Top 10 Cities Overall

Key Takeaways

Top 10 Cities Overall from DataByArea city metrics.

Ranchettes, WY leads this frozen snapshot for overall.
The ranking rows are snapshotted at publish time, so shared URLs do not drift when source metrics refresh.
Each city link opens the underlying DataByArea dashboard for deeper local context.
The top three are Ranchettes, Farr West, and Broussard.

These rows come from the frozen public snapshot for this URL.

Overall snapshot rows
Rank	City	Population	Income	2BR Rent	Home Value	Property Tax	Electricity	Score
1	Ranchettes, WY	6,389	$124,426	$658	$560,900	$2,695	13.59 cents/kWh	78.5
2	Farr West, UT	7,881	$111,875	$756	$509,100	$3,176	13.17 cents/kWh	76.1
3	Broussard, LA	13,791	$116,613	$982	$301,000	$1,463	14.16 cents/kWh	75.1
4	Stokesdale, NC	5,943	$135,389	$783	$368,600	$2,437	16.00 cents/kWh	74.9
5	Cut Off, LA	5,157	$79,214	$759	$161,900	$616	14.16 cents/kWh	74.7
6	Plaquemine, LA	6,136	$76,857	$860	$181,600	$304	14.16 cents/kWh	74.5
7	Nephi, UT	6,700	$97,348	$1,010	$379,800	$1,838	13.17 cents/kWh	73.6
8	Larose, LA	5,937	$71,250	$739	$181,600	$799	14.16 cents/kWh	73.3
9	Floral City, FL	5,467	$59,000	$504	$216,100	$1,269	14.86 cents/kWh	73.3
10	Margaret, AL	5,538	$97,075	$881	$224,700	$642	17.15 cents/kWh	73.3

Overall rankings average available affordability, utility-cost, property-tax, and housing-burden scores for cities with enough core data.

Published 2026-06-26. Data updated 2026-06-26.

U.S. Census ACSCity population, income, housing value, rent, and property-tax context - Used where city-level fields are available in the DataByArea city database. Source
DataByArea city scoresNormalized city comparison scores - Scores are deterministic planning signals derived from public-source metrics. Source
EIA electricity benchmarkResidential electricity price context - Used as a utility-cost planning benchmark where available. Source
BLS labor-market benchmarkUnemployment context - Included as supplemental local planning context. Source

Top 10 Cities OverallRanchettes, WY ranked in Top 10 Cities Overall

Top 10 Cities Overall - https://databyarea.com/rankings/cities/overall/