Best cities for sports in Georgia

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

304 scorable cities in Georgia.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Clarkesville	8.3	30
2	Canton	8.2	195
3	Alpharetta	8.0	539
4	Suwanee	8.0	239
5	Peachtree City	8.0	175
6	Jonesboro	8.0	49
7	Dalton	7.9	100
8	Brunswick	7.9	87
9	St. Simons	7.9	50
10	Blue Ridge	7.9	37
11	Ball Ground	7.9	19
12	Roswell	7.8	402
13	Cumming	7.8	352
14	Cartersville	7.8	137
15	Snellville	7.7	107
16	Dacula	7.7	101
17	Marietta	7.6	767
18	Athens-Clarke County unified government	7.6	294
19	Douglasville	7.6	162
20	Conyers	7.6	131
21	Powder Springs	7.6	105
22	Woodstock	7.5	286
23	Buford	7.5	210
24	Rome	7.5	136
25	Norcross	7.5	133
26	Covington	7.5	93
27	Calhoun	7.5	81
28	Sugar Hill	7.5	65
29	Dahlonega	7.5	48
30	Jasper	7.5	36
31	Duluth	7.4	220
32	Loganville	7.4	99
33	Lilburn	7.4	85
34	Austell	7.4	47
35	Savannah	7.3	477
36	Lawrenceville	7.3	304
37	Carrollton	7.3	145
38	Milton	7.3	106
39	Dallas	7.3	92
40	Stone Mountain	7.3	84
41	Flowery Branch	7.3	71
42	Hoschton	7.3	37
43	Toccoa	7.3	34
44	Ellijay	7.3	34
45	Blairsville	7.3	27
46	Jackson	7.3	23
47	Berkeley Lake	7.3	14
48	Kennesaw	7.2	291
49	Pooler	7.2	98
50	Dawsonville	7.2	46
51	St. Marys	7.2	35
52	Jekyll Island	7.2	21
53	Macon-Bibb County	7.1	264
54	Decatur	7.1	236
55	Gainesville	7.1	158
56	McDonough	7.1	157
57	Brookhaven	7.1	103
58	Griffin	7.1	65
59	Ringgold	7.1	50
60	Fort Oglethorpe	7.1	47
61	Jefferson	7.1	42
62	Tyrone	7.1	29
63	Hartwell	7.1	24
64	Forest Park	7.1	23
65	Columbus	7.0	424
66	Villa Rica	7.0	82
67	Richmond Hill	7.0	72
68	Winder	7.0	60
69	Monroe	7.0	54
70	Cleveland	7.0	27
71	Chatsworth	7.0	22
72	Smyrna	6.9	222
73	Acworth	6.9	182
74	Newnan	6.9	141
75	Fayetteville	6.9	121
76	Stockbridge	6.9	97
77	Tucker	6.9	90
78	Milledgeville	6.9	83
79	Bainbridge	6.9	30
80	Johns Creek	6.8	202
81	Mableton	6.8	103
82	Watkinsville	6.8	56
83	Lithonia	6.8	37
84	Vidalia	6.8	36
85	Gray	6.8	26
86	Rossville	6.8	19
87	Young Harris	6.8	11
88	Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government	6.7	305
89	Peachtree Corners	6.7	80
90	Tifton	6.7	56
91	Doraville	6.7	27
92	Statesboro	6.6	151
93	Braselton	6.6	84
94	Douglas	6.6	40
95	Commerce	6.6	31
96	Chickamauga	6.6	14
97	Albany	6.5	108
98	Chamblee	6.5	82
99	Thomasville	6.5	48
100	Perry	6.5	46

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.