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	8.7	353
2	Beaverton	8.6	344
3	Medford	8.6	180
4	Roseburg	8.6	51
5	Corvallis	8.5	140
6	Salem	8.3	286
7	Redmond	8.3	76
8	Sherwood	8.3	61
9	Hillsboro	8.2	215
10	Klamath Falls	8.2	73
11	Tualatin	8.2	61
12	Central Point	8.2	27
13	Portland	8.1	1646
14	Eugene	8.1	407
15	Gresham	8.1	115
16	Springfield	8.1	112
17	Grants Pass	8.1	99
18	Newberg	8.1	50
19	Newport	8.1	45
20	Cottage Grove	8.1	38
21	Ontario	8.1	34
22	Ashland	8.0	77
23	Seaside	8.0	23
24	Madras	8.0	22
25	Brookings	8.0	18
26	Lake Oswego	7.9	112
27	Tigard	7.9	103
28	Albany	7.8	89
29	Pendleton	7.8	38
30	Hood River	7.7	65
31	The Dalles	7.7	35
32	Coos Bay	7.7	32
33	Sunriver	7.6	36
34	Sandy	7.6	27
35	Forest Grove	7.5	34
36	Lincoln City	7.5	28
37	St. Helens	7.5	22
38	Oregon City	7.4	64
39	West Linn	7.4	56
40	Lebanon	7.4	31
41	Troutdale	7.3	35
42	Molalla	7.3	24
43	Keizer	7.2	49
44	Toledo	7.2	9
45	McMinnville	7.1	52
46	Prineville	7.1	33
47	Junction City	7.1	19
48	Oak Grove	7.1	16
49	Dallas	7.0	34
50	Silverton	7.0	25
51	Phoenix	7.0	11
52	Sisters	6.9	33
53	Hermiston	6.9	24
54	Florence	6.9	17
55	Wilsonville	6.8	62
56	Happy Valley	6.8	37
57	Canby	6.8	29
58	Bandon	6.7	23
59	North Bend	6.7	20
60	Eagle Point	6.7	19
61	Gladstone	6.7	17
62	Aloha	6.6	31
63	Baker City	6.6	24
64	Astoria	6.5	30
65	Woodburn	6.5	30
66	La Grande	6.5	26
67	La Pine	6.5	16
68	Warrenton	6.4	19
69	Philomath	6.4	12
70	Boardman	6.3	8
71	Lakeview	6.3	8
72	Independence	6.2	18
73	Scappoose	6.2	14
74	Tillamook	6.1	14
75	Talent	6.1	14
76	Estacada	6.1	13
77	Cascade Locks	6.0	13
78	Milton-Freewater	6.0	13
79	Gearhart	6.0	10
80	Raleigh Hills	5.9	10
81	Coquille	5.8	13
82	Carlton	5.8	5
83	Milwaukie	5.6	49
84	Sutherlin	5.6	12
85	Stayton	5.6	11
86	Oakridge	5.5	9
87	Running Y Ranch	5.5	5
88	Cedar Hills	5.4	11
89	Burns	5.4	10
90	Bethany	5.3	10
91	Four Corners	5.3	8
92	Banks	5.2	11
93	Jacksonville	5.1	9
94	Sweet Home	5.0	13
95	Cannon Beach	5.0	11
96	Altamont	4.9	8
97	Enterprise	4.9	7
98	Aumsville	4.9	5
99	Hubbard	4.9	4
100	Monmouth	4.8	17

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.