Charlotte Is 2018’s 4th Fastest-Growing Large City in America

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With the Census Bureau reporting that the South held 8 of the 15 cities with the largest population gains in 2017, the personal-finance website  WalletHub released its report on 2018’s Fastest-Growing Cities in America as well as accompanying videos.

To determine where the most rapid local economic growth occurred over a period of seven years, WalletHub compared 515 U.S. cities across 15 key metrics. The data set ranges from population growth to college-educated population growth to unemployment rate decrease. In addition, we produced a separate ranking by city size.

Economic Growth in Charlotte (1=Fastest-Growing; 258=Avg.)

• 41^st – Population Growth
• 235^th – Median Household Income Growth
• 18^th – Job Growth
• 94^th – Poverty Rate Decrease
• 1^st – Growth in Number of Businesses
• 34^th – Working-Age Population Growth
• 230^th – Foreclosure Rate Decrease

Charlotte ranks 32^nd overall and 4^th in terms of large-city growth.

For the full report, please visit:

https://wallethub.com/edu/fastest-growing-cities/7010/

via – WalletHub