Best cities for sports in Oregon

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

150 scorable cities in Oregon.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Bend	8.2	353
2	Klamath Falls	8.1	73
3	Beaverton	7.9	344
4	Medford	7.9	180
5	Redmond	7.9	76
6	Corvallis	7.8	140
7	The Dalles	7.8	35
8	Grants Pass	7.7	99
9	Lincoln City	7.7	28
10	Brookings	7.7	18
11	Eugene	7.6	407
12	Hood River	7.6	65
13	Sherwood	7.6	61
14	Sunriver	7.6	36
15	Coos Bay	7.6	32
16	Salem	7.5	286
17	Springfield	7.5	112
18	Cottage Grove	7.5	38
19	Hillsboro	7.4	215
20	Roseburg	7.4	51
21	Madras	7.4	22
22	Ashland	7.3	77
23	Tualatin	7.3	61
24	Newport	7.3	45
25	Ontario	7.3	34
26	Central Point	7.3	27
27	Lake Oswego	7.2	112
28	Seaside	7.2	23
29	St. Helens	7.2	22
30	Gresham	7.1	115
31	Tigard	7.1	103
32	Newberg	7.1	50
33	Pendleton	7.1	38
34	Sisters	7.1	33
35	Sandy	7.1	27
36	Albany	7.0	89
37	Molalla	7.0	24
38	Cannon Beach	7.0	11
39	Phoenix	7.0	11
40	Portland	6.9	1646
41	Tillamook	6.8	14
42	West Linn	6.7	56
43	Prineville	6.7	33
44	Lebanon	6.7	31
45	Silverton	6.7	25
46	Waldport	6.7	15
47	Wilsonville	6.6	62
48	La Grande	6.6	26
49	Bandon	6.6	23
50	Warrenton	6.6	19
51	Hermiston	6.5	24
52	Oak Grove	6.5	16
53	Oakridge	6.5	9
54	Troutdale	6.4	35
55	Dallas	6.4	34
56	North Bend	6.4	20
57	Cascade Locks	6.4	13
58	Coquille	6.4	13
59	Toledo	6.4	9
60	McMinnville	6.3	52
61	Eagle Point	6.3	19
62	Junction City	6.3	19
63	Banks	6.3	11
64	Lakeview	6.3	8
65	Forest Grove	6.2	34
66	Oregon City	6.1	64
67	Gearhart	6.1	10
68	Happy Valley	6.0	37
69	Gladstone	6.0	17
70	Florence	6.0	17
71	North Plains	6.0	13
72	Myrtle Creek	6.0	10
73	John Day	6.0	9
74	Gold Hill	6.0	9
75	Astoria	5.9	30
76	Canby	5.9	29
77	Keizer	5.8	49
78	Woodburn	5.8	30
79	La Pine	5.8	16
80	Baker City	5.7	24
81	Estacada	5.7	13
82	Mount Hood Villages	5.7	12
83	Burns	5.7	10
84	Milwaukie	5.6	49
85	Carlton	5.6	5
86	Boardman	5.5	8
87	Four Corners	5.5	8
88	Aloha	5.4	31
89	Sweet Home	5.4	13
90	Clatskanie	5.4	6
91	Running Y Ranch	5.4	5
92	Philomath	5.3	12
93	Scappoose	5.2	14
94	Talent	5.2	14
95	Stayton	5.2	11
96	Cedar Hills	5.2	11
97	Independence	5.0	18
98	Milton-Freewater	5.0	13
99	Raleigh Hills	4.8	10
100	Damascus	4.8	9

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.