How common is your un-named city? <10k pop, combination of economic opportunity and still affordable (after wfh tech crowd moved in) for someone starting out earning $40/hr to afford a house and family.
Well this is the internet, so I'm not going to voluntarily dox myself :) As to your question, I'm not sure how common it is. There's another city about 30 minutes from me that has _almost_ the same scenario, it's just housing is more expensive because it's closer to a major city.