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	Plain City	9.0	43
2	Athens	8.7	64
3	Mentor	8.5	143
4	Chardon	8.4	35
5	Geneva	8.3	29
6	Wilmington	8.2	58
7	Goshen	8.2	10
8	Maumee	8.1	72
9	Marietta	8.1	68
10	Holland	8.1	27
11	Cleves	8.0	24
12	Ottawa	8.0	20
13	Millersburg	8.0	19
14	Medina	7.9	143
15	Powell	7.9	102
16	Bowling Green	7.9	97
17	Zanesville	7.9	73
18	Minerva	7.9	16
19	Sandusky	7.8	103
20	Broadview Heights	7.8	61
21	Eastlake	7.8	40
22	Port Clinton	7.8	39
23	Granville	7.8	36
24	Batavia	7.8	33
25	Albany	7.8	7
26	Cincinnati	7.7	1176
27	Dayton	7.7	417
28	Loveland	7.7	94
29	Sylvania	7.7	80
30	Chillicothe	7.7	68
31	Milford	7.7	65
32	East Liverpool	7.7	38
33	Columbiana	7.7	27
34	Canton	7.6	164
35	Centerville	7.6	71
36	Springboro	7.6	67
37	Wickliffe	7.6	28
38	Westerville	7.5	198
39	Mason	7.5	175
40	Findlay	7.5	127
41	Kent	7.5	113
42	North Ridgeville	7.5	70
43	Willoughby	7.5	63
44	Fairlawn	7.5	49
45	Celina	7.5	44
46	Salem	7.5	41
47	Logan	7.5	30
48	Valley View	7.5	21
49	Lisbon	7.5	11
50	North Canton	7.4	91
51	Hudson	7.4	80
52	North Olmsted	7.4	69
53	Tiffin	7.4	63
54	Chagrin Falls	7.4	49
55	Ravenna	7.4	42
56	Urbana	7.4	36
57	Johnstown	7.4	35
58	Springfield	7.3	127
59	Beachwood	7.3	74
60	Troy	7.3	67
61	Defiance	7.3	48
62	Vermilion	7.3	45
63	Piqua	7.3	42
64	Ashtabula	7.3	38
65	Heath	7.3	35
66	Wauseon	7.3	28
67	Chesterland	7.3	28
68	Struthers	7.3	25
69	Loudonville	7.3	13
70	Garrettsville	7.3	11
71	Millersport	7.3	8
72	Kettering	7.2	97
73	Blue Ash	7.2	81
74	New Albany	7.2	78
75	Beavercreek	7.2	76
76	Twinsburg	7.2	72
77	Avon Lake	7.2	63
78	Marysville	7.2	62
79	Mount Vernon	7.2	59
80	Norwalk	7.2	47
81	New Philadelphia	7.2	46
82	Bryan	7.2	28
83	Madison	7.2	23
84	Jefferson	7.2	12
85	Gates Mills	7.2	10
86	Toledo	7.1	436
87	Dublin	7.1	244
88	Hilliard	7.1	129
89	Grove City	7.1	98
90	Massillon	7.1	79
91	Lorain	7.1	76
92	Brunswick	7.1	74
93	Ashland	7.1	55
94	Alliance	7.1	49
95	Harrison	7.1	37
96	Hubbard	7.1	28
97	Coshocton	7.1	23
98	New Franklin	7.1	20
99	Strongsville	7.0	133
100	Fairfield	7.0	104

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.