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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.
274 scorable cities.
| # | City | Score /10 | Centers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunswick · Maine | 9.4 | 2 |
| 2 | Vermillion · South Dakota | 9.3 | 2 |
| 3 | Farmington · Maine | 9.3 | 1 |
| 4 | Finneytown · Ohio | 9.2 | 2 |
| 5 | College Park · Maryland | 9.1 | 2 |
| 7 | Rutgers University-Livingston Campus · New Jersey | 9.1 | 1 |
| 6 | Mackinaw · Illinois | 9.1 | 1 |
| 8 | Thousand Palms · California | 9.0 | 2 |
| 10 | Ruidoso Downs · New Mexico | 9.0 | 1 |
| 9 | Rosemont · Illinois | 9.0 | 1 |
| 11 | Blacksburg · Virginia | 8.9 | 2 |
| 12 | Port Washington · Wisconsin | 8.9 | 1 |
| 13 | Dunbar · West Virginia | 8.8 | 1 |
| 16 | Battle Creek · Michigan | 8.7 | 1 |
| 15 | Azalea Park · Florida | 8.7 | 1 |
| 14 | Atascadero · California | 8.7 | 1 |
| 17 | Tempe · Arizona | 8.6 | 2 |
| 18 | Celina · Texas | 8.6 | 1 |
| 19 | Bowling Green · Ohio | 8.5 | 4 |
| 20 | Evansville · Indiana | 8.5 | 2 |
| 22 | Maplewood · Missouri | 8.5 | 1 |
| 21 | Fountain · Colorado | 8.5 | 1 |
| 23 | Madison · Wisconsin | 8.4 | 3 |
| 24 | Bloomington · Indiana | 8.4 | 2 |
| 27 | Manchester · New Hampshire | 8.4 | 1 |
| 25 | Fairbanks · Alaska | 8.4 | 1 |
| 26 | Summerlin South · Nevada | 8.4 | 1 |
| 28 | Goshen · New York | 8.4 | 1 |
| 29 | Detroit · Michigan | 8.3 | 3 |
| 30 | Suwanee · Georgia | 8.3 | 1 |
| 31 | Pocatello · Idaho | 8.3 | 1 |
| 32 | Portland · Maine | 8.2 | 3 |
| 33 | East Lansing · Michigan | 8.2 | 3 |
| 35 | Albany · New York | 8.2 | 1 |
| 34 | West Springfield Town · Massachusetts | 8.2 | 1 |
| 36 | Kohler · Wisconsin | 8.2 | 1 |
| 37 | Knoxville · Tennessee | 8.1 | 2 |
| 38 | Rochester Institute of Technology · New York | 8.1 | 1 |
| 39 | Loretto · Pennsylvania | 8.1 | 1 |
| 40 | Grand Forks · North Dakota | 8.0 | 2 |
| 43 | St. Cloud · Minnesota | 8.0 | 1 |
| 41 | University · Florida | 8.0 | 1 |
| 42 | Iowa City · Iowa | 8.0 | 1 |
| 44 | Cincinnati · Ohio | 7.9 | 8 |
| 46 | Spokane · Washington | 7.9 | 2 |
| 45 | Tampa · Florida | 7.9 | 2 |
| 47 | Chevy Chase · Maryland | 7.9 | 1 |
| 49 | Rutgers University-Busch Campus · New Jersey | 7.9 | 1 |
| 50 | University Park · Texas | 7.9 | 1 |
| 48 | Houghton · Michigan | 7.9 | 1 |
| 52 | Providence · Rhode Island | 7.8 | 3 |
| 51 | Ann Arbor · Michigan | 7.8 | 3 |
| 54 | DeLand · Florida | 7.8 | 1 |
| 55 | Rockledge · Florida | 7.8 | 1 |
| 57 | University of Virginia · Virginia | 7.8 | 1 |
| 56 | Hershey · Pennsylvania | 7.8 | 1 |
| 53 | Sausalito · California | 7.8 | 1 |
| 58 | Milwaukee · Wisconsin | 7.7 | 4 |
| 59 | Kansas City · Missouri | 7.7 | 3 |
| 60 | Marquette · Michigan | 7.7 | 2 |
| 62 | Cloverly · Maryland | 7.7 | 1 |
| 63 | Matthews · North Carolina | 7.7 | 1 |
| 61 | Storrs · Connecticut | 7.7 | 1 |
| 64 | Lexington · Virginia | 7.7 | 1 |
| 65 | Hartford · Connecticut | 7.6 | 2 |
| 73 | Burlington · Vermont | 7.6 | 1 |
| 71 | Aiken · South Carolina | 7.6 | 1 |
| 67 | Oswego · Illinois | 7.6 | 1 |
| 68 | Kent · Ohio | 7.6 | 1 |
| 70 | Edinboro · Pennsylvania | 7.6 | 1 |
| 72 | Lewisville · Texas | 7.6 | 1 |
| 66 | Makaha · Hawaii | 7.6 | 1 |
| 69 | Oxford · Ohio | 7.6 | 1 |
| 74 | Washington · District of Columbia | 7.5 | 9 |
| 78 | Newton · Kansas | 7.5 | 1 |
| 75 | Glendale · Arizona | 7.5 | 1 |
| 80 | Waxhaw · North Carolina | 7.5 | 1 |
| 76 | West Palm Beach · Florida | 7.5 | 1 |
| 77 | Pupukea · Hawaii | 7.5 | 1 |
| 79 | Bemidji · Minnesota | 7.5 | 1 |
| 81 | Sunnyvale · California | 7.4 | 1 |
| 82 | Baltimore · Maryland | 7.4 | 1 |
| 83 | Seattle · Washington | 7.3 | 8 |
| 84 | Paradise · Nevada | 7.3 | 4 |
| 85 | Elmont · New York | 7.3 | 1 |
| 86 | Omaha · Nebraska | 7.2 | 2 |
| 88 | Ypsilanti · Michigan | 7.2 | 1 |
| 90 | Sandy · Utah | 7.2 | 1 |
| 89 | Troy · New York | 7.2 | 1 |
| 87 | Naval Academy · Maryland | 7.2 | 1 |
| 91 | Del Monte Forest · California | 7.1 | 2 |
| 93 | Urban Honolulu · Hawaii | 7.1 | 2 |
| 92 | Stanford · California | 7.1 | 2 |
| 97 | University · Mississippi | 7.1 | 1 |
| 94 | Boulder · Colorado | 7.1 | 1 |
| 96 | Kalamazoo · Michigan | 7.1 | 1 |
| 95 | Bowie · Maryland | 7.1 | 1 |
| 98 | Columbia · South Carolina | 7.1 | 1 |
| 99 | Spartanburg · South Carolina | 7.1 | 1 |
| 100 | Los Angeles · California | 7.0 | 7 |
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Rankings by state
Explore the best cities for sports in each state.
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
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.