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Forbes ranks Wichita as 12th best place for young professionals

Forbes ranks Wichita as 12th best place for young professionals

Forbes ranks Wichita as 12th best place for young professionals

According to an affordability report from Forbes Advisor, Wichita is the 12th best place to live for young professionals in the U.S.

Des Moines, Iowa was listed No. 1 with coming in Oklahoma City at No. 2.

Forbes Advisor–a digital platform dedicated to helping consumers make financial choices–compared the 100 most-populous metropolitan areas (99 of which had available data) across 10 metrics spanning four key categories: employment and pay, housing affordability, lifestyle and cost of living.

The key findings for the Wichita metro area:

  • The Wichita metro area ranked 2nd-lowest for average rent ($1,003).
  • Wichita ranked 9th-lowest for its median home price ($203,900) and 15th-lowest for a 10% down payment as a percentage of the median individual income (58.12%).
  • Wichita ranked 39th-lowest for unemployment rate at 3%.

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