12 US Cities Doing The Best Economically Right Now

2. San Jose – Sunnyvale – Santa Clara, CA

Composite score: 26

San Jose, together with its neighborhoods, has grown quite a lot over the recent years, and its economy followed. Being part of the Bay Area, it’s no wonder why this is happening. San Jose features a number of prolific high-tech engineering companies, and the city is among the best in the country by job creation. The capital of Silicon Valley features average GDP per capita of $103,014 with the strong growing tendency and an unemployment rate of 3.9%. At the same time, however, 10.5% of metropolis’ inhabitants are finding it tough to survive.