Facts Only Research Advice - Long Distance Investing

[David W.]

Hello!

Thank you in advance for your replies I greatly appreciate it =). I have another post where I asked for great places to invest in under $100k. I received a lot of advice and opinions that varied greatly. I then researched online articles about top cities to invest in and one article was all about Florida and the next article didn't even mention Florida. So it seems that opinion varies VERY greatly and there is a conflict of interest i.e. broker saying their city is the best etc. 

How can I do "factual, numbers, stats" only research so I can narrow my search down to a handful of cities i.e. census information etc for the following and please let me know if I am missing anything out important? 

Question: Population change - growth
Answer: census.gov

Question: Unemployment rate lowest to highest per city
Answer: 

Question: Job growth (this can also follow suit with major companies coming into cities/towns creating growth)
Answer: 

Once I narrow to a city I feel more confident in researching crime demographics, walkability score, school scores etc.