Best cities for sports in Florida

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

593 scorable cities in Florida.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Crystal River	8.7	60
2	Davie	8.6	295
3	Vero Beach	8.5	218
4	Longwood	8.5	137
5	Ocala	8.4	399
6	Stuart	8.4	216
7	Okeechobee	8.4	52
8	Jupiter	8.3	307
9	St. Augustine	8.3	306
10	Titusville	8.3	106
11	Marathon	8.3	82
12	Sunrise	8.2	165
13	DeLand	8.2	134
14	Parkland	8.2	55
15	Satellite Beach	8.2	47
16	South Daytona	8.2	47
17	Clearwater	8.1	534
18	Bradenton	8.1	388
19	Pembroke Pines	8.1	300
20	Doral	8.1	256
21	Fernandina Beach	8.1	118
22	Oldsmar	8.1	95
23	Cocoa Beach	8.1	82
24	Cocoa	8.1	61
25	Atlantic Beach	8.1	51
26	Bunnell	8.1	36
27	Belleview	8.1	22
28	Pensacola	8.0	454
29	Melbourne	8.0	353
30	Wellington	8.0	263
31	Pinellas Park	8.0	141
32	New Smyrna Beach	8.0	108
33	Key Largo	8.0	84
34	Hallandale Beach	8.0	62
35	Port Richey	8.0	59
36	Lake Park	8.0	43
37	Edgewater	8.0	33
38	Lakeland	7.9	391
39	Coral Springs	7.9	275
40	Oakland Park	7.9	120
41	Lakewood Ranch	7.9	108
42	Plantation	7.9	107
43	Merritt Island	7.9	98
44	Ocoee	7.9	98
45	Margate	7.9	91
46	Palm City	7.9	79
47	Cooper City	7.9	75
48	Odessa	7.9	60
49	Fleming Island	7.9	53
50	Sebastian	7.9	53
51	Miami Shores	7.9	42
52	Dunnellon	7.9	22
53	Homosassa	7.9	22
54	Naples	7.8	753
55	Sarasota	7.8	700
56	Venice	7.8	143
57	North Miami	7.8	101
58	Milton	7.8	76
59	Dania Beach	7.8	76
60	North Palm Beach	7.8	65
61	Palmetto Bay	7.8	58
62	Dade City	7.8	54
63	Inverness	7.8	48
64	Yulee	7.8	37
65	Live Oak	7.8	30
66	West Palm Beach	7.7	475
67	St. Petersburg	7.7	394
68	Coral Gables	7.7	211
69	Winter Garden	7.7	205
70	Fort Walton Beach	7.7	157
71	Winter Haven	7.7	146
72	Coconut Creek	7.7	143
73	Rockledge	7.7	96
74	Brooksville	7.7	85
75	Jensen Beach	7.7	75
76	St. Cloud	7.7	73
77	Key Biscayne	7.7	61
78	Miami	7.6	2076
79	Boca Raton	7.6	777
80	Tallahassee	7.6	706
81	Gainesville	7.6	508
82	Winter Park	7.6	287
83	Deerfield Beach	7.6	189
84	Ormond Beach	7.6	188
85	Oviedo	7.6	168
86	Port Orange	7.6	152
87	Lutz	7.6	140
88	Lady Lake	7.6	80
89	Sebring	7.6	79
90	Marco Island	7.6	74
91	Crestview	7.6	66
92	Miami Lakes	7.6	59
93	Hudson	7.6	56
94	Celebration	7.6	52
95	Nocatee	7.6	47
96	Palatka	7.6	44
97	Medley	7.6	19
98	Orlando	7.5	2021
99	Tampa	7.5	1926
100	Fort Myers	7.5	592

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.