Best cities for sports in West Virginia

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

112 scorable cities in West Virginia.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Charles Town	8.3	32
2	Barboursville	7.8	31
3	Parkersburg	7.7	80
4	Weirton	7.7	48
5	Morgantown	7.6	195
6	Wheeling	7.6	91
7	Beckley	7.6	50
8	Fairmont	7.5	56
9	Huntington	7.3	100
10	Martinsburg	7.3	62
11	Charleston	7.2	155
12	South Charleston	7.2	31
13	Hurricane	7.1	37
14	Fayetteville	6.8	10
15	Oak Hill	6.7	30
16	Princeton	6.6	34
17	Moundsville	6.5	21
18	Buckhannon	6.4	19
19	Elkins	6.2	26
20	Nitro	6.2	12
21	Philippi	6.2	10
22	Bridgeport	6.1	32
23	New Martinsville	6.1	12
24	Ravenswood	5.9	18
25	Summersville	5.9	15
26	Wellsburg	5.9	14
27	Sistersville	5.9	7
28	Clarksburg	5.8	32
29	Clendenin	5.8	6
30	Shepherdstown	5.7	13
31	Grafton	5.7	10
32	Keyser	5.6	17
33	Spencer	5.6	7
34	Pleasant Valley	5.6	6
35	Teays Valley	5.5	15
36	Elkview	5.5	7
37	White Hall	5.5	6
38	Williamson	5.4	14
39	Inwood	5.3	9
40	Lewisburg	5.2	16
41	Milton	5.2	13
42	Vienna	5.1	25
43	Bluefield	5.1	24
44	Ripley	5.1	12
45	Romney	5.1	5
46	St. Albans	5.0	14
47	Winfield	5.0	5
48	Logan	4.9	8
49	Cheat Lake	4.8	17
50	Cross Lanes	4.8	10
51	Shinnston	4.7	9
52	Williamstown	4.7	6
53	Weston	4.6	11
54	Crab Orchard	4.6	4
55	Dunbar	4.5	10
56	Follansbee	4.5	9
57	Sutton	4.5	5
58	Benwood	4.5	5
59	Mannington	4.5	4
60	White Sulphur Springs	4.4	19
61	Petersburg	4.4	8
62	Point Pleasant	4.3	11
63	Kingwood	4.3	6
64	Gassaway	4.3	5
65	Jefferson	4.3	3
66	Daniels	4.2	12
67	Kenova	4.1	9
68	Richwood	4.1	8
69	Ronceverte	4.0	6
70	Jane Lew	4.0	4
71	Washington	3.9	7
72	Westover	3.9	6
73	Harrisville	3.9	6
74	Brookhaven	3.9	5
75	Madison	3.8	9
76	Ansted	3.8	3
77	Pinch	3.8	2
78	Rand	3.6	2
79	Pennsboro	3.5	4
80	Parsons	3.4	7
81	Marmet	3.4	5
82	Nutter Fort	3.4	4
83	Mabscott	3.4	3
84	Ranson	3.3	12
85	Chapmanville	3.3	7
86	Belington	3.3	6
87	Eleanor	3.3	4
88	Athens	3.2	5
89	Moorefield	3.2	5
90	Welch	3.2	5
91	Mullens	3.1	4
92	Oceana	3.1	4
93	Chester	3.1	3
94	West Union	3.1	2
95	Thomas	3.1	2
96	Mallory	3.1	2
97	Star City	3.0	4
98	Hinton	2.8	7
99	Pea Ridge	2.8	4
100	Sophia	2.8	2

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.