Biggest Boomtowns of Every State
Boomtown. Boomtown sounds like it describes an explosion, and it is. Boomtowns are a category. the fastest-growing cities in America Rapid population and business growth. Woodbridge in Virginia is one example. The area saw dramatic population changes over the past five and eight years, at 863.35%, and 840.66%, each.
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Woodbridge isn’t the only boomtown. GOBankingRates identified one in each state by studying the changes in population, occupied housing units, and owner-occupied housing units over the past five, six, and eight years in cities with a population greater than 25,000 but below 500,000. Find out if you’re living in one of America’s most thriving cities, and see if your city makes the list.
Alabama: Auburn
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Fairbanks, Alaska
Arizona: Buckeye
Arkansas: Springdale
California: Irvine
Colorado: Windsor
Connecticut: Waterbury
Delaware Dover
Florida Horizon West
Georgia: Union City
Hawaii: Urban Honolulu
Idaho Meridian
Illinois: Evanston
Indiana: Westfield
Iowa: Ankeny
Kansas: Lenexa
Kentucky
Louisiana: Lake Charles
Maine
Maryland: Laurel
Massachusetts: Worcester
Michigan: Hamtramck
Minnesota
Mississippi: Clinton
Missouri: Wentzville
Montana: Bozeman
Nebraska: Omaha
Nevada: Enterprise
Dover, New Hampshire
New Jersey Lakewood
Las Cruces, New Mexico
New York: Kyras Joel
North Carolina Mooresville
North Dakota: West Fargo
Ohio: Cincinnati
Oklahoma: Jenks
Oregon: Redmond
Pennsylvania Hazelton
Rhode Island: Providence
South Carolina: Bluffton
South Dakota: Sioux Falls
Tennessee: Spring Hill
Texas Timberwood Park
Utah: Herriman
Vermont: Burlington
Virginia: Woodbridge
Washington: Redmond
Charleston, West Virginia
Wisconsin: Madison
Wyoming: Cheyenne
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Jami Farkas Joel Anderson This article was contributed by the authors.
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Methodology: GOBankingRates analyzed all U.S. towns with populations below 500,000 and above 25,000. The data was derived using the 2021 American Community Survey. It then determined which cities were the most boomtowns.
Change in the population, based on the number of people. (6) One-year variation in the number of occupied housing units.
Percentage
Percentage of occupied housing units; (9) Five-year changes in the amount of housing units occupied by
Number of units
Change in the number and type of occupied housing units. (12). One-year change of the owner-occupied-assets.
Percentage of occupied homes; (13) One-year change in the amount of owner-occupied houses by number of homes
(14) Five-year percentage change in the number of owner-occupied houses; (15) Five-year variation in the amount of
Owner-occupied houses by number of homes (16) Eight-year variation in the amount of owner-occupied properties by
Percentage
Per capita income change by percentage (19) One-year per capita change by dollars (20) Five-year
Per capita income change by percentage; (21) five year change in per-capita income dollars; (22) 8-year
Change in per capita income per percentage. (23) Eight-year change of per capita income per dollar. All data
This information was taken from the U.S. Census Bureau 2021, 2020, 2016, and 2013 American Community Surveys. All
A number of factors were taken into account and cities were then ranked. The largest city with the highest score was the one that scored the highest.
The state’s boomtown. All data was collected, and is current as of December 8, 20,22.
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