,680 | 662,941 |
Pomona, CA | 198 | $1,761 | 513 | 3,131 | $267,715 | 151,982 |
Columbia, MO | 199 | $1,770 | 442 | 2,664 | $220,892 | 124,829 |
Gainesville, FL | 200 | $1,772 | 771 | 3,181 | $239,327 | 135,076 |
Los Angeles, CA | 201 | $1,801 | 722 | 2,148 | $7,204,987 | 4,000,587 |
Seattle, WA | 202 | $1,839 | 626 | 4,873 | $1,418,828 | 771,517 |
Amarillo, TX | 203 | $1,849 | 837 | 3,679 | $370,378 | 200,296 |
San Antonio, TX | 204 | $1,855 | 735 | 3,627 | $2,918,327 | 1,573,189 |
Charleston, SC | 205 | $1,876 | 466 | 2,305 | $261,910 | 139,582 |
Waterbury, CT | 206 | $1,918 | 373 | 2,650 | $205,730 | 107,263 |
Waco, TX | 207 | $1,918 | 642 | 3,446 | $270,253 | 140,870 |
Lancaster, CA | 208 | $1,936 | 760 | 1,706 | $305,284 | 157,689 |
Spokane, WA | 209 | $1,950 | 600 | 5,151 | $435,792 | 223,524 |
Evansville, IN | 210 | $1,962 | 1,006 | 3,611 | $231,022 | 117,747 |
Fort Worth, TX | 211 | $1,968 | 541 | 2,733 | $1,829,186 | 929,509 |
Lafayette, LA | 212 | $2,002 | 562 | 4,519 | $253,573 | 126,679 |
Miami, FL | 213 | $2,025 | 556 | 2,750 | $964,038 | 476,102 |
Odessa, TX | 214 | $2,029 | 808 | 2,505 | $256,182 | 126,288 |
High Point, NC | 215 | $2,068 | 680 | 3,005 | $235,184 | 113,727 |
Fort Wayne, IN | 216 | $2,075 | 413 | 2,247 | $564,900 | 272,270 |
Davenport, IA | 217 | $2,095 | 737 | 3,925 | $213,302 | 101,806 |
Oklahoma City, OK | 218 | $2,095 | 726 | 3,896 | $1,390,540 | 663,661 |
Bakersfield, CA | 219 | $2,102 | 517 | 4,023 | $816,163 | 388,265 |
Independence, MO | 220 | $2,106 | 678 | 4,576 | $245,689 | 116,648 |
Springfield, IL | 221 | $2,109 | 946 | 1,046 | $240,283 | 113,912 |
Newport News, VA | 222 | $2,115 | 626 | 2,039 | $378,305 | 178,896 |
Pittsburgh, PA | 223 | $2,117 | 453 | 2,029 | $641,292 | 302,971 |
Corpus Christi, TX | 224 | $2,121 | 842 | 3,266 | $698,000 | 329,050 |
Orlando, FL | 225 | $2,135 | 860 | 3,803 | $626,341 | 293,363 |
Phoenix, AZ | 226 | $2,145 | 798 | 2,989 | $3,665,473 | 1,708,960 |
Tucson, AZ | 227 | $2,157 | 698 | 3,621 | $1,187,341 | 550,448 |
Elizabeth, NJ | 228 | $2,159 | 598 | 2,237 | $279,600 | 129,518 |
St. Paul, MN | 229 | $2,177 | 749 | 3,803 | $674,541 | 309,859 |
Anchorage, AK | 230 | $2,205 | 1,212 | 3,447 | $631,376 | 286,388 |
Grand Rapids, MI | 231 | $2,229 | 713 | 1,953 | $451,464 | 202,513 |
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, NC | 232 | $2,232 | 836 | 3,240 | $2,139,172 | 958,358 |
Inglewood, CA | 233 | $2,242 | 629 | 2,310 | $242,158 | 107,986 |
Springfield, MA | 234 | $2,268 | 967 | 2,437 | $347,174 | 153,084 |
Louisville, KY | 235 | $2,270 | 652 | 2,566 | $2,472,028 | 1,089,000 |
Aurora, CO | 236 | $2,284 | 900 | 3,391 | $881,024 | 385,720 |
Tallahassee, FL | 237 | $2,316 | 773 | 2,952 | $454,013 | 196,012 |
Birmingham, AL | 238 | $2,327 | 431 | 1,487 | $467,081 | 200,733 |
Hampton, VA | 239 | $2,353 | 266 | 2,490 | $315,450 | 134,082 |
Peoria, IL | 240 | $2,375 | 986 | 984 | $261,117 | 109,924 |
Fresno, CA | 241 | $2,381 | 665 | 3,077 | $1,275,044 | 535,472 |
Charlotte, NC | 242 | $2,383 | 915 | 3,562 | $2,083,754 | 874,579 |
Durham, NC | 243 | $2,409 | 859 | 3,738 | $686,353 | 284,925 |
Jacksonville, FL | 244 | $2,434 | 698 | 2,871 | $2,240,430 | 920,508 |
Lubbock, TX | 245 | $2,441 | 1,088 | 4,108 | $639,912 | 262,146 |
Killeen, TX | 246 | $2,461 | 669 | 1,481 | $380,039 | 154,417 |
Salt Lake City, UT | 247 | $2,464 | 922 | 7,352 | $498,240 | 202,187 |
Miami Gardens, FL | 248 | $2,468 | 709 | 2,516 | $272,167 | 110,284 |
Billings, MT | 249 | $2,486 | 852 | 4,765 | $273,802 | 110,157 |
Winston-Salem, NC | 250 | $2,507 | 1,245 | 4,761 | $625,511 | 249,545 |
Fayetteville, NC | 251 | $2,517 | 978 | 3,400 | $533,753 | 212,033 |
Victorville, CA | 252 | $2,541 | 881 | 1,591 | $312,713 | 123,085 |
Bridgeport, CT | 253 | $2,561 | 574 | 1,742 | $369,690 | 144,350 |
Columbia, SC | 254 | $2,568 | 752 | 4,476 | $338,363 | 131,777 |
Tacoma, WA | 255 | $2,607 | 843 | 5,507 | $573,953 | 220,123 |
New Haven, CT | 256 | $2,644 | 708 | 3,511 | $344,550 | 130,299 |
Wilmington, NC | 257 | $2,645 | 629 | 2,547 | $332,706 | 125,794 |
Des Moines, IA | 258 | $2,649 | 705 | 3,902 | $570,206 | 215,290 |
Denver, CO | 259 | $2,651 | 858 | 4,649 | $1,955,502 | 737,709 |
West Palm Beach, FL | 260 | $2,687 | 762 | 3,410 | $304,399 | 113,268 |
Pompano Beach, FL | 261 | $2,715 | 737 | 2,767 | $308,317 | 113,545 |
Topeka, KS | 262 | $2,769 | 725 | 4,764 | $346,151 | 125,024 |
Newark, NJ | 263 | $2,772 | 529 | 1,618 | $782,472 | 282,242 |
Wichita, KS | 264 | $2,843 | 926 | 5,192 | $1,130,143 | 397,532 |
Norfolk, VA | 265 | $2,879 | 636 | 2,718 | $698,287 | 242,516 |
Lansing, MI | 266 | $2,907 | 1,432 | 3,005 | $344,975 | 118,651 |
Dallas, TX | 267 | $2,956 | 845 | 3,446 | $4,028,511 | 1,363,028 |
Paterson, NJ | 268 | $2,988 | 989 | 1,490 | $433,089 | 144,947 |
Columbus, OH | 269 | $3,004 | 556 | 3,130 | $2,737,761 | 911,383 |
Richmond, CA | 270 | $3,005 | 964 | 3,303 | $334,698 | 111,367 |
Nashville, TN | 271 | $3,021 | 1,156 | 4,073 | $2,078,617 | 688,013 |
Hartford, CT | 272 | $3,039 | 992 | 3,110 | $370,017 | 121,749 |
Pueblo, CO | 273 | $3,058 | 1,045 | 4,631 | $345,519 | 113,002 |
Fort Lauderdale, FL | 274 | $3,084 | 628 | 4,156 | $568,494 | 184,347 |
Albuquerque, NM | 275 | $3,092 | 1,344 | 5,012 | $1,737,634 | 562,065 |
South Fulton, GA | 276 | $3,122 | 1,027 | 2,676 | $314,228 | 100,658 |
Greensboro, NC | 277 | $3,153 | 902 | 3,611 | $945,472 | 299,887 |
Beaumont, TX | 278 | $3,178 | 1,226 | 3,308 | $371,042 | 116,766 |
Springfield, MO | 279 | $3,190 | 1,507 | 6,951 | $538,660 | 168,856 |
Knoxville, TN | 280 | $3,197 | 810 | 4,228 | $603,176 | 188,672 |
Stockton, CA | 281 | $3,211 | 1,277 | 2,981 | $1,011,368 | 314,981 |
Toledo, OH | 282 | $3,246 | 1,006 | 2,894 | $880,543 | 271,237 |
Houston, TX | 283 | $3,264 | 1,256 | 4,179 | $7,657,858 | 2,346,155 |
Tulsa, OK | 284 | $3,414 | 1,133 | 5,112 | $1,372,847 | 402,166 |
Syracuse, NY | 285 | $3,449 | 839 | 2,823 | $489,863 | 142,011 |
Chattanooga, TN | 286 | $3,482 | 1,359 | 6,356 | $641,492 | 184,211 |
Rockford, IL | 287 | $3,526 | 1,451 | 2,834 | $510,588 | 144,795 |
Rochester, NY | 288 | $3,527 | 819 | 3,356 | $723,637 | 205,199 |
Minneapolis, MN | 289 | $3,531 | 1,155 | 4,558 | $1,536,589 | 435,116 |
Richmond, VA | 290 | $3,559 | 349 | 2,921 | $830,502 | 233,350 |
Buffalo, NY | 291 | $3,630 | 1,018 | 3,081 | $924,329 | 254,627 |
Akron, OH | 292 | $3,725 | 910 | 3,531 | $735,459 | 197,433 |
Indianapolis, IN | 293 | $3,734 | 871 | 3,570 | $3,325,345 | 890,672 |
Vallejo, CA | 294 | $3,883 | 991 | 3,334 | $474,947 | 122,326 |
Chicago, IL | 295 | $4,070 | 987 | 694 | $10,962,454 | 2,693,598 |
Washington, DC | 296 | $4,077 | 958 | 3,431 | $2,905,903 | 712,816 |
Oakland, CA | 297 | $4,289 | 1,291 | 5,166 | $1,878,113 | 437,923 |
Little Rock, AR | 298 | $4,420 | 1,850 | 4,857 | $873,775 | 197,688 |
Philadelphia, PA | 299 | $4,435 | 966 | 2,974 | $7,112,797 | 1,603,797 |
Cincinnati, OH | 300 | $4,436 | 893 | 3,683 | $1,351,713 | 304,724 |
South Bend, IN | 301 | $4,547 | 1,728 | 3,663 | $464,349 | 102,119 |
San Bernardino, CA | 302 | $4,824 | 1,402 | 2,800 | $1,043,757 | 216,365 |
North Charleston, SC | 303 | $4,854 | 1,145 | 5,105 | $570,311 | 117,503 |
Dayton, OH | 304 | $4,907 | 1,086 | 3,845 | $687,950 | 140,193 |
Milwaukee, WI | 305 | $5,049 | 1,597 | 2,729 | $2,974,321 | 589,105 |
Shreveport, LA | 306 | $5,153 | 923 | 4,799 | $956,358 | 185,588 |
Kansas City, MO | 307 | $5,382 | 1,586 | 4,119 | $2,687,313 | 499,335 |
Baton Rouge, LA | 308 | $6,150 | 952 | 4,826 | $1,348,374 | 219,245 |
Cleveland, OH | 309 | $6,423 | 1,657 | 4,071 | $2,435,041 | 379,121 |
Memphis, TN | 310 | $6,884 | 2,352 | 5,561 | $4,480,971 | 650,937 |
Baltimore, MD | 311 | $7,091 | 1,461 | 2,888 | $4,153,460 | 585,708 |
New Orleans, LA | 312 | $7,214 | 1,324 | 4,540 | $2,840,807 | 393,779 |
Detroit, MI | 313 | $7,292 | 2,179 | 3,211 | $4,809,835 | 659,616 |
Jackson, MS | 314 | $9,138 | 1,050 | 4,280 | $1,404,476 | 153,701 |
St. Louis, MO | 315 | $11,574 | 2,016 | 5,830 | $3,453,923 | 298,422 |
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