10 Hot Metro Markets for C-Stores in 2022
Consumer and demographic trends guide top spots for convenience-retail growth
3. Greater Des Moines, Iowa
The Des Moines suburbs are booming, earning a spot on the National Association of Realtors’ list of the top 10 markets showing resilience during the pandemic.
Jacksonville, Fla., jumped ahead in The Wall Street Journal/Moody’s Analytics rankings for 2021 when it became the fifth-hottest job market after placing 15th in 2020 and 27th in 2019 in the assessment of 300 metro areas based on five factors: unemployment and labor-force participation rates, job, labor-force and wage growth.