| 🎒 Nomad Score™ |
3.52/5 (Rank #163)
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| 👍 Quality of life score |
Good |
| 👶 Family score |
Good |
| 🎒 Community score |
Okay |
| 🤯 Overcrowding score |
0% is nomad here
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| 💵 Cost |
😳 Extremely expensive: $6,385 / mo
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| 📡 Internet |
🚀 Super fast: 83 Mbps (avg)
|
| 😝 Fun |
Good |
| ⛅️ Temperature (now) |
🥶 Too cold: 13°C56°F (feels 12°C54°F)
|
| 💦 Humidity (now) |
😊 Comfy: 67%
|
| ❄️ % of buildings with AC |
😍 Very high: 90%
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| 💨 Air quality (now) |
🌱 Good: 33 US AQI
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| 💨 Air quality (annual) |
🌱 Great: 34 US AQI
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| 👌 Safety |
Okay
|
| 👩 Safe for women |
Good |
| 🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+ |
Great |
| 🤮 Food safety* |
Great
|
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* |
Okay
|
| 🤝 Lack of racism* |
Good |
| 🎓 Education level* |
High |
| ⚡️ Power grid |
Great
|
| 🌊 Resilience to climate change |
Good
|
| 💰 Income level* |
Very rich:
$7,663 / mo
|
| 🙊 English speaking* |
Great |
| 😤 People density |
🧘♀️ Low density: 4k ppl/km² (1 per 15x15m)
|
| 🚶 Walkability |
Great |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* |
Okay |
| ✈️ Airline scores* |
Great |
| 🧳 Lost luggage* |
Great |
| 🏥 Hospitals |
Great |
| 😄 Happiness* |
Bad |
| 🍸 Nightlife |
Okay |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city |
Great |
| 🖥 Places to work from |
Great |
| ❄️ A/C or heating |
Great |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners |
Good |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* |
Good |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
Okay |
| 🌍 Continent | North America |
| 🚩 Country | United States |
| 🗓️ Average trip length | 7 days |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 83 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
☀️ 13°C 56°F + 😊 Comfy (67%) = feels 12°C 54°F
|
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 33 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👍 35 US AQI |
| 🔌 Power | 115V 60Hz |
| 🧔 Best neighborhood to stay | Stadium District |
| 🚀 Upcoming neighborhood | Industrial |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
|
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
|
| 💸 Tipping | Yes, 15% |
| 💳 Cashless | 💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere |
| 💻 Best coworking space | Indy Hall |
| 💻 Best alt. coworking space | https://citycoho.com/ |
| 🚰 Tap water | 👌 Yes, safe to drink |
| 🦷 Fluoride added | 💧 Yes, fluoridated |
| 🪨 Water hardness | Hard · 152 mg/L |
| ♻️ Return rate | 👍13% of visitors return |
| 📸 Visitors per year | 720,000 visitors |
| 📸 Tourists now | 13,799 tourists |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 2,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $91,951 / year |
| 😤 Population density | 🧘♀️ not busy: 15x15m (225m²) per person |
| 👫 Gender ratio (population) |
👨 44% 👱♀️ 56% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 52% 👱♀️ 48% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (nomads) |
👨 86% 👱♀️ 14% |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 💻 Online electronics shop | Amazon |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Craigslist |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Frontier |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Virgin America |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $6,385 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $3,522 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $5,309 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $1,517 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $4,944 / month |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median price) | $6,148 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $915 / month |
| 🏠 Median home price | $255,000 |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $232 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $202 / night |
| 🏢 Coworking hot desk | $350 / month |
| 🍛 Dinner | $22 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $3 |
| 🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L) | $6 |
| ☕️ Coffee in cafe | $5 |
| 👩🏫 International school | $42,124 / year |
| 🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi) | $5 / trip |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $50,000 | $12,352 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $100,000 | $30,278 |
| 💰 Estimated tax on $250,000 | $71,127 |
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Many Nomads.com members have been
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Very easy to do business
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great hospitals
✅ Roads are very safe
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ Democratic
✅ Everyone speaks English
✅ Very safe for women
✅ Very family friendly
✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Extremely expensive
❌ Cold now
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ High alcohol consumption
❌ Marijuana is illegal
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels (median) |
337° cold |
-130° freezing |
1050° cold |
1864° cool |
2170° mild |
2882° warm |
3493° hot |
3290° hot |
2475° warm |
2170° mild |
948° cold |
846° cold |
| Real (median) |
541°
very cold |
134°
very cold |
1152°
cool |
1763°
cool |
2068°
mild |
2678°
warm |
2984°
very warm |
2983°
very warm |
2475°
warm |
2068°
mild |
1050°
cold |
948°
cold |
| Humidity |
damp 74% |
damp 77% |
nice 65% |
nice 68% |
nice 66% |
nice 77% |
sweaty 76% |
sweaty 75% |
nice 73% |
nice 79% |
damp 72% |
damp 74% |
| Most common | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☔️ Rain | ☔️ Rain | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear | ☀️ Clear |
| Rain |
dry 44mm |
rainy 81mm |
rainy 103mm |
rainy 67mm |
rainy 87mm |
rainy 90mm |
rainy 101mm |
rainy 115mm |
rainy 107mm |
rainy 93mm |
dry 21mm |
dry 32mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 61% |
pockets 33% |
cloudy 56% |
cloudy 59% |
cloudy 57% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 32% |
cloudy 56% |
pockets 42% |
cloudy 64% |
| Air quality |
clean 48 US AQI |
clean 43 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 33 US AQI |
clean 38 US AQI |
clean 39 US AQI |
clean 36 US AQI |
clean 29 US AQI |
clean 31 US AQI |
clean 45 US AQI |
okay 55 US AQI |
| Sun |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
seek shade 4 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 7 UVI |
avoid sun 6 UVI |
seek shade 5 UVI |
seek shade 3 UVI |
safe 2 UVI |
safe 1 UVI |
| Remote workers | 1,733 people | 1,200 people | 1,588 people | 1,414 people | 1,840 people | 1,833 people | 1,886 people | 1,553 people | 2,067 people | 1,688 people | 1,960 people | 1,886 people |
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