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	Homosassa	8.5	22
3	Vero Beach	8.4	218
4	Longwood	8.4	137
5	St. Augustine	8.3	306
6	Marathon	8.3	82
7	Stuart	8.2	216
8	Fernandina Beach	8.2	118
9	Okeechobee	8.2	52
10	Ocala	8.1	399
11	Merritt Island	8.1	98
12	Milton	8.0	76
13	Port Richey	8.0	59
14	Bunnell	8.0	36
15	Dunnellon	8.0	22
16	Bradenton	7.9	388
17	Davie	7.9	295
18	Venice	7.9	143
19	Oldsmar	7.9	95
20	Cocoa Beach	7.9	82
21	Satellite Beach	7.9	47
22	Naples	7.8	753
23	Sarasota	7.8	700
24	Jupiter	7.8	307
25	Destin	7.8	163
26	DeLand	7.8	134
27	New Smyrna Beach	7.8	108
28	Brooksville	7.8	85
29	Key Largo	7.8	84
30	Osprey	7.8	25
31	Pensacola	7.7	454
32	Doral	7.7	256
33	Fort Walton Beach	7.7	157
34	Odessa	7.7	60
35	Inverness	7.7	48
36	Palatka	7.7	44
37	New Port Richey	7.6	154
38	Titusville	7.6	106
39	Punta Gorda	7.6	105
40	Marco Island	7.6	74
41	Key Biscayne	7.6	61
42	Dade City	7.6	54
43	Lake Park	7.6	43
44	Miami Shores	7.6	42
45	Belleview	7.6	22
46	Medley	7.6	19
47	Melbourne	7.5	353
48	Bonita Springs	7.5	236
49	Winter Haven	7.5	146
50	Pinellas Park	7.5	141
51	Land O' Lakes	7.5	113
52	Lady Lake	7.5	80
53	Palm City	7.5	79
54	Jensen Beach	7.5	75
55	Cooper City	7.5	75
56	North Palm Beach	7.5	65
57	Palmetto Bay	7.5	58
58	Hudson	7.5	56
59	Parkland	7.5	55
60	Sebastian	7.5	53
61	Islamorada, Village of Islands	7.5	51
62	South Daytona	7.5	47
63	Gulfport	7.5	32
64	Freeport	7.5	27
65	DeFuniak Springs	7.5	22
66	Williston	7.5	19
67	Clearwater	7.4	534
68	Gainesville	7.4	508
69	Winter Park	7.4	287
70	Ormond Beach	7.4	188
71	Panama City Beach	7.4	176
72	Lakewood Ranch	7.4	108
73	Cocoa	7.4	61
74	Atlantic Beach	7.4	51
75	Tavares	7.4	36
76	Fort Myers	7.3	592
77	Miami Beach	7.3	453
78	Coral Springs	7.3	275
79	Key West	7.3	219
80	Coral Gables	7.3	211
81	Winter Garden	7.3	205
82	Tarpon Springs	7.3	109
83	North Miami	7.3	101
84	Rockledge	7.3	96
85	Crestview	7.3	66
86	Hallandale Beach	7.3	62
87	Live Oak	7.3	30
88	Holmes Beach	7.3	16
89	Florida Gulf Coast University	7.3	13
90	Boca Raton	7.2	777
91	Pembroke Pines	7.2	300
92	Panama City	7.2	169
93	Orange Park	7.2	139
94	Seminole	7.2	117
95	Plantation	7.2	107
96	Dania Beach	7.2	76
97	Lake Wales	7.2	55
98	Longboat Key	7.2	51
99	Villas	7.2	23
100	Silver Springs	7.2	19

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.