Best cities for sports in the United States

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of the United States by their 0-10 sports score, which combines density of centers per resident, variety of sports, listing quality and real activity. To keep the comparison fair, we measure every city's offering with the same sources of national coverage. An honest way to see where it's easiest (and hardest) to find somewhere to play.

11765 scorable cities.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Chico · California	9.1	201
2	Casper · Wyoming	9.1	133
3	Gig Harbor · Washington	9.1	90
4	Prescott · Arizona	9.0	163
5	Keene · New Hampshire	9.0	90
6	Niles · Illinois	9.0	78
7	Wasilla · Alaska	9.0	77
8	Athens · Ohio	9.0	64
9	Boulder City · Nevada	9.0	59
10	Plain City · Ohio	9.0	43
11	Traverse City · Michigan	8.9	155
12	Mentor · Ohio	8.9	143
13	Greenwich · Connecticut	8.9	124
14	Barnstable Town · Massachusetts	8.9	114
15	Malibu · California	8.9	100
16	St. Peters · Missouri	8.9	89
17	Evergreen · Colorado	8.9	70
18	Denver · North Carolina	8.9	64
19	Amherst Town · Massachusetts	8.9	55
20	Cody · Wyoming	8.9	52
21	Bellingham · Washington	8.8	265
22	Medford · Oregon	8.8	180
23	Cheyenne · Wyoming	8.8	153
24	Fairbanks · Alaska	8.8	117
25	Kingston · New York	8.8	111
26	Alexandria · Minnesota	8.8	83
27	Bountiful · Utah	8.8	72
28	Morganton · North Carolina	8.8	70
29	Lihue · Hawaii	8.8	57
30	Stoneham · Massachusetts	8.8	54
31	Hudson · New Hampshire	8.8	47
32	Big Bear Lake · California	8.8	46
33	Ellsworth · Maine	8.8	43
34	Athens · Tennessee	8.8	42
35	Hooksett · New Hampshire	8.8	40
36	Harbor Springs · Michigan	8.8	36
38	Hopewell Junction · New York	8.8	32
37	Cheboygan · Michigan	8.8	32
39	Boulder · Colorado	8.7	591
40	Columbia · Maryland	8.7	313
41	Centennial · Colorado	8.7	288
42	Rockville · Maryland	8.7	288
43	Santa Cruz · California	8.7	269
44	Billings · Montana	8.7	256
45	Mount Pleasant · South Carolina	8.7	247
46	Missoula · Montana	8.7	231
47	Sandy · Utah	8.7	222
48	Spokane Valley · Washington	8.7	171
49	Holland · Michigan	8.7	136
50	Richland · Washington	8.7	134
51	Jefferson City · Missouri	8.7	114
52	Mandeville · Louisiana	8.7	111
53	Boone · North Carolina	8.7	104
54	Deerfield · Illinois	8.7	101
55	Algonquin · Illinois	8.7	88
56	Kearney · Nebraska	8.7	86
57	Jackson · Wyoming	8.7	82
58	Norco · California	8.7	69
59	Auburn · New York	8.7	67
60	Moses Lake · Washington	8.7	67
62	Roseburg · Oregon	8.7	51
61	Rolling Hills Estates · California	8.7	51
63	Elkton · Maryland	8.7	50
64	Grand Rapids · Minnesota	8.7	43
65	Byron Center · Michigan	8.7	33
66	Evanston · Wyoming	8.7	27
67	Anchorage · Alaska	8.6	530
68	Lexington-Fayette urban county · Kentucky	8.6	440
69	Bend · Oregon	8.6	353
70	Berkeley · California	8.6	321
71	Davie · Florida	8.6	295
72	Norwalk · Connecticut	8.6	253
73	Bowling Green · Kentucky	8.6	228
74	Warwick · Rhode Island	8.6	223
75	Chesterfield · Missouri	8.6	220
76	Hendersonville · Tennessee	8.6	197
77	Highlands Ranch · Colorado	8.6	195
78	Canton · Georgia	8.6	195
79	San Rafael · California	8.6	191
80	Longview · Texas	8.6	185
81	Poway · California	8.6	173
82	Jonesboro · Arkansas	8.6	156
83	Golden · Colorado	8.6	143
84	Fountain Valley · California	8.6	139
85	Hagerstown · Maryland	8.6	136
86	Victoria · Texas	8.6	126
87	Pocatello · Idaho	8.6	120
88	Boerne · Texas	8.6	99
89	Lakewood · Washington	8.6	91
90	Fitchburg · Wisconsin	8.6	80
91	Augusta · Maine	8.6	79
92	Brunswick · Maine	8.6	78
93	Crossville · Tennessee	8.6	73
94	Addison · Illinois	8.6	68
95	Kailua · Hawaii	8.6	66
96	Warsaw · Indiana	8.6	64
97	Crystal River · Florida	8.6	60
98	Sonora · California	8.6	59
99	Wilmington · Ohio	8.6	58
100	New Paltz · New York	8.6	53

Rankings by state

Explore the best cities for sports in each state.

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How do we calculate the score?

Variety (25%) — how many different sports the city covers.
Quality (20%) — richness of each center's information.
Activity (20%) — real user interest over the last 30 days.
Scale (15%) — number of centers in the city.
Density (10%) — centers per resident (dampened).
Courts (10%) — total capacity: number of courts.

Each section is measured as a percentile against the other cities in the United States and combined into the final score, on a 0-10 scale. Variety and density are measured with a uniform instrument (only sources with homogeneous national coverage) so that no city is favored by having a more complete open catalog. We only score cities with population data and a presence in those sources.