Accolades Archive

Edmond & Metro-Area Accolades

2018

2018 Best Places to Live - Money Magazine

Most Artistic Towns in America - Expedia

Best Big Cities for New Grads 2018 - The Degree360

50 Most Popular Mid-Size Cities to Relocate - moveBuddha

2018's Best Small Cities to Start A Business - WalletHub

Most Educated City in Oklahoma - Insurify

Most Successful City in Oklahoma - Zippia

Best Place to Live in Every U.S. State - msn Insider

2017

2017 Best Cities to Build a Forever Home - GoodCall

30 safest college towns in America - SafeWise

Best Cities for a Worktirement - SmartAsset

10 places in the US where young people are happy, rents are affordable and jobs are plentiful - Business Insider

America's 50 Best Cities to Live - 24/7 Wall Street

The Best Cities to Raise Kids in the U.S. - National Council for Home Safety and Security

2016

Best Places to Live - Money Magazine

15 Smartest Cities in Oklahoma To Live - Only in Your State

The Top 10 Cities for Working Parents - SmartAsset

2015

Edmond ranked #30 out of 405 as Best City in the U.S. for Women Entrepreneurs to Launch a Business - GoodCall

Oklahoma City Metro Area ranked second among Healthiest Housing Market in 25 Big Cities - WalletHub

2014

Affordable housing draws middle class to inland cities - The New York Times

Edmond ranks among America's 50 Best Cities to Live - 24/7 Wall St.

2013

Oklahoma City ranked among most cost-attractive business locations - KPMG

Oklahoma City ranked among best cities for high paying jobs - Kiplinger

Oklahoma City ranked among best big cities for jobs - Forbes

Oklahoma City ranked among 10 happiest cities for job-seeking college grads - Forbes

Oklahoma City ranked among 7 most business-friendly cities - CNN Money

Oklahoma City ranked among 75 best college towns and cities - AIER

Oklahoma City named a top 12 American boomtown - Yahoo Finance

2012

Edmond ranked among cities with lowest crime rates - The Edmond Sun

Edmond ranked among best places to live - CNNMoney

2011

Oklahoma City ranked among cities where home prices have held up most - Kiplinger

Oklahoma City named a hot spot to start a small business - The Fiscal Times

Edmond ranks high among other similar sized Oklahoma cities in brainpower ratings - The Business Journals

Edmond named the No. 1 Perfect Suburb - CNBC