Austin Among Healthiest Economies According to the Brookings Institute
Measuring employment, the unemployment rate, wages, gross metropolitan product, housing prices and bank owned foreclosures, Austin is second highest on the list of the top 100 metro areas in the nation in terms of economic health according to a study done by the Brookings Institute. Texas had 5 of the top 10 cities and 6 in the top 20 on the list. The other top Texas cities by rank are Dallas, El Paso, Houston, McAllen and San Antonio.
Cities with the least healthy economic conditions are clustered in California, Florida and the manufacturing cities in Michigan and northern Ohio. See the report here.