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1 | Full Report | Apartment List Best Cities for Black Professionals [2024] | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Source | All data points (except for Business Environment statistics) were sourced from Census ACS microdata (2021 5-year estimates) using IPUMS-USA. Business Environment statistics were sourced from Census ABS & NES-D data. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 | Category | Scores | Community & Representation | Economic Opportunity | Housing Opportunity | Business Environment | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Statistic (Hover for details) | Final Composite Score | Community & Representation | Economic Opportunity | Housing Opportunity | Business Representation | Black Population Share 2021 | Change in Black Population Share 2012-21 | Teachers | Doctors | Lawyers | Managers | Black Employment Rate | Share of Black Adults w/ College Deg. | Median Income Black Workers | Income Equity | Black Homeownership Rate | Homeownership Equity | Black Household Cost Burden Rate | Share of Businesses that are Black-Owned | Business Representation | |
6 | Weight | 100 | 28 | 32 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
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8 | Akron, OH | 38.6 | 14.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 6.8 | 14% | 1% | -4% | -6% | -7% | -6% | 90% | 18% | $30,521 | 0.71 | 36% | -36% | 48% | 10% | -4% | |
9 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 47.9 | 16.0 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 7.2 | 8% | 2% | -2% | -4% | -8% | -5% | 90% | 21% | $34,635 | 0.75 | 41% | -30% | 43% | 6% | -2% | |
10 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 69.7 | 20.5 | 18.9 | 17.5 | 12.8 | 36% | 3% | -2% | -4% | -16% | -11% | 93% | 32% | $38,684 | 0.76 | 49% | -24% | 41% | 34% | -3% | |
11 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 50.4 | 14.4 | 8.4 | 17.9 | 9.7 | 37% | 1% | -6% | -18% | -34% | -11% | 90% | 18% | $30,000 | 0.70 | 51% | -24% | 41% | 30% | -7% | |
12 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 58.7 | 14.8 | 21.7 | 14.6 | 7.6 | 9% | 0% | -2% | -1% | -4% | -4% | 94% | 35% | $40,000 | 0.78 | 41% | -20% | 46% | 7% | -2% | |
13 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 56.4 | 15.4 | 18.0 | 15.7 | 7.4 | 32% | 1% | -9% | -8% | -16% | -11% | 93% | 29% | $43,212 | 0.70 | 47% | -29% | 41% | 23% | -8% | |
14 | Baton Rouge, LA | 48.7 | 14.2 | 7.4 | 18.4 | 8.7 | 37% | 1% | -9% | -13% | -15% | -16% | 89% | 20% | $32,000 | 0.64 | 52% | -25% | 40% | 29% | -8% | |
15 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 48.1 | 13.4 | 10.9 | 17.8 | 6.0 | 30% | 0% | -6% | -14% | -19% | -12% | 91% | 21% | $33,158 | 0.70 | 51% | -26% | 40% | 20% | -10% | |
16 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 47.9 | 15.6 | 15.6 | 9.6 | 7.1 | 10% | 1% | -4% | -2% | -7% | -4% | 92% | 30% | $40,000 | 0.65 | 35% | -29% | 48% | 7% | -3% | |
17 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT | 47.7 | 16.2 | 14.3 | 11.5 | 5.8 | 13% | 2% | -3% | -1% | -11% | -7% | 92% | 26% | $39,700 | 0.64 | 41% | -28% | 48% | 8% | -6% | |
18 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 37.3 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 4.9 | 14% | 1% | -7% | -9% | -9% | -7% | 91% | 19% | $31,401 | 0.68 | 36% | -34% | 44% | 7% | -7% | |
19 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 50.5 | 15.2 | 11.0 | 16.3 | 8.1 | 10% | 1% | -3% | 2% | -4% | -5% | 94% | 18% | $28,737 | 0.72 | 50% | -24% | 44% | 8% | -1% | |
20 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 41.6 | 6.8 | 11.3 | 20.1 | 3.3 | 26% | -3% | -10% | -14% | -24% | -12% | 95% | 19% | $31,401 | 0.62 | 55% | -17% | 42% | 14% | -12% | |
21 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 58.5 | 18.2 | 16.5 | 16.4 | 7.4 | 25% | 2% | -2% | -7% | -14% | -8% | 93% | 28% | $36,032 | 0.76 | 46% | -26% | 40% | 18% | -7% | |
22 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 42.5 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 7.7 | 18% | 0% | -6% | -7% | -11% | -8% | 86% | 25% | $37,764 | 0.74 | 41% | -29% | 47% | 14% | -4% | |
23 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 41.6 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 6.7 | 14% | 1% | -8% | -8% | -11% | -7% | 92% | 21% | $32,369 | 0.68 | 34% | -37% | 42% | 10% | -5% | |
24 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 33.8 | 12.0 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 22% | 1% | -8% | -14% | -16% | -11% | 87% | 17% | $33,000 | 0.69 | 36% | -37% | 44% | 13% | -8% | |
25 | Colorado Springs, CO | 58.5 | 14.2 | 21.3 | 17.4 | 5.7 | 9% | 1% | -3% | -7% | -7% | -2% | 94% | 30% | $39,211 | 0.89 | 47% | -21% | 42% | 4% | -4% | |
26 | Columbia, SC | 53.9 | 15.6 | 13.6 | 18.2 | 6.5 | 36% | 2% | -9% | -14% | -16% | -13% | 92% | 24% | $32,369 | 0.75 | 52% | -24% | 41% | 25% | -11% | |
27 | Columbus, OH | 48.0 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 9.2 | 19% | 2% | -10% | -9% | -11% | -8% | 92% | 24% | $33,912 | 0.68 | 33% | -33% | 42% | 16% | -3% | |
28 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 59.2 | 17.6 | 20.0 | 12.2 | 9.4 | 18% | 2% | -2% | -1% | -10% | -6% | 93% | 30% | $40,000 | 0.84 | 38% | -27% | 45% | 16% | -2% | |
29 | Dayton, OH | 42.1 | 13.8 | 8.8 | 13.2 | 6.2 | 18% | 1% | -6% | -6% | -13% | -6% | 90% | 21% | $30,211 | 0.68 | 38% | -31% | 41% | 11% | -6% | |
30 | Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | 50.8 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 7.6 | 12% | 0% | 1% | 0% | -2% | -5% | 95% | 21% | $29,842 | 0.77 | 46% | -29% | 45% | 9% | -3% | |
31 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 51.7 | 14.3 | 19.4 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 7% | 0% | -2% | -3% | -4% | -3% | 93% | 32% | $40,000 | 0.75 | 39% | -27% | 50% | 5% | -2% | |
32 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 40.5 | 12.4 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 8.2 | 24% | 0% | -7% | -12% | -16% | -11% | 88% | 19% | $33,285 | 0.67 | 44% | -34% | 43% | 19% | -5% | |
33 | Fresno, CA | 43.8 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 6% | 0% | -1% | 1% | -2% | -1% | 85% | 21% | $36,634 | 1.00 | 31% | -24% | 54% | 6% | 0% | |
34 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 36.2 | 13.7 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 9% | 1% | -4% | -4% | -6% | -6% | 90% | 20% | $31,401 | 0.74 | 33% | -42% | 47% | 5% | -4% | |
35 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | 49.8 | 17.4 | 13.7 | 12.3 | 6.4 | 28% | 1% | 0% | -6% | -9% | -13% | 92% | 24% | $31,793 | 0.78 | 40% | -32% | 43% | 19% | -9% | |
36 | Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC | 41.8 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 14.2 | 6.4 | 17% | -1% | -8% | -8% | -12% | -9% | 92% | 16% | $31,401 | 0.76 | 44% | -32% | 41% | 11% | -6% | |
37 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 40.9 | 14.9 | 9.6 | 11.0 | 5.4 | 13% | 2% | -6% | -9% | -9% | -7% | 92% | 19% | $31,401 | 0.66 | 33% | -39% | 38% | 7% | -6% | |
38 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 63.0 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 14.9 | 10.8 | 19% | 1% | 2% | 2% | -5% | -5% | 90% | 30% | $39,774 | 0.88 | 42% | -23% | 44% | 18% | 0% | |
39 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 45.2 | 14.9 | 13.3 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 17% | 1% | -6% | -6% | -12% | -8% | 91% | 24% | $34,855 | 0.74 | 37% | -35% | 45% | 12% | -5% | |
40 | Jackson, MS | 48.7 | 14.8 | 9.0 | 18.5 | 6.4 | 50% | 1% | -8% | -16% | -32% | -19% | 90% | 23% | $30,459 | 0.63 | 52% | -28% | 37% | 35% | -15% | |
41 | Jacksonville, FL | 48.5 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 7.2 | 24% | 0% | -3% | -9% | -19% | -11% | 93% | 22% | $32,448 | 0.73 | 45% | -26% | 45% | 17% | -6% | |
42 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 43.6 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 12.0 | 6.1 | 14% | 0% | -6% | -7% | -10% | -7% | 92% | 21% | $35,502 | 0.74 | 37% | -32% | 42% | 9% | -5% | |
43 | Knoxville, TN | 47.4 | 14.2 | 12.9 | 13.5 | 6.8 | 6% | 0% | -2% | -3% | -4% | -3% | 93% | 21% | $30,400 | 0.77 | 41% | -30% | 42% | 4% | -2% | |
44 | Lafayette, LA | 40.9 | 14.0 | 5.3 | 15.9 | 5.7 | 27% | 2% | -9% | -17% | -19% | -10% | 91% | 13% | $27,632 | 0.63 | 47% | -28% | 41% | 18% | -9% | |
45 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 58.5 | 17.5 | 13.1 | 17.3 | 10.7 | 17% | 1% | -1% | 1% | -7% | -5% | 93% | 17% | $30,211 | 0.84 | 50% | -22% | 43% | 17% | 0% | |
46 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 44.0 | 17.3 | 11.9 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 14% | 3% | -6% | -4% | -10% | -5% | 87% | 20% | $35,588 | 0.88 | 31% | -29% | 56% | 13% | -2% | |
47 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 50.8 | 18.6 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 4.1 | 26% | 2% | 0% | -9% | -15% | -9% | 93% | 26% | $32,369 | 0.73 | 43% | -28% | 44% | 15% | -11% | |
48 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 54.9 | 14.9 | 22.4 | 9.6 | 8.0 | 8% | 0% | 0% | -1% | -2% | -1% | 90% | 31% | $43,158 | 1.01 | 33% | -17% | 55% | 7% | -1% | |
49 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 53.9 | 16.6 | 10.2 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 48% | 3% | -8% | -20% | -36% | -18% | 90% | 20% | $33,821 | 0.71 | 45% | -29% | 44% | 43% | -6% | |
50 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 51.5 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 7.5 | 23% | 1% | -1% | 0% | -15% | -11% | 92% | 22% | $31,793 | 0.79 | 47% | -16% | 53% | 17% | -6% | |
51 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 31.4 | 12.1 | 10.0 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 18% | 1% | -9% | -11% | -12% | -10% | 93% | 15% | $33,158 | 0.67 | 27% | -39% | 51% | 11% | -8% | |
52 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 40.2 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 4.6 | 8.2 | 11% | 2% | -5% | -4% | -8% | -6% | 92% | 24% | $33,494 | 0.63 | 28% | -46% | 46% | 9% | -2% | |
53 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 53.7 | 13.9 | 17.8 | 15.7 | 6.3 | 16% | 0% | -2% | -3% | -12% | -6% | 93% | 29% | $35,000 | 0.79 | 43% | -28% | 39% | 10% | -6% | |
54 | New Haven-Milford, CT | 44.2 | 16.5 | 12.0 | 10.2 | 5.5 | 16% | 2% | -6% | -5% | -12% | -6% | 89% | 23% | $37,764 | 0.71 | 37% | -30% | 48% | 9% | -7% | |
55 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 44.9 | 14.5 | 8.8 | 15.5 | 6.1 | 36% | 1% | -6% | -16% | -23% | -15% | 90% | 20% | $31,793 | 0.68 | 48% | -23% | 46% | 25% | -11% | |
56 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 48.3 | 14.6 | 17.6 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 19% | 0% | -5% | -3% | -11% | -7% | 91% | 28% | $43,158 | 0.77 | 33% | -23% | 49% | 12% | -7% | |
57 | North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL | 41.2 | 14.2 | 8.5 | 11.4 | 7.0 | 8% | 0% | -2% | -2% | -6% | -4% | 89% | 20% | $30,000 | 0.72 | 45% | -32% | 48% | 5% | -2% | |
58 | Oklahoma City, OK | 45.1 | 14.0 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 6.3 | 12% | 1% | -4% | -6% | -7% | -4% | 91% | 23% | $31,389 | 0.75 | 39% | -29% | 43% | 8% | -5% | |
59 | Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA | 42.3 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 9% | 0% | -4% | -5% | -6% | -5% | 93% | 23% | $33,158 | 0.71 | 33% | -36% | 44% | 5% | -3% | |
60 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 56.6 | 17.3 | 14.5 | 15.5 | 9.3 | 19% | 1% | 0% | -2% | -10% | -8% | 92% | 24% | $31,401 | 0.82 | 47% | -19% | 48% | 16% | -2% | |
61 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 59.7 | 15.3 | 13.1 | 23.3 | 8.0 | 12% | 1% | -4% | 2% | -10% | -5% | 93% | 21% | $31,401 | 0.74 | 61% | -17% | 38% | 10% | -2% | |
62 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 46.7 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 16.1 | 4.9 | 23% | 1% | -9% | -10% | -15% | -9% | 90% | 24% | $38,684 | 0.70 | 48% | -24% | 44% | 13% | -9% | |
63 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 54.1 | 16.2 | 18.6 | 11.7 | 7.6 | 7% | 1% | -2% | -1% | -4% | -2% | 92% | 28% | $37,092 | 0.84 | 36% | -31% | 43% | 6% | -1% | |
64 | Pittsburgh, PA | 36.6 | 13.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 5.9 | 10% | 0% | -6% | -6% | -7% | -5% | 89% | 23% | $32,477 | 0.67 | 33% | -40% | 43% | 6% | -4% | |
65 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 48.7 | 15.8 | 14.3 | 11.8 | 6.9 | 8% | 2% | -4% | -1% | -7% | -3% | 91% | 23% | $37,092 | 0.75 | 35% | -29% | 44% | 5% | -3% | |
66 | Raleigh, NC | 55.0 | 14.7 | 16.6 | 17.3 | 6.4 | 23% | 1% | -9% | -3% | -14% | -10% | 92% | 30% | $37,681 | 0.70 | 46% | -25% | 39% | 15% | -7% | |
67 | Richmond, VA | 49.2 | 12.7 | 13.3 | 17.7 | 5.5 | 32% | 0% | -8% | -14% | -24% | -13% | 92% | 22% | $36,425 | 0.70 | 50% | -23% | 42% | 21% | -11% | |
68 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 56.8 | 15.8 | 19.6 | 12.8 | 8.7 | 9% | 0% | -2% | 1% | 0% | -1% | 89% | 25% | $41,001 | 1.03 | 44% | -22% | 51% | 9% | 0% | |
69 | Rochester, NY | 31.5 | 12.0 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 5.6 | 13% | 0% | -7% | -8% | -12% | -7% | 90% | 16% | $31,401 | 0.68 | 32% | -40% | 48% | 7% | -6% | |
70 | Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA | 46.6 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 9% | 1% | -2% | -3% | -3% | -3% | 90% | 26% | $39,789 | 0.82 | 36% | -28% | 53% | 6% | -3% | |
71 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 65.4 | 17.2 | 22.9 | 17.4 | 7.9 | 9% | 1% | -1% | -1% | 1% | -2% | 94% | 31% | $38,151 | 0.96 | 44% | -19% | 41% | 7% | -1% | |
72 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 45.7 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6% | 0% | -2% | -3% | -5% | -2% | 90% | 29% | $39,460 | 0.83 | 31% | -24% | 57% | 5% | -2% | |
73 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 51.7 | 13.6 | 20.4 | 10.7 | 7.1 | 9% | -1% | -1% | -3% | -3% | -3% | 91% | 33% | $49,195 | 0.71 | 35% | -22% | 51% | 6% | -3% | |
74 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 48.4 | 15.2 | 16.6 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8% | 1% | -4% | -2% | -5% | -3% | 92% | 28% | $40,821 | 0.68 | 32% | -30% | 49% | 7% | -1% | |
75 | Springfield, MA | 47.1 | 16.2 | 13.6 | 11.3 | 6.1 | 10% | 1% | -3% | -4% | 6% | -4% | 90% | 24% | $37,000 | 0.78 | 37% | -28% | 46% | 6% | -4% | |
76 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 39.4 | 11.5 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 6.4 | 19% | 0% | -7% | -10% | -13% | -10% | 92% | 20% | $32,369 | 0.67 | 40% | -36% | 43% | 13% | -6% | |
77 | Syracuse, NY | 29.9 | 13.9 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 10% | 1% | -4% | -7% | -8% | -6% | 89% | 16% | $27,632 | 0.61 | 28% | -42% | 46% | 6% | -4% | |
78 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 53.5 | 16.5 | 16.9 | 12.2 | 7.8 | 14% | 1% | -1% | -3% | -9% | -6% | 94% | 26% | $33,912 | 0.80 | 43% | -27% | 49% | 11% | -3% | |
79 | Toledo, OH | 30.7 | 12.1 | 3.1 | 9.8 | 5.8 | 16% | 0% | -8% | -9% | -14% | -9% | 86% | 13% | $29,000 | 0.69 | 32% | -38% | 41% | 10% | -6% | |
80 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 49.6 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 6.9 | 34% | 1% | -11% | -14% | -24% | -11% | 92% | 24% | $35,820 | 0.75 | 43% | -27% | 44% | 25% | -10% | |
81 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 72.1 | 16.3 | 25.2 | 20.0 | 10.7 | 28% | 1% | -6% | 1% | -16% | -8% | 92% | 37% | $52,988 | 0.78 | 51% | -17% | 40% | 25% | -3% | |
82 | Worcester, MA-CT | 51.0 | 16.5 | 16.6 | 10.4 | 7.6 | 7% | 2% | -2% | 0% | -3% | -2% | 92% | 32% | $36,685 | 0.71 | 33% | -34% | 43% | 6% | -1% | |
83 | Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA | 35.5 | 13.1 | 4.8 | 11.7 | 5.9 | 13% | 1% | -7% | -8% | -3% | -7% | 88% | 13% | $27,621 | 0.71 | 40% | -35% | 43% | 7% | -5% | |