Salem's A Great Place To Live

Looking for Good News?! Money magazine ranked the top 50 cities and towns to live in (out of 1,890). Salem made the list. We're number #37.

According to Money Magazine:

"To create Money’s Best Places to Live ranking this year, we looked at cities and towns with a population of at least 25,000. We removed any place that had more than double the national crime risk, a median income level lower than 85% of its state’s median, or little to no ethnic diversity. This yielded a list of 1,890 locations.
We then collected nearly 212,000 different data points to help us pick our 50 winners. We considered data about every location’s economy, housing market, cost of living, diversity, public education, health and safety, weather and lifestyle, and amenities, all of which was provided by research partner Witlytic. We put the greatest emphasis on economic factors (such as employment opportunities), housing, cost of living, diversity, and health and safety. Education, weather and lifestyle, and amenities — both for safety and entertainment — also played a role in our calculations."

Here's the methodology Money magazine used to create the list

https://money.com/best-places-to-live-methodology-2020/?fbclid=IwAR314QLDPjp596XcMFepfM6apRy8fIi_GMwbqDeehsOiiKU213tw5zD96g4