50 Surge Cities
1 Austin, TX
2 Salt Lake City, UT
3 Durham, NC
4 Denver, CO
5 Boise, ID
6 San Francisco, CA
7 Charleston, SC
8 San Diego, CA
9 Phoenix, AZ
10 Miami, FL
11 Nashville, TN
12 Seattle, WA
13 San Jose, CA
14 Boston, MA
15 Portland, OR
16 Raleigh, NC
17 Los Angeles, CA
18 Madison, WI
19 Orlando, FL
20 Tampa, FL
21 Colorado Springs, CO
22 Charlotte, NC
23 Palm Bay, FL
24 Atlanta, GA
25 Bridgeport, CT
26 Sacramento, CA
27 Bakersfield, CA
28 Washington, DC
29 Dallas, TX
30 Lakeland, FL
31 Spokane, WA
32 Ogden, UT
33 Greenville, SC
34 North Port, FL
35 Riverside, CA
36 Chattanooga, TN
37 Jacksonville, FL
38 Las Vegas, NV
39 Oklahoma City, OK
40 Minneapolis, MN
41 Oxnard, CA
42 Columbia, SC
43 Cape Coral, FL
44 Columbus, OH
45 Houston, TX
46 Springfield, MA
47 Tulsa, OK
48 Des Moines, IA
49 Albuquerque, NM
50 Indianapolis, IN
No. 1
Austin-Round Rock, TX
Austin’s population and job gains are staggering—thanks largely to its high-growth companies, for which it tops the percapita list. Once the city lagged in startup funding, but it’s now fourth in early-stage deals, and it has begun minting unicorns. In October, the energy-jobs platform RigUp raised $300 million led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $1.9 billion valuation. Homegrown consumer products companies
