Best cities for sports in Texas

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

681 scorable cities in Texas.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Tomball	8.4	153
2	Lakeway	8.3	83
3	Bastrop	8.3	74
4	Katy	8.2	459
5	Magnolia	8.2	141
6	Boerne	8.2	99
7	Cedar Park	8.1	293
8	West Lake Hills	8.1	49
9	Weatherford	8.0	115
10	Marble Falls	8.0	50
11	Port Isabel	7.9	32
12	Livingston	7.9	30
13	Southlake	7.8	181
14	Leander	7.8	157
15	Canton	7.8	33
16	Montgomery	7.7	87
17	Granbury	7.7	82
18	Floresville	7.7	29
19	Bandera	7.7	23
20	Oak Ridge North	7.7	22
21	Manchaca	7.7	18
22	Humble	7.6	183
23	Richmond	7.6	143
24	Webster	7.6	122
25	Farmers Branch	7.6	121
26	Longview	7.5	185
27	Dripping Springs	7.5	54
28	Benbrook	7.5	50
29	Abilene	7.4	261
30	Conroe	7.4	257
31	New Braunfels	7.4	248
32	The Woodlands	7.4	238
33	Flower Mound	7.4	237
34	Georgetown	7.4	191
35	Colleyville	7.4	106
36	Canyon Lake	7.4	54
37	Fredericksburg	7.4	46
38	South Padre Island	7.4	42
39	Bowie	7.4	17
40	Tyler	7.3	274
41	Grapevine	7.3	208
42	Kerrville	7.3	87
43	Seabrook	7.3	72
44	Seguin	7.3	62
45	Port Aransas	7.3	52
46	Liberty Hill	7.3	42
47	Willis	7.3	32
48	Pilot Point	7.3	27
49	Windcrest	7.3	24
50	Frisco	7.2	624
51	Round Rock	7.2	393
52	Sugar Land	7.2	331
53	Denton	7.2	300
54	Allen	7.2	281
55	Lewisville	7.2	277
56	Pflugerville	7.2	164
57	Victoria	7.2	126
58	Coppell	7.2	118
59	Prosper	7.2	98
60	Alvin	7.2	70
61	Roanoke	7.2	64
62	Buda	7.2	59
63	Helotes	7.2	50
64	Kilgore	7.2	48
65	Argyle	7.2	39
66	Bulverde	7.2	29
67	Haslet	7.2	28
68	Plano	7.1	840
69	Corpus Christi	7.1	553
70	San Angelo	7.1	194
71	Harlingen	7.1	171
72	Odessa	7.1	165
73	Stafford	7.1	100
74	Bee Cave	7.1	52
75	Canyon	7.1	44
76	Kemah	7.1	36
77	Wimberley	7.1	30
78	Bellville	7.1	21
79	Waller	7.1	21
80	Salado	7.1	19
81	McAllen	7.0	353
82	Carrollton	7.0	304
83	Amarillo	7.0	301
84	San Marcos	7.0	206
85	Mansfield	7.0	189
86	Keller	7.0	178
87	Beaumont	7.0	178
88	Temple	7.0	126
89	Schertz	7.0	78
90	Cleburne	7.0	61
91	Terrell	7.0	49
92	Mineral Wells	7.0	42
93	Justin	7.0	41
94	Columbus	7.0	31
95	Mineola	7.0	26
96	Jersey Village	7.0	25
97	Sealy	7.0	20
98	Needville	7.0	15
99	Rockdale	7.0	11
100	Laredo	6.9	373

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.