Best cities for sports in Maine

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

105 scorable cities in Maine.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Ellsworth	8.8	43
2	Bangor	8.7	103
3	Augusta	8.7	79
4	Brunswick	8.7	78
5	Biddeford	8.7	61
6	Saco	8.6	67
7	Portland	8.3	287
8	Auburn	8.2	56
9	Bath	8.1	37
10	Skowhegan	8.1	23
11	Westbrook	7.9	69
12	Falmouth	7.9	38
13	Bar Harbor	7.9	35
14	Calais	7.9	15
15	Rumford	7.8	12
16	South Portland	7.7	89
17	Lewiston	7.7	78
18	Yarmouth	7.7	37
19	Caribou	7.7	24
20	Belfast	7.6	29
21	Waterville	7.5	63
22	Sanford	7.5	51
23	Brewer	7.4	41
24	Presque Isle	7.4	35
25	Topsham	7.4	25
26	Oakland	7.3	13
27	Bethel	7.2	18
28	Gray	7.2	13
29	Gorham	7.1	33
30	Freeport	7.1	19
31	Bucksport	7.1	10
32	Boothbay Harbor	7.1	8
33	Kennebunk	7.0	32
34	Bridgton	7.0	22
35	Rockland	6.9	39
36	Farmington	6.9	26
37	Kittery	6.9	19
38	Damariscotta	6.9	12
39	Hallowell	6.8	19
40	Norway	6.8	11
41	Wiscasset	6.8	10
42	Hampden	6.7	18
43	Fryeburg	6.7	16
44	North Windham	6.7	16
45	Camden	6.7	15
46	Old Orchard Beach	6.5	28
47	Waldoboro	6.5	14
48	Farmingdale	6.5	9
49	Oxford	6.5	6
50	Fort Kent	6.4	14
51	Orono	6.3	37
52	Blue Hill	6.2	12
53	South Paris	6.2	11
54	Dexter	6.2	8
55	Castine	6.1	11
56	Gardiner	6.0	13
57	Pittsfield	5.9	13
58	Newport	5.9	12
59	Berwick	5.9	9
60	Millinocket	5.9	6
61	Oak Hill	5.7	28
62	South Berwick	5.7	18
63	Houlton	5.7	9
64	Searsport	5.7	6
65	Rangeley	5.7	5
66	Cumberland Center	5.6	10
67	Randolph	5.6	8
68	Southwest Harbor	5.6	8
69	Wilton	5.5	10
70	Turner	5.5	8
71	Cornish	5.5	7
72	Old Town	5.4	13
73	Fairfield	5.4	10
74	Dover-Foxcroft	5.3	12
75	Livermore Falls	5.2	7
76	Mexico	5.0	8
77	York Harbor	4.9	9
78	Thomaston	4.8	11
79	Winslow	4.8	9
80	Lisbon Falls	4.8	5
81	Bingham	4.7	4
82	Fort Fairfield	4.6	4
83	Veazie	4.6	4
84	Milo	4.6	3
85	Kennebunkport	4.5	8
86	Winthrop	4.5	8
87	Richmond	4.5	6
88	Newcastle	4.5	5
89	Chisholm	4.5	2
90	Mechanic Falls	4.4	6
91	Limestone	4.4	4
92	Kingfield	4.3	4
93	Eastport	4.3	2
94	Cape Neddick	4.2	8
95	South Eliot	4.2	6
96	Falmouth Foreside	4.1	4
97	Bowdoinham	4.0	3
98	Guilford	3.9	4
99	Lincoln	3.9	4
100	Machias	3.7	3

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.