22 | BusinessWorld |August-September 2014
Top 10
Cities for
Work-Life Balance
A
n August report by personal finance
site Nerd Wallet examined weekly
hours worked by full-timers in the 536
largest cities across the country – along with
commute time, income and cost of living – to
determine the best and worst chances at healthy
work-life balance.
To determine each city's score, NerdWallet used
data from the U.S. Census Bureau American
Community Survey.
“A lot of these places endedup being places with a
low cost of livingwhere there isn't a huge demand
for housing–places where you don't have to work
multiple jobs to make ends meet,” said
NerdWallet analyst Divya Raghavan. “They're
definitely places withmore diverse economies. A
lot of these cities have research companies,
universities, and the health care industry.”
No.
city
work hours/week Commute
Earnings
1.
Bloomington,
Indiana
31.9
$32,418
15.2
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8 .
9.
10 .
Provo, Utah
Gainesville,
Florida
Eau Claire,
Wisconsin
Tuscaloosa,
Alabama
Iowa City, Iowa
College Station,
Texas
Eugene, Oregon
Bellingham,
Washington
Kalamazoo,
Michigan
30.9
32.5
33.8
33.1
34.1
33.9
34.0
33.4
33.6
$35,908
$35,099
$35,061
$32,274
$42,290
$42,043
$42,488
$41,117
$32,557
18.0
16.5
16.1
17.6
17.2
17.1
17.0
17.5
18.3
