In its analysis of statistics including poverty rate, high-school graduation rate and change in median home value, 24/7 Wall St. named Plano as the best-managed city in the U.S.
Irving was the only other municipality in the Dallas-Fort Worth region to make the Top 20 list for the 24/7 Wall St. site, which provides analysis for equity investors. Irving came in at No. 17.
Here’s what the 24/7 Wall St. analysis showed:
Plano, population 271,380:
- Poverty rate – 7 percent
- Median household income – $80,184
- 2011 unemployment rate – 7 percent
- High-school graduation rate – 92.6%
- Credit rating – Aaa
- Change in median home value (2007-2011) – 5.3 percent
Irving, population 220,699:
- Poverty rate – 14.8 percent
- Median household income – $47,266
- 2011 unemployment rate – 7 percent
- High-school graduation rate – 78.8 percent
- Credit rating – Aaa, Negative Outlook
- Change in median home value (2007-2011) – 2.1 percent
A couple of other Texas cities made the list of the best managed cities in the country: Austin (9) and Lubbock (20). San Bernadino, Calif., ranked the worst-managed city in the U.S. No Texas cities made the bottom 10.
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