- Change in population:
- 1 year: 0.80%
- 5 years: 2.75%
- 8 years: 6.74%
- Change in occupied housing units:
- 1 year: 1.09%
- 5 years: 3.06%
- 8 years: 6.84%
- Change in owner-occupied housing units:
- 1 year: 0.78%
- 5 years: 12.30%
- 8 years: 20.90%
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Jami Farkas and Joel Anderson contributed to the reporting for this article.
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Methodology: GOBankingRates determined the biggest boomtowns in every state by analyzing all U.S. cities with populations of under 500,000 but above 25,000 as sourced from the 2021 American Community Survey and evaluated them by the following criteria: (1) one-year change in total population by percentage; (2) one-year change in total population by number of people; (3) five-year change in total population by percentage; (4) five-year change in total population by number of people; (5) eight-year change in total population by percentage; (6) eight-year
change in total population by number of people; (6) one-year change in amount of occupied housing units by
percentage; (7) one-year change in amount of occupied housing units by number of units; (8) five-year change in
amount of occupied housing units by percentage; (9) five-year change in amount of occupied housing units by
number of units; (10) eight-year change in amount of occupied housing units by percentage; (11) eight-year
change in amount of occupied housing units by number of units; (12) one-year change in amount of owner-
occupied homes by percentage; (13) one-year change in amount of owner-occupied homes by number of homes;
(14) five-year change in amount of owner-occupied homes by percentage; (15) five-year change in amount of
owner-occupied homes by number of homes; (16) eight-year change in amount of owner-occupied homes by
percentage; (17) eight-year change in amount of owner-occupied homes by number of homes; (18) one-year
change in per capita income by percentage; (19) one-year change in per capita income by dollars; (20) five-year
change in per capita income by percentage; (21) five-year change in per capita income by dollars; (22) eight-year
change in per capita income by percentage; and (23) eight-year change in per capita income by dollars. All data
was sourced from the 2021, 2020, 2016 and 2013 American Community Surveys from the U.S. Census Bureau. All
factors were scored, added together and cities then ranked, with the best-scoring city being the biggest
boomtown in the state. All data was collected and is up to date as of Dec. 8, 2022.
