--- title: The 5 Best Places To Find a Spouse With a Job description: Looking for that special someone? Hoping he or she will be gainfully employed? Here's where to start your search. authors: - name: Jacob Davidson url: https://money.com/author/jacob-davidson/ at_money_since: 2014 articles: 106 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/JakeD former_staff: true published: '2014-10-02T21:16:52.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T04:29:21.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - best cities for marriage - best cities for singles - Best Places - Best Places to Live - brookline - castle rock - Colorado - Columbia/Ellicott City - Eagan - kirkland - Maple Grove - Marriage - Maryland - Massachusetts - Minnesota - newton - reston - singles - Virginia - Washington word_count: 522 canonical: https://money.com/best-places-marriage-job/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![141003_BPL_SpouseWithJob](https://img.money.com/2014/10/141003_bpl_spousewithjob.jpg) *A bride and groom on a beach at the water's edge in Kirkland, Washington. Kirkland is a top place for both men and women to find a spouse.* There are lots of things to consider when choosing a place to live. How's the job market? [How much do people make](https://money.com/collection-post/top-earning-towns-best-places/)? [How affordable is it](https://money.com/collection-post/best-big-city-bargains-best-places/)? And for those looking for love, the real question is: "Where are all the nice, single guys/girls?" And on that count, Pew Research might be able to help. On Thursday, the data firm [released a list](http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/02/the-best-and-worst-cities-for-women-looking-to-marry/) of the country's major metro areas with the highest ratio of employed, young (25-34) single men to young women, and vice versa. Pew included employment status based on the results of a recent poll, which found that 78% of never-married women think having a spouse with a steady job is "very important" (only 46% of never-married men agreed). The interactive map, [available here](http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/02/the-best-and-worst-cities-for-women-looking-to-marry/), is a nationwide guide to the places where you have the best odds of finding an eligible bachelor or bachelorette. But while we now know where the singles are, Pew doesn't give us any clues about whether we'd actually want to live in any of these locations. That's where Money's Best Places data comes in. We've cross referenced [our list of America's best small cities](https://money.com/collection/best-places-to-live/best-places-to-live-3/) with the new report, looking for cities that fall within Pew's top major metro areas for finding love. Or at least a good shot at getting hitched. ### The Top Five Cities For Those Interested in Men: [**Castle Rock, Colo.**](https://money.com/collection-post/castle-rock-colorado-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 4 *Pew Metro Area rank:* 2 *\# of employed single young men for every 100 single young women:* 101 [**Maple Grove, Minn.**](https://money.com/collection-post/maple-grove-minnesota-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 2 *Pew Metro Area rank:* 4 *\# of employed single young men for every 100 single young women:* 98 [**Eagan, Minn.**](https://money.com/collection-post/eagan-minnesota-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 2 *Pew Metro Area rank:* 4 *\# of employed single young men for every 100 single young women:* 98 [**Kirkland, Wash.**](https://money.com/collection-post/kirkland-washington-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 5 *Pew Metro Area rank:* 5 *\# of employed single young men for every 100 single young women:* 92 [**Reston, Va.**](https://money.com/collection-post/reston-virginia-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 10 *Pew Metro Area rank:* 7 *\# of employed single young men for every 100 single young women:* 92 ### The Top 5 Cities For Those Interested in Women: **[Kirkland, Wash](https://money.com/collection-post/kirkland-washington-best-places-to-live/).** *Best Small Cities rank:* 5 *Pew Metro Area rank: 1* *\# of employed single young women for every 100 single young men:* 78 [**Reston, Va.**](https://money.com/collection-post/reston-virginia-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 10 *Pew Metro Area rank: 1* *\# of employed single young women for every 100 single young men:* 78 [**Newton,** **Mass.**](https://money.com/collection-post/newton-massachusetts-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 15 *Pew Metro Area rank: 6* **\# of employed single young women for every 100 single young men*:* 74 [**Brookline, Mass.**](https://money.com/collection-post/brookline-ma-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 21 *Pew Metro Area rank: 6* **\# of employed single young women for every 100 single young men*:* 74 [**Columbia/Ellicott City,** **Md.**](https://money.com/collection-post/columbia-ellicott-city-maryland-best-places-to-live/) *Best Small Cities rank:* 6 *Pew Metro Area rank: 7* **\# of employed single young women for every 100 single young men*:* 74 **More Best Places:** - [*Best Places to Live 2014*](https://money.com/best-places-to-live/) - [*Best Places to Be Rich and Single*](https://money.com/collection-post/rich-and-single-best-places/) - [*Best Places to Find a New Job*](https://money.com/best-places-to-live/) - *[Best Big-City Bargains](https://money.com/collection-post/best-big-city-bargains-best-places/)* - [*Best Places to Walk or Bike*](https://money.com/collection-post/best-places-to-walk-or-bike-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/best-places-marriage-job/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Places to Travel", "item": "https://money.com/places-to-travel/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "The 5 Best Places To Find a Spouse With a Job" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/best-places-marriage-job/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/best-places-marriage-job/", "name": "The 5 Best Places To Find a Spouse With a Job", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2014-10-02T21:16:52.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/best-places-marriage-job/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/best-places-marriage-job/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-16T04:29:21.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "The 5 Best Places To Find a Spouse With a Job", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2014/10/141003_bpl_spousewithjob.jpg", "width": 5703, "height": 3802, "caption": "141003_BPL_SpouseWithJob" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jacob Davidson", "url": "https://money.com/author/jacob-davidson/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/jacob-davidson/#author", "image": "https://money.com/content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/jake-davidson-2.jpg?crop=35px%2C18px%2C872px%2C872px&resize=640%2C640&quality=85&strip&ssl=1", "email": "jake.davidson@yoh.timeinc.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/JakeD" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2014-10-02T21:16:52.000Z", "description": "Looking for that special someone? 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