Austin edges Atlanta in a data-driven view of cities eligible to become host to Amazon’s second headquarters. The project, dubbed HQ2, is expected to bring 50,000 jobs and a $5 billion capital investment by Amazon in the next 10 to 15 years. The winning city for the project will be announced in 2018. Moody’s Analytics ranked each city on a scale of 1-to-5 on five criteria, including business environment, human capital, cost, quality of life and transportation. The following is a breakdown of numbers for the top three and the average score for the remaining regions eligible, which means they have a population of more than 1 million in the Metropolitan Statistical Area. The rankings and the average score, according to Moody’s Analytics: 1.     Austin-Round Rock, Texas (3.086 of 5.0) 2.     Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Ga. (3.08) 3.     Philadelphia, Pa. (3.07) 4.     Rochester, N.Y. (3.01) 5.     Pittsburgh, Pa. (2.99) 6.     New York-Jersey City-White Plains, N.Y.-N.J. (2.97) 7.     Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Fla. (2.94) 8.     Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wash. (2.93) 9.     Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Ore.-Wash. (2.91) 10.  Boston, Mass. (2.90) 11.  Salt Lake City, Utah (2.89) 12.  Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, Mass. (2.89) 13.  Raleigh, N.C. (2.84) 14.  San Antonio, New Braunfels, Texas (2.84) 15.  Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, N.C.-S.C. (2.83) 16.  New Orleans-Metairie, La. (2.82) 17.  Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. (2.79) 18.  Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tenn. (2.79) 19.  Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. (2.78) 20.  San Diego-Carlsbad, Calif. (2.77) 21.  Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, N.Y. (2.76) 22.  Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minn.-Wis. (2.76) 23.  Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nev. (2.74) 24.  Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Mich. (2.73) 25.  Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, Ill. (2.73) 26.  Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. (2.71) 27.  Oklahoma City, Okla. (2.71) 28.  Columbus, Ohio (2.70) 29.  Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. (2.69) 30.  Cincinnati, Ohio-Ky. (2.67) 31.  Cleveland-Elyria, Ohio (2.66) 32.  St. Louis, Mo.-Ill. (2.65) 33.  Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz. (2.63) 34.  Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (2.62) 35.  Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Va.-N.C. (2.62) 36.  Louisville-Jefferson County, Ky.-Ind. (2.62) 37.  Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, Ind. (2.60) 38.  Washington, D.C.-Arlington-Alexandria, Va.-Md.-W.V. (2.59) 39.  San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, Calif. (2.58) 40.  West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, Fla. (2.52) 41.  Tucson, Ariz. (2.51) 42.  Nassau County-Suffolk County, N.Y. (2.50) 43.  San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (2.50) 44.  Jacksonville, Fla. (2.49) 45.  Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Conn. (2.48) 46.  Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. (2.43) 47.  Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, Md. (2.42) 48.  Richmond, Va. (2.41) 49.  Houston-The Woodlands- Sugar Land, Texas (2.39) 50.  Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Fla. (2.35) 51.  Providence-Warwick, R.I.-Mass. (2.32) 52.  Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, Calif. (2.31) 53.  Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, Calif. (2.26) 54.  Memphis, Tenn.-Miss.-Ark. (2.17) 55.  Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (2.16) 56.  Kansas City, Mo.-Kan. (2.12) 57.  Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, Mich. (2.11) 58.  Newark, N.J.-Pa. (2.06) 59.  Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, Pa. (2.04) 60.  Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Mich. (2.00) 61.  Sacramento-Roseville-Arden-Arcade, Calif. (1.88) 62.  Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (1.80) 63.  Camden, N.J. (1.75) 64.  Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, Md. (1.71) 65.  Birmingham-Hoover, Ala. (1.64) Austin scored the highest in the business environment category with a 4.6 rating on a 5-point scale. Quality of life was among the top at 3.5. Human capital was a 3.3, while transportation (2.2) and cost (1.9) were scored in the lower half for Austin. According to CNBC, San Antonio will not submit a proposal to host HQ2. One bid per MSA has a deadline to Amazon of Oct. 16-19.