Best cities for sports in Ohio

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

522 scorable cities in Ohio.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Athens	9.0	64
2	Plain City	9.0	43
3	Mentor	8.9	143
4	Wilmington	8.6	58
5	Chardon	8.6	35
6	Maumee	8.5	72
7	Broadview Heights	8.5	61
8	Wickliffe	8.4	28
9	Medina	8.3	143
10	Bowling Green	8.3	97
11	Eastlake	8.3	40
12	Ashtabula	8.3	38
13	Geneva	8.3	29
14	Cincinnati	8.2	1176
15	North Ridgeville	8.2	70
16	Warren	8.2	68
17	Defiance	8.2	48
18	Holland	8.2	27
19	Westerville	8.1	198
20	Springfield	8.1	127
21	Sylvania	8.1	80
22	Zanesville	8.1	73
23	Ottawa	8.1	20
24	Findlay	8.0	127
25	Kettering	8.0	97
26	Lancaster	8.0	91
27	Beavercreek	8.0	76
28	Centerville	8.0	71
29	Avon Lake	8.0	63
30	Wauseon	8.0	28
31	Canton	7.9	164
32	Kent	7.9	113
33	Powell	7.9	102
34	Lorain	7.9	76
35	Ashland	7.9	55
36	Heath	7.9	35
37	New Franklin	7.9	20
38	Toledo	7.8	436
39	Dublin	7.8	244
40	Newark	7.8	95
41	Loveland	7.8	94
42	Parma	7.8	93
43	Lima	7.8	84
44	Brunswick	7.8	74
45	North Olmsted	7.8	69
46	Vermilion	7.8	45
47	Hubbard	7.8	28
48	Dayton	7.7	417
49	Hilliard	7.7	129
50	Sandusky	7.7	103
51	Grove City	7.7	98
52	Middletown	7.7	73
53	Twinsburg	7.7	72
54	Marietta	7.7	68
55	Springboro	7.7	67
56	Milford	7.7	65
57	Tiffin	7.7	63
58	Willoughby	7.7	63
59	Marysville	7.7	62
60	Fremont	7.7	55
61	Fairlawn	7.7	49
62	Granville	7.7	36
63	Coshocton	7.7	23
64	Wapakoneta	7.7	22
65	Lexington	7.7	21
66	West Carrollton	7.7	17
67	Cleveland	7.6	583
68	Akron	7.6	376
69	Strongsville	7.6	133
70	Stow	7.6	86
71	Massillon	7.6	79
72	New Philadelphia	7.6	46
73	Greenville	7.6	32
74	Brook Park	7.6	24
75	Columbus	7.5	1435
76	Delaware	7.5	101
77	New Albany	7.5	78
78	Fairborn	7.5	76
79	Beachwood	7.5	74
80	Alliance	7.5	49
81	Middleburg Heights	7.5	42
82	Jefferson	7.5	12
83	Hamilton	7.4	115
84	Avon	7.4	100
85	North Canton	7.4	91
86	North Royalton	7.4	78
87	Salem	7.4	41
88	Harrison	7.4	37
89	Urbana	7.4	36
90	Oberlin	7.4	29
91	Struthers	7.4	25
92	Mason	7.3	175
93	Youngstown	7.3	169
94	Westlake	7.3	113
95	Mansfield	7.3	107
96	Independence	7.3	48
97	Sidney	7.3	40
98	Port Clinton	7.3	39
99	Kenton	7.3	17
100	Evendale	7.3	11

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.