- Cape Coral #8 the best place to retire (USA Today June 8, 2015)
- Cape Coral #16 best Recession Rebound (Glassdoor.com June 22, 2015)
- Cape Coral #8 best place to retire 2015 (Forbes.com May 17, 2015)
- Cape Coral #3 best place to live (ThingsFloridiansLike.com September 24, 2015)
- Cape Coral #27 best place to live in the USA (247WallSt.com November 5, 2015)
- Cape Coral #10 best buy city 2016 (Forbes.com January 27, 2016)
- Cape Coral crime down in 2015 (CapeCops.com March 1, 2016)
- Cape Coral #19 happiest city in the USA (TownandCountryMag.com March 10, 2016)
- Cape Coral ranks #10 fastest growing city 2016 (Forbes.com March 8, 2016)
- Cape Coral ranks #9 best place to retire 2016 (Forbes.com April 4, 2016)
- Cape Coral #7 best place to retire in the USA (Wallethub.com August 14, 2016)
- Cape Coral #2 city everyone is moving to in 2017 (Trulia.com December 30, 2016)
- Cape Coral #1 fastest growing city in the USA (Forbes.com February 10, 2017)
- Best tasting drinking water in region (American Water Works March 23, 2017)
- Cape Coral’s Oasis High School top #46 in the USA (WashingtonPost.com May 5, 2017)
- Cape Coral 2nd safest city in Florida (NewsPress.com July 27, 2017)
- Cape Coral #22 safest city in the USA (Wallethub.com December 4, 2017)
- Cape Coral #1 for employment growth (Flexjobs.com January 9, 2018)
- Cape Coral #1 Boomtown of 2017 (SmartAsset.com February 6, 2018)
- Cape Coral #1 Boomtown in the USA (MSN.com February 16, 2018)
- Cape Coral #9 best place to retire in the USA (Wallethub.com August 14, 2018)
- Cape Coral #24 fastest growing city in the USA (Wallethub.com October 1, 2018)