Daily Real Estate News | December 5, 2006
The most secure location to live in the United States is St. George, Utah, according the third annual ranking of safe places from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies.
The rankings were compiled from 379 U.S. municipalities' crime statistics and job loss numbers and risks of extreme weather, natural disasters, environmental hazards, and terrorism threats. The study divided the communities into three groups: large metropolitan areas, mid-size cities, and small towns.
Top-ranked St. George, whose population of 110,515 places it among the small towns,
had the lowest crime rate of all 379 communities in the study and the lowest unemployment rate among the 138 small towns.
Here are the top 10 places to live among cities with 500,000 or more residents.
1. Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
2. Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine
3. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev.
4. Honolulu, Hawaii
5. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, Calif.
6. Scranton-Wilkes-Barre-Hazelton, Pa.
7. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif.
8. Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, Md.
9. Syracuse, N.Y.
10. Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Calif.
Visit the Farmers site to read all the results.
— REALTOR® Magazine Online