Best cities for sports in Arkansas

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of Arkansas 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.

137 scorable cities in Arkansas.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Hot Springs	8.3	109
2	Jonesboro	7.8	156
3	Cabot	7.7	60
4	Mountain Home	7.7	37
5	Heber Springs	7.7	34
6	Fairfield Bay	7.7	20
7	Batesville	7.6	48
8	Fort Smith	7.5	177
9	Rogers	7.4	165
10	North Little Rock	7.4	141
11	Russellville	7.4	92
12	Sherwood	7.3	43
13	Bentonville	7.2	173
14	Eureka Springs	7.2	18
15	Conway	7.1	174
16	Springdale	7.1	126
17	Searcy	7.1	82
18	Harrison	7.1	54
19	El Dorado	7.1	38
20	Lowell	7.1	27
21	Siloam Springs	7.0	32
22	Fayetteville	6.9	232
23	Benton	6.9	55
24	Blytheville	6.9	27
25	Morrilton	6.9	25
26	Little Rock	6.8	456
27	Hot Springs Village	6.7	40
28	Bella Vista	6.6	50
29	Mena	6.6	23
30	Jacksonville	6.5	43
31	Alma	6.5	41
32	Clarksville	6.5	29
33	Bryant	6.3	48
34	Arkadelphia	6.3	33
35	Newport	6.3	16
36	Booneville	6.3	12
37	Glenwood	6.3	6
38	Wynne	6.2	16
39	Vilonia	6.2	11
40	Ash Flat	6.2	8
41	Monticello	6.1	25
42	West Memphis	6.1	20
43	De Queen	6.1	12
44	Van Buren	6.0	55
45	Paragould	6.0	46
46	Maumelle	6.0	29
47	Beebe	6.0	19
48	Centerton	5.9	15
49	White Hall	5.9	11
50	Texarkana	5.8	29
51	Mountain View	5.8	11
52	Greenbrier	5.7	17
53	Pea Ridge	5.7	16
54	Holiday Island	5.7	9
55	Black Rock	5.7	4
56	Magnolia	5.6	28
57	Pocahontas	5.6	11
58	Mammoth Spring	5.5	4
59	Camden	5.4	15
60	Crossett	5.4	11
61	Sheridan	5.3	21
62	Marion	5.3	20
63	Greenwood	5.2	34
64	Osceola	5.2	8
65	Palestine	5.2	4
66	Stuttgart	5.1	22
67	Ashdown	5.1	9
68	Clinton	5.1	6
69	Danville	5.1	6
70	Pine Bluff	5.0	39
71	Decatur	5.0	4
72	Brookland	4.9	7
73	Ozark	4.8	9
74	Bald Knob	4.8	5
75	Kirby	4.8	3
76	Prairie Grove	4.7	15
77	Walnut Ridge	4.7	14
78	Hope	4.7	12
79	Gravette	4.7	10
80	Lake Hamilton	4.7	9
81	Cherokee Village	4.7	8
82	Lonoke	4.7	6
83	Dyer	4.7	3
84	Dardanelle	4.6	7
85	Bono	4.6	5
86	Highland	4.6	5
87	Paris	4.6	5
88	Tontitown	4.6	5
89	Quitman	4.6	4
90	Bradford	4.6	2
91	Berryville	4.5	9
92	Mountainburg	4.5	5
93	Farmington	4.4	17
94	Lavaca	4.4	9
95	Natural Steps	4.4	2
96	Southside	4.3	6
97	Piney	4.3	5
98	Yellville	4.3	4
99	Johnson	4.2	10
100	Nashville	4.2	7

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.