{"id":17,"date":"2026-10-07T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/bessieconwayrealestate-com\/2026\/10\/07\/the-safest-and-richest-midsize-midwest-cities-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T17:00:00","slug":"the-safest-and-richest-midsize-midwest-cities-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/07\/the-safest-and-richest-midsize-midwest-cities-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Safest and Richest Midsize Midwest Cities in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>It\u2019s fascinating to see how eight mid-sized Midwest cities are combining high median incomes\u2014over $100,000\u2014with home values ranging from $376K to $610K and living costs between $48,790 and $67,194. Not only do these cities offer strong economic profiles, but they\u2019re also recognized for having low crime rates and populations between 75,000 and 500,000. As someone who\u2019s guided clients through residential markets in Maryland, I always appreciate learning how different regions balance affordability, safety, and quality of life\u2014whether you\u2019re considering a move, an investment, or simply curious about how Maryland compares to other thriving communities.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneylion.com\/trending\/money\/safest-richest-midsize-midwest-cities-2026\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s fascinating to see how eight mid-sized Midwest cities are combining high median incomes\u2014over $100,000\u2014with home values ranging from $376K to $610K and living costs between $48,790 and $67,194. Not only do these cities offer strong economic profiles, but they\u2019re also recognized for having low crime rates and populations between 75,000 and 500,000. As someone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":18,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bessieconwayrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}