Metro area unemployment rate: 7.0%
Median house value: $345,579
Safer from crime than this percent of all U.S. communities: 35%
Wexford is a mostly white-collar small city with lots of new housing and urban sophisticates (educated, wealthy, avid readers, well-traveled, supporters of the arts). It has better public schools than 96% of all U.S. communities, and its public schools are better than 99% of schools in the rest of the state. The majority of Wexford’s populace holds a four-year degree (58.3%), and a majority are homeowners (82.6%). Further analysis of the suburb is found on its Neighborhood Scout profile .
http://www.cnbc.com/id/44347217?slide=5
So what kept us off the list? Our taxes? Aging population? Lower median of home values? Older homes? Higher percentage of rentals?
I remember the day when Mt. Lebanon made all the lists. I guess I am showing my age.
