Des Moines Rankings
2024 Rankings
- Des Moines named #4 Best U.S. City for Young Adults (homebuyer.com)
- Des Moines named #2 Best U.S. City for Young Professionals (forbes.com)
- Adventureland named top 5 Amusement Park in U.S. (hometogo.com)
- Des Moines named a top 15 Most Affordable Place to Buy a Home (zillow.com)
- Des Moines named top 10 best city for work life balance (coworkingcafe.com)
- Pappajohn Sculpture Park named a top 30 city park in America (msn.com)
- Des Moines named #3 most livable metros for Renters (rentcafe.com)
2023 Rankings
- Des Moines named top five city for Young Graduates (pheabs.com)
- Des Moines named #1 best midsized metro for millennials (commercialcafe.com)
- Des Moines named one of the top places to live with a family (realestate.usnews.com/)
- Des Moines named a top ten city for lowest living cost in U.S. (apartmentlist.com)
2022 Rankings
- Lauridsen Skatepark named #6 Best New Attraction (10best.com)
- Surety Hotel named the Chicest Place to Stay in Iowa (housebeautiful.com)
- Des Moines named a best city for young professionals (policygenius.com)
- Des Moines named one of 50 US Cities Worth Exploring in 2022 (travelpulse.com)
- Des Moines named one of 2022's Most Neighborly Cities (neighbor.com)
2021 Rankings
- Top 10 City to Live in After the Pandemic (today.com)
- #2 Safest Place to Live (realestate.usnews.com)
- Iowa named #1 State Recovering Quickest from COVID-19 (wallethub.com)
- Des Moines Ranks Among Most Sustainable Cities (siteselection.com)
- Des Moines Ranked #13 on 150 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2021 - 2022 (realestate.usnews.com)
2020 Rankings
- #7 Best Place to Live in the U.S. (realestate.usnews.com)
- #8 Best City to Live in After the Pandemic (businessinsider.com)
- One of the U.S. Cities Best Positioned to Bounce Back from the Pandemic (finance.yahoo.com)
2019 Rankings
- Des Moines named one of America's top 21 unique art towns (July 16, Cubesmart.com)
- Des Moines named one of nation's top 11 "Best Farmers' Markets in America" by Country Living (June 27, Countryliving.com)
- Des Moines named #1 on Livability's list of "10 Best State Fairs in America" (June 21, Livability.com)
- Des Moines named #6 on Yahoo Finance's list of Best American Cities to Work in Tech in 2019 (June 11, Finance.yahoo.com)
- MercyOne in Des Moines named on 100 Great Hospitals in America by Becker's Hospital Review (April 12, Beckershospitalreview.com)
- U.S. News & World Report named Des Moines the #5 Best Place to Live in the U.S. (April 9, USNews.com)
- U.S. News & World Report named Des Moines the #3 Best Affordable Place to Live in the U.S. (April 9, USNews.com)
- Des Moines named as one of the 5 Presidential Campaign Stops That Are Also Awesome Places to Live (March 25, Livability.com)
- #3 Metro for Number of Economic Development Projects among metros with a population of 200,000 – 1 million (March, SiteSelection.com)
- #10 on Best State Capitals to Live in (February 19, WalletHub.com)
- Top 7 Most Recession-Proof Cities in the U.S. (January 22, Livability.com)
- Des Moines named one of 11 Cities That Will Inspire Your Staycation by Expedia (January 16, Expedia.com)
2018 Rankings
- The Cheese Shop named America's Favorite Cheese Shop (October, Hoodline.com)
- Des Moines named as one of 6 Unexpected Cities That Are Leading the Hyper-Local Food Movement (October 29, Livability.com)
- Des Moines named one of the Friendliest Cities in the U.S. by Conde Nast Traveler (August 8, Cntraveler.com)
- Iowa State Fair named #9 most affordable state fair in America by Home to Go (August, HometoGo.com)
- One of “12 Surprisingly Great Places to Retire in the Midwest” (July 23, Kiplinger.com)
- Downtown Des Moines' Farmers' Market named in the Top 25 Farmers' Markets Across America by Parade (July 5, Parade.com)
- Des Moines named one of the Best Cities to Start a Business by CubeSmart (March 13, CubeSmart.com)
- Des Moines named one of the Happiest Cities in America by WalletHub (March 12, WalletHub.com)
- Livability names Des Moines One of Five Up-and-Coming Tech Hotspots (March 9, Livability.com)
- Des Moines named one of the Top Cities in America for St. Patrick's Day Celebrations by WalletHub (March 7, WalletHub.com)
- Expedia names Des Moines one of the Most Artistic Towns in America (February 14, Expedia.com)
- Des Moines named one of the Hottest Iowa Destinations by MeetingPages (January 30, MeetingPages.com)
- Three Greater Des Moines spots named on the Best Places for Beer in Iowa by RateBeer (January 25, RateBeer.com)
- Greater Des Moines Named One of 18 Family-Friendly Places to Visit in 2018 by Chicago Parent (January 2, ChicagoParent.com)
- #8 on The Best Job Markets for 2018 (January, ZipRecruiter.com)
- #7 Best Place for Business and Careers (2018, Forbes.com)
2017 Rankings
- Game Informer Names Up-Down One of the Top 10 Arcade Bars in the Country (December 30, GameInformer.com)
- Zombie Burger + Drink Lab Named Best Burger in Iowa by MSN Lifestyle (December 18, MSN.com)
- Expedia Names Des Moines 1 of 15 Under-the-Radar Cities You Need to Visit (September 20, Viewfinder.Expedia.com)
- Des Moines Named #1 Minor League Sports Market in the Nation (September 18, SportsBusinessDaily.com)
- Des Moines Named IFEA World Festival and Event City (September 14, IFEA.com)
- Thrillist names Des Moines Best Food City in Iowa (March, Thrillist.com)
- Reward Expert ranked Des Moines as one of the Best Mid-Sized Cities to Visit in 2017 (RewardExpert.com)
- Des Moines Arts Festival Named one of the Top Art Fairs in America (ArtsyShark.com)
- Des Moines Named One of The 6 Best New Beer Cities to Visit in 2017 (February 17, VinePair.com)
- Des Moines Named One of the Top Underappreciated American Cities You Should Totally Move To (February 17, Thrillist.com)
- Des Moines Ranked in the Top 10 Places to Live in the U.S. (February 12, SuccessfulMeetings.com)
