Factors Considered
Among factors considered were home affordability, prosperity and growth, quality of education, and family friendliness. Suffolk had the 2nd highest ranking in the top 20 when it comes to family income growth from the period of 1999-2013 with a growth rate of 65.95%.
The rankings noted that “Virginia is an anchor in the mid-Atlantic region, squarely between the Southeast - one of the fastest growing areas in the U.S. - and the Northeast, the country’s economic center. In turn, Virginia has adopted elements of both regions, allowing young families living in the commonwealth their choice of communities: affordable and fast growing or established and stocked with amenities.”
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