{"id":77,"date":"2026-10-05T17:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/carmel-ranks-third-among-americas-small-cities\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T17:56:56","slug":"carmel-ranks-third-among-americas-small-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/05\/carmel-ranks-third-among-americas-small-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Carmel Ranks Third Among America&#8217;s Small Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/cynthia-starks\/best-small-cities-remotion-videos-0e39\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Carmel, Indiana placed 3rd on a national ranking of America&#039;s best small cities, highlighting the city as one of the country&#039;s strongest smaller-market options.<br \/>\nThe ranking reviewed &gt;1.3K US cities with populations from 25K to 100K, placing Carmel among the highest-performing communities in that small-city group.<br \/>\nCarmel&#039;s placement came from a scorecard built on 45 measures, covering affordability, economic health, education and health, quality of life, and safety.<br \/>\nThe broader takeaway for Carmel: top small-city recognition reflects demand for places offering more space, shorter commutes, and potentially lower living costs.<br \/>\nFor buyers and movers considering Carmel, the ranking suggests top small cities stand out for job markets, education, health care, safety, and distinctive local character.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carmel, Indiana placed 3rd on a national ranking of America&#039;s best small cities, highlighting the city as one of the country&#039;s strongest smaller-market options. The ranking reviewed &gt;1.3K US cities with populations from 25K to 100K, placing Carmel among the highest-performing communities in that small-city group. Carmel&#039;s placement came from a scorecard built on 45 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":78,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cynthiastarkshomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}