Best cities for sports in Pennsylvania

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

677 scorable cities in Pennsylvania.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Export	8.5	13
2	Johnstown	8.4	90
3	Warren	8.4	37
4	Doylestown	8.3	111
5	Downingtown	8.3	93
6	Butler	8.3	79
7	Richboro	8.3	34
8	Altoona	8.2	96
9	Exton	8.2	79
10	Bedford	8.2	20
11	Wayne	8.1	89
12	East Stroudsburg	8.1	83
13	Stroudsburg	8.1	78
14	Hanover	8.1	74
15	Quakertown	8.1	71
16	Latrobe	8.1	54
17	Abbottstown	8.1	11
18	Mechanicsburg	8.0	148
19	Pottstown	8.0	104
20	Gettysburg	8.0	62
21	Plymouth Meeting	8.0	38
22	Sinking Spring	8.0	32
23	Honesdale	8.0	30
24	New Hope	8.0	25
25	Monroeville	7.9	118
26	Dallas	7.9	28
27	Myerstown	7.9	15
28	Erie	7.8	336
29	West Chester	7.8	208
30	Indiana	7.8	70
31	Broomall	7.8	43
32	Clearfield	7.8	33
33	Nazareth	7.8	33
34	Ebensburg	7.8	29
35	Fleetwood	7.8	20
36	Milton	7.8	19
37	Carlisle	7.7	116
38	Phoenixville	7.7	114
39	Bloomsburg	7.7	65
40	Hatboro	7.7	47
41	Ambler	7.7	46
42	Connellsville	7.7	37
43	Palmyra	7.7	27
44	Slippery Rock	7.7	25
45	Easton	7.5	105
46	Bethel Park	7.5	60
47	Washington	7.5	54
48	Annville	7.5	30
49	Girard	7.5	21
50	Boyertown	7.5	18
51	Windber	7.5	16
52	Lancaster	7.4	279
53	York	7.4	259
54	State College	7.4	156
55	Greensburg	7.4	109
56	Hershey	7.4	78
57	Conshohocken	7.4	65
58	Meadville	7.4	58
59	Beaver Falls	7.4	45
60	Harleysville	7.4	32
61	Bangor	7.4	23
62	West Newton	7.4	11
63	New Milford	7.4	11
64	Pocono Pines	7.4	9
65	Pittsburgh	7.3	1215
66	Harrisburg	7.3	247
67	Reading	7.3	204
68	King of Prussia	7.3	99
69	Malvern	7.3	90
70	Bryn Mawr	7.3	76
71	Kingston	7.3	74
72	Lebanon	7.3	71
73	Lititz	7.3	52
74	New Kensington	7.3	45
75	Edinboro	7.3	35
76	Manheim	7.3	33
77	Hawley	7.3	28
78	DuBois	7.3	28
79	Bellefonte	7.3	26
80	Verona	7.3	20
81	Apollo	7.3	12
82	Bridgeville	7.2	48
83	Ardmore	7.2	44
84	Sewickley	7.2	38
85	Lehighton	7.2	37
86	Emmaus	7.2	36
87	Uniontown	7.2	35
88	Oakmont	7.2	31
89	Lemoyne	7.2	31
90	Mount Pleasant	7.2	29
91	Coopersburg	7.2	26
92	Kittanning	7.2	25
93	Berwick	7.2	24
94	Shrewsbury	7.2	20
95	Ligonier	7.2	18
96	Dover	7.2	17
97	Leesport	7.2	16
98	Tyrone	7.2	13
99	Allentown	7.1	253
100	Wilkes-Barre	7.1	131

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.