Best cities for sports in Mississippi

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

128 scorable cities in Mississippi.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Columbus	8.5	84
2	Meridian	8.3	88
3	Flowood	8.2	70
4	Diamondhead	8.1	22
5	Ocean Springs	7.8	81
6	Petal	7.5	34
7	Cleveland	7.5	25
8	Wiggins	7.5	21
9	Gluckstadt	7.5	13
10	Tupelo	7.4	110
11	Pearl	7.4	53
12	Vicksburg	7.4	47
13	Gautier	7.4	29
14	Biloxi	7.3	114
15	Jackson	7.1	198
16	Olive Branch	7.1	101
17	Southaven	7.1	92
18	Corinth	7.1	40
19	Magee	7.1	20
20	Starkville	7.0	93
21	Oxford	7.0	91
22	Madison	7.0	78
23	Greenwood	7.0	29
24	Poplarville	7.0	17
25	Gulfport	6.9	140
26	Ridgeland	6.9	103
27	Laurel	6.9	42
28	Booneville	6.9	25
29	Brandon	6.8	62
30	McComb	6.8	36
31	Pelahatchie	6.8	9
32	Hattiesburg	6.7	174
33	Natchez	6.6	40
34	Byram	6.6	22
35	Senatobia	6.6	19
36	New Albany	6.5	22
37	Richland	6.5	17
38	Saltillo	6.5	15
39	Mississippi State	6.5	13
40	Amory	6.4	22
41	Purvis	6.4	10
42	Picayune	6.3	36
43	Pascagoula	6.3	35
44	Greenville	6.3	21
45	Lucedale	6.3	16
46	Saucier	6.3	6
47	Grenada	6.1	29
48	Brookhaven	6.1	27
49	Kosciusko	5.9	14
50	D'Iberville	5.8	31
51	Clinton	5.7	45
52	Philadelphia	5.7	20
53	Florence	5.7	16
54	West Point	5.7	12
55	Bay St. Louis	5.6	23
56	Moss Point	5.6	21
57	Pontotoc	5.6	16
58	Long Beach	5.5	27
59	Pass Christian	5.5	20
60	Hernando	5.4	38
61	Horn Lake	5.4	25
62	Fulton	5.3	14
63	Canton	5.2	20
64	Waynesboro	5.1	15
65	Mathiston	5.1	3
66	Ripley	5.0	9
67	Columbia	4.9	13
68	Caledonia	4.9	3
69	Mantachie	4.8	4
70	Forest	4.7	9
71	Collins	4.7	7
72	Baldwyn	4.7	5
73	Monticello	4.7	4
74	Union	4.7	4
75	Indianola	4.6	12
76	Louisville	4.6	12
77	Vancleave	4.6	10
78	Waveland	4.5	12
79	Ellisville	4.5	10
80	Collinsville	4.5	7
81	Sumrall	4.5	6
82	Flora	4.5	4
83	Yazoo City	4.3	9
84	University	4.3	7
85	Clarksdale	4.2	13
86	Hazlehurst	4.2	4
87	Batesville	4.1	14
88	Winona	4.1	7
89	Holly Springs	4.0	8
90	Wesson	4.0	4
91	Iuka	3.9	3
92	Oak Grove	3.9	2
93	Wade	3.9	2
94	Bay Springs	3.8	4
95	Carthage	3.7	8
96	Raymond	3.7	8
97	Houston	3.7	6
98	Decatur	3.7	4
99	Port Gibson	3.7	3
100	Nettleton	3.6	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.