Rankings & Accolades

  • Jacksonville Top 10 Best Places to Retire in the U.S. (Nov 2024)
  • Jacksonville Top 5 City for Attracting College Graduates (Nov 2024)
  • Jacksonville #1 City for Young Entrepreneurs (Nov 2024)
  • Jacksonville Top 10 Best City for Veterans (Nov 2024)
  • Jacksonville #5 Best City to Drive In (Oct 2024)
  • Mayo Clinic Jacksonville is the Top Hospital in Florida (July 2024)
  • Jacksonville #9 Moving Destination in 2024 (June 2024)
  • Jacksonville 4th Fastest Growing City in the U.S. (May 2024)
  • Jacksonville #3 City for U.S. Job Seekers (May 2024)
  • No. 1 “10 Hottest Real Estate Markets To Watch In 2017” (Trulia – 2016)
  • No. 36 in the top 200 best places for business and careers by Forbes (2016)
  • Selected as a top U.S. logistics hub by Global Trade magazine (2016)
  • No. 2 best city for tech (outside CA and NY) (Datafox – 2016)
  • “5 Surprising Foodie Cities to Visit Right Now” (Forbes Travel Guide – 2016)
  • No. 16 “24 Best Places to Live in the South…” (Business Insider – 2016)
  • No. 34 “The 50 best places to live in America” (Business Insider – 2016)
  • No. 2 “Best Airport by Region: North America Category” (Airport Council International – 2016)
  • Among the top cities and regions in the world for fostering successful startup businesses (USC – Marshall School of Business – 2016)
  • No. 2 city with the most vibrant employment scene by Forbes (2015)
  • Laura Street – “One of America’s Five Great Streets” (American Planning Association – 2015)
  • “Top Secretly Cool City Where You Can Still Get in on the Ground Floor” (Huffington Post – 2015)
  • Jacksonville ranks fifth best city to find work in the U.S. (Forbes – 2015)
  • Jacksonville ranks among top 15 North American ports based on port infrastructure capabilities and strength of industrial real estate market (CBRE Group, Inc.’s “North America Ports Logistics Annual Report” – 2015)
  • Jacksonville ranks No. 1 on list of “U.S. Cities Where Hispanics Are Doing The Best Economically” (Forbes – 2015)
  • Jacksonville was named the “Best U.S. City to Start a Business.” (Wallethub.com, 2014)
  • Jacksonville was ranked the second-best city to save money. (GoBankingRates.com, 2014)
  • Jacksonville was No. 1 on the “Most Improved Markets” list from September 2012 to September 2013 and No. 16 on the “Top U.S. Economies” list. (On Numbers Economic Index, 2013)
  • Forbes ranked Jacksonville No. 3 on its list of top 10 cities to find a job. (2013)
  • Jacksonville was ranked the most small business friendly city in Florida. (Kauffman Foundation – 2013)
  • Forbes ranked Jacksonville No. 2 in the nation for technology services jobs growth. (2013)
  • Jacksonville was named one of the top ten “Best Big Cities for Homeownership.” (NerdWallet – 2013)
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