Best Cities Overall
The average of a city's scores across every other ranking on USCity.review. Cities need scores in at least this many rankings to qualify.
100 cities ranked in the United States.
| Rank | City | Population | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle, WA King County | 780,995 | 82.1 |
| 2 | Madison, WI Dane County | 285,300 | 79.2 |
| 3 | Lincoln, NE Lancaster County | 300,619 | 75.7 |
| 4 | Boise City, ID Ada County | 237,963 | 72.6 |
| 5 | Boston, MA Suffolk County | 673,458 | 72.5 |
| 6 | St. Paul, MN Ramsey County | 307,465 | 71.1 |
| 7 | Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Beach city | 454,808 | 69.5 |
| 8 | Jersey City, NJ Hudson County | 302,824 | 68.9 |
| 9 | Portland, OR Multnomah County | 635,749 | 68.7 |
| 10 | Charlotte, NC Mecklenburg County | 943,476 | 68.0 |
| 11 | Minneapolis, MN Hennepin County | 428,579 | 67.8 |
| 12 | Raleigh, NC Wake County | 499,825 | 67.1 |
| 13 | Denver, CO Denver County | 729,019 | 66.9 |
| 14 | Anchorage, AK Anchorage Municipality | 289,600 | 66.6 |
| 15 | Columbus, OH Franklin County | 933,263 | 66.1 |
| 16 | Austin, TX Travis County | 993,588 | 66.1 |
| 17 | Pittsburgh, PA Allegheny County | 307,668 | 65.8 |
| 18 | Durham, NC Durham County | 301,870 | 65.0 |
| 19 | Plano, TX Collin County | 293,286 | 64.8 |
| 20 | Spokane, WA Spokane County | 230,609 | 64.3 |
| 21 | Lexington-Fayette, KY Fayette County | 329,437 | 63.8 |
| 22 | Colorado Springs, CO El Paso County | 493,554 | 63.4 |
| 23 | Atlanta, GA Fulton County | 520,070 | 61.8 |
| 24 | Nashville-Davidson, TN Davidson County | 704,963 | 60.6 |
| 25 | Albuquerque, NM Bernalillo County | 560,326 | 60.4 |
| 26 | Omaha, NE Douglas County | 489,265 | 59.8 |
| 27 | St. Petersburg, FL Pinellas County | 267,102 | 59.1 |
| 28 | Aurora, CO Arapahoe County | 403,130 | 58.8 |
| 29 | Frisco, TX Collin County | 235,208 | 58.4 |
| 30 | Kansas City, MO Jackson County | 516,032 | 58.1 |
| 31 | Richmond, VA Richmond city | 233,655 | 57.4 |
| 32 | Norfolk, VA Norfolk city | 231,105 | 57.1 |
| 33 | New York, NY Kings County | 8,478,072 | 56.6 |
| 34 | Indianapolis, IN Marion County | 891,484 | 56.4 |
| 35 | St. Louis, MO St. Louis city | 279,695 | 55.6 |
| 36 | Buffalo, NY Erie County | 276,617 | 55.5 |
| 37 | Scottsdale, AZ Maricopa County | 246,170 | 55.4 |
| 38 | Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia County | 1,573,916 | 55.2 |
| 39 | Chesapeake, VA Chesapeake city | 254,997 | 55.0 |
| 40 | Wichita, KS Sedgwick County | 400,991 | 54.0 |
| 41 | Greensboro, NC Guilford County | 307,381 | 54.0 |
| 42 | Baltimore, MD Baltimore city | 568,271 | 54.0 |
| 43 | New Orleans, LA Orleans Parish | 362,701 | 53.4 |
| 44 | Oklahoma City, OK Oklahoma County | 712,919 | 53.3 |
| 45 | Chicago, IL Cook County | 2,721,308 | 51.6 |
| 46 | Cincinnati, OH Hamilton County | 314,915 | 51.1 |
| 47 | Dallas, TX Dallas County | 1,326,087 | 50.7 |
| 48 | Lubbock, TX Lubbock County | 272,086 | 50.2 |
| 49 | Huntsville, AL Madison County | 230,402 | 50.2 |
| 50 | Irvine, CA Orange County | 318,683 | 50.0 |