The 2023 housing market in 5 charts
Housing is expensive in the U.S. Stacker’s analysis of data from Redfin and the U.S. Census Bureau shows why prices will stay high this…
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These industries provide the most jobs in every state
Swyft Filings used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find the industries employing the most people in each…
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Will CD rates continue to rise in 2023?
According to a Moneywise analysis of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation data, the average annual percentage yield (APY) on one-year CDs was 1.49%…
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The 10 most popular TED Talks about diversity
Tovuti LMS ranked the 10 most popular TED talks about diversity using data from…
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The most difficult states to get a mortgage in
Homebuyers in the Southeast are the most likely to get denied for a mortgage, according to a new Stacker analysis of federal lending…
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Rich young Americans have lost confidence in the stock market — and are betting on these 3 assets instead
Moneywise reviewed news reports, industry surveys, and other material to identify the assets rich millennials…
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How much tax preparers earn in each state
U.S. tax preparers earn a median salary of $46,920. Here’s what they earn by state, according to Stacker’s review of Bureau of Labor Statistics…
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States with the highest rate of new entrepreneurs
Think California has the most entrepreneurs? Think again. ClickUp analyzed Kauffman Indicators of Entrepreneurship data to see which state…
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Which states’ taxpayers get the most in refunds
A tax refund isn’t really free money. Stacker examined Internal Revenue Service data to see which states’ taxpayers received the highest average…
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25 of the industries with the highest net job creation
Which industry created the most jobs amid the pandemic? Next Insurance examined Census Bureau data to identify the top 25 job-creating…
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New companies have nearly doubled Small Business Administration borrowing since 2020
Using Small Business Administration data, altLINE reviewed government-backed lending to startups and young companies since…
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10 states where river flooding will cost US homeowners the most
MoneyGeek analyzed FEMA National Risk Index data to determine the expected cost of property damage per year due to riverine flooding…
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Which states collect the most in tax dollars
Stacker used Census Bureau data to determine which states receive the most tax revenue per capita, including both state and local government…
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Teachers often have to be licensed in the state where they work. Could shortages prompt a change?
Study.com looked at the impact cross-state teacher licensing could have and its current status across the U.S. using 2021 data from the National…
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10 cities where a $100,000 salary is worth the least—and the most
To see how much $100,000 is actually worth in different parts of the country, SmartAsset compared the after-tax income in 76 of the largest U.S.…
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Women’s pay gap hasn’t changed. Here’s why—and how to fix it
Using data from the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and analyzing wage data for men and women working…
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Best big college towns in America
Stacker identified the 50 best big-city college towns using WalletHub’s 2023 study, which rated towns and cities using a number of…
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Gen Z heads to major cities as other generations leave
Today’s Homeowner analyzed Census Bureau data to better understand where people are moving to and from, as well as how each generation’s moving…
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Credit scores stayed steady as consumer debt balances rose in 2022
Experian reviewed anonymized credit report data to see how consumers’ credit scores have changed over the past year and to understand the pandemic’s…
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Bang for the buck: How USD exchange rates have changed for 10 major travel destinations
If you’re itching to get back to international travel, consider how the U.S. dollar compares with local currencies, thanks to data from…
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States with the highest number of college graduates living in poverty
Which U.S. states have more college graduates living at or below the federal poverty line than others? Stacker analyzed Census Bureau data to find…
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Highest-paying jobs that don’t require a degree
College isn’t for everyone, so Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find the 50 highest-paying jobs that don’t require a college…
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Fewer Pell grants are being awarded as tuition continues to climb
Best Universities analyzed trend data up to the 2020-21 academic year from the National Center for Education Statistics to see how Pell Grants and…
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How K-12 public school funding has changed over the past decade
HeyTutor has studied the changes in public school funding over the past decade, using data from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of School System…
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How states increased jobs over the last 20 years
How many jobs has your state’s economy added in the last two decades? Swyft Filings used federal data to rank all 50 states and Washington…
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Most and least lucrative college majors, by state
EDsmart compiled data from the Department of Education to determine the top three highest and lowest earnings by college major per…
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Industries that laid off the most workers in July
Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to rank 19 major industries by the number of layoffs they had in July…
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From Polaroids to Instant Pots: Every year’s must-have shopping fad since 1973
CouponBirds compiled a list of must-have shopping fads over the past 50…
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What is the average credit score in the US?
Experian examines the effects economic forces have on Americans’ credit…
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States with the highest rate of layoffs
You’ve seen the reports, but where are layoffs actually happening? Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to compare all 50 states and…
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Los Angeles school worker strike just latest in growing trend across US
The three-day protest marks latest in trend of larger work stoppages in the U.S. education…
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23 of 2023’s most gas-guzzling cars
Some cars cost more to fuel up. Stacker used data from the Department of Energy’s fuel economy database to rank the 23 most gas-guzzling cars of…
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States with the largest tax refunds
SmartAsset analyzed the average dollar amount of 2021 federal tax refunds for each state to determine where taxpayers receive the largest…
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10 best cities for women business leaders
SmartAsset analyzed which cities are best for women in…
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Best colleges in big cities
Stacker ranked the best colleges in big cities using 2023 data from Niche. Colleges in cities with populations of more than 300,000 were considered,…
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5 charts that show how productivity levels vary by state
COVID-19 drove uneven gains in worker productivity across the nation. ClickUp used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to compare productivity by…
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50 best colleges on the West Coast
Using Niche’s 2023 Best Colleges in America list, Stacker found the best 50 schools on the West…
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Here’s what the most popular electric vehicles cost the average driver to own
CoPilot estimated the cost of the most popular electric vehicles from 2021 based on data from its CoPilot Price Pulse tool, Car and Driver, and…
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The top cities for US job seekers in 2023
MoneyGeek compared 95 cities with labor forces of at least 300,000 to rank the best and worst places for job seekers in the U.S. in…
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States with the most adults of retirement age still working
Stacker used 2021 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau to find what share of each state’s 65-and-over set still has a…
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How businesses can help employees boost their productivity
There are several methods for boosting productivity at work. ClickUp compiled a list of methods that may help employers get the most out of…
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How the nursing workforce has changed over time
Discover how the demographics of the nursing workforce have evolved over time, as analyzed by Incredible Health using data from Revelio Labs.…
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College majors that make the most money
Stacker has curated a gallery of the 50 college majors that go on to earn workers the most money. Results show a stark difference between higher…
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The 10 best tax-friendly states—and the 10 worst
MoneyGeek analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Tax Foundation and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Expenditure survey to…
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Counties where the most people work from home in each state
What are the counties where the most people work from home in each state? ClickUp studied Census Bureau data from 2021 to find out.…
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10 industries in which information security analysts earn the most
Twingate collected data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program to understand which IT security sectors pay the…
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50 most selective colleges in America
Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Stacker listed the 50 most selective colleges in the United States. The institutions…
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Best Southern small towns to live in
Stacker used 2022 Niche data, and other sources, to rank Southern suburban and rural towns.…
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College majors with the highest and lowest unemployment rates
Stacker has compiled the college majors with the highest and lowest unemployment rates, using Census Bureau…
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States with the highest rates of small business employment
Swyft Filings used Census Bureau data to identify the states where small businesses employ the largest share of…
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High car prices, loan rates fueling an affordability crisis in the auto industry
Automoblog compiled data from industry sources, including the Cox Automotive/Moody’s Vehicle Affordability Index (VAI), to understand why buying a…
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5 cities where minimum wage goes furthest—and where it falls short
SmartAsset ranked 79 of the largest U.S. cities based on how much the minimum wage is worth after adjusting for the cost of living in each…
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How summer programs targeted learning loss in grades K-12
HeyTutor cited data from the Census Household Pulse survey and looked at news reports to break down different summer programs targeting learning…
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The 25 best suburbs for young millennials
Looking for the best suburbs for young millennials? New Jersey Real Estate Network compiled this list of the top 25 using data from…
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Counting patents: States with the most inventive residents
These 15 states filed for the most patents, according to a ClickUp analysis of Patent and Trademark Office and Census Bureau…
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Where Canadians are buying homes in the US
Canadians are the most frequent foreign buyers of U.S. homes. Calgary.com examined National Association of Realtors data to see where they’re…
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10 brands you might not know were founded by celebrities
From The Rock’s tequila to Cameron Diaz’s vegan wellness wine, Shopdog highlighted 10 brands you may have forgotten were founded by…
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The most popular cars people are financing in every state
Experian analyzed its auto loan data for the first three quarters of 2022 to identify the most popular cars being financed in your…
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How much Americans spent on holiday shopping in 2022
Wondering how the 2022 holiday shopping season stacked up? Experian used data from the National Retail Federation to learn how much Americans…
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Reading scores are on the decline—here’s what the Nation’s Report Card says
Study.com investigated the decline of reading scores across the country using data from the Nation’s Report…
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25 cities where rents are rising the fastest
In 2022, rents climbed slower than they had in 2021. Rentlodex ranked cities with the highest rent increases from December 2021 to…
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Moo-ve over single-family homes: The hottest real estate investment this year may be farmland
Texas Real Estate Source examined data from the Department of Agriculture to see which states recorded the most growth in farmland prices from 2018…
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Despite a growing homeownership rate, Hispanic buyers face barriers
Foothold Technology examined data from the Census Bureau and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to visualize how Hispanic homeownership rates have…
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What it costs to send money from 21 countries
MoneyTransfers.com looked at data from 21 countries included in the latest remittances report by the World Bank to determine what it costs to send…
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100 colleges whose grads go on to earn the most
Stacker compiled a list of the colleges whose graduates earn the most, using 2021 data—released in 2023—from PayScale. Colleges are ranked by the…
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Here’s where every state stands on math and reading proficiency amid 20-year lows
HeyTutor analyzed the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress to see how different groups of students have fared in their reading and math…
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How much value every state gets from the federal government
MoneyGeek analyzed which states are most dependent on the federal government.…
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Cities with the most opportunity for new retail storefronts
Swyft Filings used data from Lee & Associates to rank cities with the most opportunity for new…
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How companies are keeping remote employees engaged and productive
An estimated 36.2 million Americans will work remotely by 2025. ClickUp determined some top strategies to keep remote workers engaged and…
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A closer look at the state of small business survival
Does your company have what it takes to last? Growthink used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to analyze national small business survival…
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Rhode Island, Massachusetts colleges have the highest graduation rates—here’s how your state compares
EDsmart used data from the Department of Education to see which states’ colleges have the highest graduation rates. Three New England states top the…
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Are Black Americans being locked out of the American dream of homeownership?
Today’s Homeowner analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau to compare Black and white homeownership rates at the national level from 1994 through…
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How spending on public education in every state has changed—and where the money comes from
Using data from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of School Systems, Best Universities ranked states by their spending per…
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How homeowners in 15 major metros are investing in energy efficiency
Belong studied data from the Census Bureau’s 2021Â American Housing Survey to learn how many homeowners in 15 cities are upgrading energy…
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50 best colleges on the East Coast
Stacker combed through Niche’s 2023 Best Colleges in America list in order to discover which 50 East Coast schools, old and new, are the cream of the…
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How small businesses plan to prepare for a recession
The U.S. economy may be approaching a recession. Small businesses can prepare with five strategies compiled by altLINE from news and industry…
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How employment of women in the trucking industry has changed over the past 20 years
Truckinfo.net analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to identify trends in the industry’s employment of women over the past two…
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Best big cities for retirees in America
You want to retire in a city, but which one? Stacker looked at data from Niche’s Best Cities to Retire report, which grades each geographic retiree…
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20 best cities for budget dating
SmartAsset set out to identify the cities where dating is most…
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10 skills rated most important for kindergarten teachers
eSpark looked at the skills rated most important for being a kindergarten teacher, citing data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), the…
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How do millionaires invest their money?
SmartAsset compiled a list of places where millionaires invest and grow their…
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Homeowners reach for equity credit lines over refinancing as interest rates climb
Experian examined home equity lines of credit and refinancing data to see how lending changed since the Fed began raising interest rates in March…
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50 best colleges in the Midwest
Using Niche’s 2023 Best Colleges in America list, Stacker identified the best 50 schools in the Midwest. Niche’s rankings use data from the U.S.…
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Does more spending mean better roads? Here are the best—and roughest—roads by state
MoneyGeek analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U.S. Census Bureau to learn more about America’s urban road…
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How the US compares to the rest of the world in access to early education
How does early childhood education differ across the world? eSpark looked at data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development to…
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Here’s how American families, from the poorest to the richest, spend their money
CouponBirds used Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditures Survey data to analyze spending differences based on household…
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10 counties at the lowest risk for a housing downturn in 2023
Nashville MLS used third-quarter 2022Â ATTOM rankings to find the 10 counties across the United States least at risk of a housing downturn in…
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25 least expensive states to live in
Here are the top 25 states with the lowest cost of living in 2022, using data Stacker culled from the Council for Community and Economic Research.…
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Fewer people are taking out mortgages as interest rates increase
Experian examined mortgage rate data from Freddie Mac and the number of mortgage applications to see how rising interest rates are affecting…
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How American borrowing showed resilience amid initial 2022 interest rate hikes
Experian examined the Federal Reserve’s federal funds rate and its own loan data to see how rising interest rates are affecting Americans’…
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Top 25 states with the newest homes
Wondering which states have the highest share of new homes? Portland Real Estate analyzed data from the Census Bureau to find out. …
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How Americans shopped Black Friday weekend amid inflation and fears of recession
Shopdog analyzed data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Census Bureau, and Shopify to get a sense of how consumers reacted to…
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Down payment vs. down the aisle: Where a wedding costs more than a home
SmartAsset crunched the numbers to identify and rank the cities where getting married is more expensive than buying a home in 2023.…
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The 10 fastest cars under $30K
Using data from its car shopping app, CoPilot rounded up some of the fastest cars under $30,000.…
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Best counties for retirees in America
Stacker compiled a list of the best counties for retirees to live in using 2022 data from…
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5 electric cars with the highest trade-in values
CoPilot compiled a list of electric cars with the highest trade-in values using data from its car shopping…
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35 cities with the most competitive office lease markets
Swyft Filings examined data on North American cities to see which real estate markets are the most competitive for securing an office…
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Americans are saving the least they have since 2005. Here’s why that matters.
Stacker examined what the decline in savings means for the future financial health of the average…
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Can’t buy me love: The average date in America costs $159
MoneyGeek analyzed the average cost of dinner and a movie for two in 50 major cities across the…
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How business survival strategies compare during recessions versus COVID-19
Compiling research from the World Bank and other economic news, altLINE examined the factors that separate survival during COVID-19 from survival…
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