Best cities for sports in Washington

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

265 scorable cities in Washington.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Gig Harbor	9.1	90
2	Bainbridge Island	8.2	86
3	Port Orchard	8.2	78
4	Burlington	8.2	48
5	Friday Harbor	8.2	30
6	Ellensburg	8.0	69
7	Moses Lake	8.0	67
8	Sequim	8.0	44
9	Vashon	8.0	39
10	Elma	8.0	15
11	Bellingham	7.9	265
12	Everett	7.9	250
13	Puyallup	7.8	149
14	Richland	7.8	134
15	Woodinville	7.8	86
16	Anacortes	7.8	66
17	Spokane Valley	7.7	171
18	Bremerton	7.7	146
19	Lakewood	7.7	91
20	Snohomish	7.7	79
21	Centralia	7.7	45
22	Stanwood	7.7	45
23	Port Townsend	7.7	43
24	Vancouver	7.6	417
25	Walla Walla	7.6	87
26	Pullman	7.6	60
27	North Bend	7.6	47
28	Kenmore	7.6	38
29	Bellevue	7.5	453
30	Olympia	7.5	203
31	Kent	7.5	179
32	Kennewick	7.5	162
33	Lynnwood	7.5	156
34	Camas	7.5	63
35	Mukilteo	7.5	58
36	Leavenworth	7.5	35
37	Tacoma	7.4	392
38	Yakima	7.4	154
39	Tumwater	7.4	70
40	University Place	7.4	57
41	Poulsbo	7.4	45
42	Ferndale	7.4	43
43	Redmond	7.3	307
44	Issaquah	7.3	147
45	Wenatchee	7.3	77
46	Arlington	7.3	73
47	Enumclaw	7.3	45
48	Kirkland	7.2	239
49	Federal Way	7.2	135
50	Pasco	7.2	83
51	Silverdale	7.2	52
52	Snoqualmie	7.2	38
53	Eatonville	7.2	12
54	Shoreline	7.1	77
55	Port Angeles	7.1	63
56	Lake Stevens	7.1	53
57	Mill Creek	7.1	53
58	Yelm	7.1	39
59	Aberdeen	7.1	31
60	Cle Elum	7.1	26
61	Maltby	7.1	19
62	Union Gap	7.1	13
63	Granite Falls	7.1	11
64	Spokane	7.0	462
65	Renton	7.0	195
66	Oak Harbor	7.0	67
67	Longview	7.0	65
68	Tukwila	7.0	63
69	Mercer Island	7.0	59
70	Mountlake Terrace	7.0	42
71	Deer Park	7.0	19
72	Seattle	6.9	2231
73	Auburn	6.9	138
74	Bothell	6.9	132
75	Monroe	6.9	56
76	Chelan	6.9	41
77	Covington	6.9	28
78	Buckley	6.9	16
79	Twisp	6.9	7
80	Cheney	6.8	25
81	Cashmere	6.8	16
82	Freeland	6.8	15
83	Carnation	6.8	13
84	Sedro-Woolley	6.7	27
85	Raymond	6.7	13
86	La Conner	6.7	11
87	Ocean Park	6.7	8
88	Liberty Lake	6.6	32
89	Ocean Shores	6.6	22
90	Camano	6.6	18
91	Montesano	6.6	17
92	Fall City	6.6	9
93	Lacey	6.5	99
94	Blaine	6.5	34
95	East Wenatchee	6.5	31
96	Sumner	6.5	30
97	Duvall	6.5	22
98	Marysville	6.4	79
99	Maple Valley	6.4	65
100	Shelton	6.4	32

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.