Austin Rankings 2011

Check out some of Austin's past rankings on the "best of" lists of 2011. Austin continues to rank on most of the country's "best of" lists, and undoubtedly is one of the best cities to live in.

Austin - Number One Next 'Big Boom' Town (Forbes, July 2011)

Austin - No. 3 “Youngest City” (RealAge, April 2011)

Austin - Leads Nation in Small-Business Vitality Rankings (On Numbers, April 2011)

Austin - 2nd Best Place to Find a Job (Ajilon Professional Staffing, March 2011)

Austin - Among the Top 10 Socially-Networked Cities (Men's Health, March 2011)

Austin - 4th Most Social Media Savvy City (NetProspex, March 2011)

Austin - 7th in Emerging Restaurant Markets in the US (QSR Magazine & Pitney Bowes Business Insight, March 2011)

Austin - No. 8 Best Place to Live and Work in the U.S. (Business Review USA, February 2011)

Austin - The only large metro in US to have college graduate migration gains of more than 2 percent from 2007-2009 (Brookings Institute, January 2011)

Austin - 2nd Among Cities Considered as IT Startup “Hot Spots” (PayScale, Inc., January 2011)

Austin - #1 Most Popular City for College Graduates (Yahoo Finance, January 2011)

Austin - One of the Five Best Cities for a Girls' Weekend Getaway (Travel77, January 2011)

Austin - #3 Best Job Market in America (Forbes, January 2011)

Austin - Lake Austin Spa Resort One of Five Great Spa Vacations That Don't Require a Passport (AOL Travel, January 2011)

Austin - Most Popular Destination for Young People (ImpactLab, January 2011)

Austin - UT Austin Ranks 45th in Academic Reputation Among the Top National Universities and 13th Among Public Schools (U.S. News & World Report, 2011)