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	Jonesboro	8.8	156
2	Hot Springs	8.8	109
3	Cabot	8.6	60
4	Fayetteville	8.1	232
5	Rogers	8.0	165
6	Russellville	8.0	92
7	Little Rock	7.9	456
8	Jacksonville	7.8	43
9	Fairfield Bay	7.8	20
10	Harrison	7.7	54
11	Wynne	7.1	16
12	Van Buren	7.0	55
13	Sherwood	6.9	43
14	Fort Smith	6.6	177
15	North Little Rock	6.6	141
16	Mountain Home	6.6	37
17	Monticello	6.6	25
18	Springdale	6.5	126
19	Blytheville	6.5	27
20	Pine Bluff	6.4	39
21	Bentonville	6.3	173
22	Bella Vista	6.3	50
23	Conway	6.2	174
24	Benton	6.2	55
25	Batesville	6.1	48
26	El Dorado	6.1	38
27	Heber Springs	6.1	34
28	Searcy	6.0	82
29	Hot Springs Village	5.9	40
30	Siloam Springs	5.9	32
31	Lowell	5.9	27
32	Newport	5.9	16
33	West Memphis	5.8	20
34	Texarkana	5.6	29
35	Paragould	5.5	46
36	Centerton	5.5	15
37	Bryant	5.4	48
38	Maumelle	5.4	29
39	Morrilton	5.4	25
40	Booneville	5.4	12
41	Mena	5.3	23
42	Eureka Springs	5.3	18
43	England	5.3	3
44	Clarksville	5.2	29
45	Pocahontas	5.2	11
46	Glenwood	5.1	6
47	Beebe	5.0	19
48	White Hall	5.0	11
49	Arkadelphia	4.9	33
50	Camden	4.9	15
51	Vilonia	4.8	11
52	Marion	4.7	20
53	De Queen	4.7	12
54	Alma	4.6	41
55	Osceola	4.6	8
56	Magnolia	4.5	28
57	Crossett	4.5	11
58	Mountain View	4.5	11
59	Brookland	4.5	7
60	Sheridan	4.4	21
61	Pea Ridge	4.4	16
62	Hope	4.4	12
63	Ash Flat	4.4	8
64	Tontitown	4.4	5
65	Greenbrier	4.3	17
66	Prairie Grove	4.3	15
67	Dardanelle	4.3	7
68	Greenwood	4.2	34
69	Holiday Island	4.2	9
70	Danville	4.2	6
71	Ashdown	4.1	9
72	Berryville	4.1	9
73	Bono	4.1	5
74	Piney	4.1	5
75	Mulberry	4.0	4
76	Bald Knob	3.9	5
77	Black Rock	3.9	4
78	Corning	3.9	4
79	Decatur	3.9	4
80	Mammoth Spring	3.9	4
81	Forrest City	3.8	12
82	Johnson	3.8	10
83	Nashville	3.8	7
84	Lonoke	3.8	6
85	Farmington	3.7	17
86	Walnut Ridge	3.7	14
87	Cherokee Village	3.7	8
88	Elkins	3.7	4
89	Stuttgart	3.6	22
90	Southside	3.6	6
91	Malvern	3.5	8
92	Paris	3.5	5
93	Palestine	3.5	4
94	Quitman	3.5	4
95	Yellville	3.4	4
96	Bradford	3.4	2
97	Cave Springs	3.3	10
98	Gravette	3.3	10
99	Ozark	3.3	9
100	Clinton	3.3	6

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.