Des Moines is the 10th best capital city to live in, WalletHub says
Another report from a national ranking service, another Top 10 finish for Iowa.
WalletHub, a credit reporting and financial advisement website, says Des Moines is the nation's 10th best capital city to live in.
Austin, Texas, tops the survey, which considered factors including affordability, economic well-being, quality of education, health and quality of life.
Midwest capitals finishing higher than Des Moines: Madison, Wisconsin (fourth) and Lincoln, Nebraska (fifth).
Des Moines was: eighth in the affordability (cost of living, median income and housing costs) portion of the study; 18th in economic well-being (income growth, population growth, median credit score and more); 16th in quality of education and health; and 30th in quality of life (millennial newcomers, number of restaurants, nightlife and more).
Iowa's capital city also ranks fourth in affordable housing, according to the survey, and tied for first place with five other cities, including St. Paul and Madison, for lowest unemployment rate.
Three of those six cities tied for first place in this ranking, including Iowa, have a federal minimum wage of $7.25. Forty percent of Iowans "struggle to afford the basics," according to a 2018 Register report.
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Coming in forty-sixth place, Des Moines ranked as one of the nation's capital cities with the lowest percentage of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Iowa's capital city also tied for third in this report for the lowest number of state, local and federal employees.
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Top 10 capital cities to live in, according to WalletHub:
1. Austin, Texas
2. Boise, Idaho
3. Raleigh, North Carolina
4. Madison, Wisconsin
5. Lincoln, Nebraska
6. Bismarck, North Dakota
7. Concord, New Hampshire
8. Denver, Colorado
9. Cheyenne, Wyoming
10. Des Moines, Iowa
Bottom 10:
41. Dover, Delaware
42. Little Rock, Arkansas
43. Montgomery, Alabama
44. Providence, Rhode Island
45. Carson City, Nevada
46. Charleston, West Virginia
47. Hartford, Connecticut
48. Trenton, New Jersey
49. Jackson, Mississippi
50. Baton Rouge, Louisiana