Austin makes WalletHub's hardest-working cities list

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The Texas Real Estate Research Center has issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON – Four Texas cities have landed on WalletHub's list of the top ten hardest-working cities in the U.S.

To compile the list, WalletHub ranked 116 of the biggest cities based on direct work factors (workweek hours, employment rate, and households with no working adults, plus others) and indirect work factors (commute time, share of workers with multiple jobs, volunteer hours, and leisure time).

No. 5 Irving was the highest-ranked city in Texas. It was third in direct work factors and 55th in indirect work factors.

Other Texas cities on the list are: 

  • No. 8 Austin (fourth in direct factors, 74th in indirect factors); 
  • No. 9 Plano (seventh in direct factors, 45th in indirect factors); and 
  • No. 10 Dallas (ninth in direct factors, 43rd in indirect factors).
The top four cities on the list are Anchorage, Alaska; Washington, D.C.; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and San Francisco.