People who live in states like Colorado and Texas, where new homes are selling most, have the highest well-being. According to a recently released Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, and Metrostudy data reported by Builder, the top 10 states for well-being make up more than a quarter of 2014’s new home sales.
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index ranks states based on five factors pertaining to overall resident well-being including purpose, social, physical, financial, and community. The 10 highest states are predominantly concentrated in the Mountain region and the lowest in the Midwest.
States with greater sense of community well-being aligning with new home sales reaffirm trends like high value placed on walkable neighborhoods and mixed-use developments. These trends reinforce physical and social well-being, too. States with higher well-being are already host to metros with high walkability, and the numbers of new communities capitalizing on this trend are growing.
