Tech Hub

Composite score for places with more software/tech workers, STEM workforce, educated workforce, high incomes, and population scale using ACS 5-year data.

Scale0-100

Higher values rank better for this score.

How It's Calculated

The latest published score is normalized to a 0-100 scale. The method below explains what the score rewards, with technical source metadata available for audit.

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Software/tech jobs, STEM workforce, bachelor's-plus attainment, advanced-degree attainment, median income, and population are converted into population-weighted percentile-rank component scores.
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Occupation and education shares are shrunk toward all-place means when denominators are small.
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The composite is a weighted average: 45% software/tech jobs, 20% STEM workforce, 20% bachelor's-plus score, 10% income, and 5% population scale.

Technical details

Score TypeMaster Score

Read from the current master score table for this criterion.

Ranking BasisSingle Score

The top 10 below ignore your blended relocation weights and sort only by Tech Hub.

No source details available for this score.

What This Score Means

Tech Hub is a composite proxy for places with more software/tech workers, broader STEM workforce, educational attainment, income, and population scale.

Statistics Feeding This Score

Computer and mathematical workers
ACS employed residents in computer and mathematical occupations.
Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year
Computer, engineering, and science workers
ACS employed residents in computer, engineering, and science occupations.
Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year
Bachelor's-plus and advanced-degree counts
ACS education counts for residents age 25 and over.
Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year
Median household income and population
ACS median household income and total population for the place.
Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year

Source Data

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-YearCensus ACS 5-year estimates for housing, income, population, occupation, education, and race/ethnicity inputs at place, county, or CBSA geography depending on the score.

Known Limits

These are ACS place-level proxies, not direct measures of job openings, company headquarters, venture capital, salaries by occupation, remote-work availability, or commute sheds.
Occupation and education shares are shrunk toward all-place means when denominators are small.
The score describes residents by place, not necessarily jobs located inside the municipality.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by Tech Hub.

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