This Is Nevada's Best Place To Live

LAS VEGAS, NV - The southwest part of the Las Vegas valley is the best place to live in Nevada, according to a new list that ranks the best places to live in each state. The list names Enterprise, an unincorporated town of Clark County that's often grouped in with Las Vegas, as the best spot in Nevada.

The list was compiled by 24/7 Wall Street cites below average housing and healthcare costs in the area, compared to the national average, as one of the reasons.

The area of Clark County, which has grown 80 percent in the past ten years, the list says, is home to 139,509 of the valley's roughly 2 million residents. The median home value is $2690,000 and the poverty rate is 7.8 percent.

Through its analysis, 24/7 Wall Street found that the majority of cities that made the list are home to a large share of college-educated adults than the share of college-educated adults nationwide (31.3 percent). Educated populations, 24/7 Wall Street writes, are more resilient to economic downturns.

In Enterprise, 29.2 percent of adults have at least a Bachelor's degree.

Another trend noted by 24/7 Wall Street is that the violent crime rate for almost every city on the list is lower than the U.S. rate. The presence of cultural amenities and entertainment venues was another common factor for the cities.

To determine the best city to live in every state, 24/7 Wall Street considered the 550 cities with populations of 65,000 or more. If a state had no cities with a population of at least 65,000, all cities in the state with a population of 40,000 or more were considered.

Data was collected in nine categories:

1. Crime
2. Demography
3. Economy
4. Education
5. Environment
6. Health
7. Housing
8. Infrastructure
9. Leisure

24/7 Wall Street used data from Census Bureau's 2016 American Community Service, the FBI's 2016 Uniform Crime Report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and ATTOM Data Solutions. For each category, specific measures contributed to a city's overall score.

See the full list from 24/7 Wall Street here.

— By Feroze Dhanoa, Patch National Staff

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