Johnston Has The Brains In Iowa, Job Site Says

JOHNSTON, IA — An online job site has has given Johnston a ranking it clearly will want to boast about: Iowa's smartest city. The community was found to be the smartest in Iowa with a population of 10,000 or higher by the online job site Zippia.

Determining smarts makes sense for people looking for a job and businesses seeking a potential location, Zippia says, because "one of the many qualities that people look for in a potential location or company is the intelligence of those around them. This factor can play a huge role in one's experience at a particular company and can make or break an employee's time there."

To rank a city's level of intelligence, the company used census data and studied things like high school dropout rate (non-existent in Johnston) and percentage of residents with a college degree (almost 60 percent for Des Moines' northern neighbors). Four metro-area cities made the top ten list, which ranked Iowa's 39 most populated communities:

1. Johnston
2. Iowa City
3. West Des Moines
4. North Liberty
5. Ames
6. Marion
7. Pella
8. Altoona
9. Ankeny
10. Cedar Falls

You can see how all of Iowa's 39 most populated communities ranked and read more about the top ten smarties here.

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