Best cities for sports in Wisconsin

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

331 scorable cities in Wisconsin.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Hudson	8.6	78
2	Shawano	8.6	33
3	Mequon	8.5	104
4	DeForest	8.5	27
5	Sister Bay	8.4	19
6	Fond du Lac	8.3	106
7	Stevens Point	8.3	87
8	McFarland	8.3	29
9	Fitchburg	8.2	80
10	Sturgeon Bay	8.2	57
11	Monona	8.2	35
12	Mount Horeb	8.2	31
13	Brookfield	8.1	176
14	Middleton	8.1	101
15	Waunakee	8.1	56
16	Delafield	8.1	50
17	Superior	8.1	49
18	Rhinelander	8.1	32
19	Verona	8.0	91
20	Burlington	8.0	41
21	Rice Lake	8.0	38
22	Green Bay	7.9	293
23	Wausau	7.9	104
24	Sun Prairie	7.9	96
25	Onalaska	7.9	64
26	Whitewater	7.9	40
27	Sparta	7.9	35
28	New London	7.9	28
29	Woodruff	7.9	13
30	River Falls	7.8	71
31	Manitowoc	7.8	65
32	Lake Geneva	7.8	58
33	Chippewa Falls	7.8	49
34	Menasha	7.8	45
35	Reedsburg	7.8	36
36	Eagle River	7.8	35
37	Waupaca	7.8	32
38	Oshkosh	7.7	166
39	La Crosse	7.7	158
40	Sheboygan	7.7	112
41	Waukesha	7.7	90
42	Menomonie	7.7	63
43	Elkhorn	7.7	61
44	Baraboo	7.7	58
45	Marshfield	7.7	57
46	Portage	7.7	32
47	Monroe	7.7	28
48	Schofield	7.7	23
49	Madison	7.6	668
50	Appleton	7.6	264
51	West Salem	7.6	19
52	Eau Claire	7.5	165
53	Neenah	7.5	69
54	Glendale	7.5	61
55	Wisconsin Rapids	7.5	57
56	Cedarburg	7.5	49
57	Antigo	7.5	27
58	Dodgeville	7.5	19
59	Menomonee Falls	7.4	110
60	West Allis	7.4	89
61	Wisconsin Dells	7.4	82
62	Oconomowoc	7.4	81
63	Port Washington	7.4	39
64	Kenosha	7.3	208
65	Hartland	7.3	62
66	Merrill	7.3	43
67	Tomah	7.3	38
68	Edgerton	7.3	20
69	Park Falls	7.3	9
70	Ashwaubenon	7.2	56
71	Black River Falls	7.2	24
72	Janesville	7.1	174
73	Hartford	7.1	49
74	Stoughton	7.1	44
75	Suamico	7.1	20
76	Wautoma	7.1	15
77	New Berlin	7.0	96
78	Germantown	7.0	63
79	Watertown	7.0	57
80	Beaver Dam	7.0	49
81	New Richmond	7.0	41
82	Mukwonago	7.0	28
83	Marinette	7.0	23
84	Columbus	7.0	22
85	Viroqua	7.0	20
86	Mosinee	7.0	19
87	Bayfield	7.0	14
88	Spooner	7.0	14
89	Bloomer	7.0	13
90	Milwaukee	6.9	973
91	Racine	6.9	126
92	Wauwatosa	6.9	125
93	Franklin	6.9	106
94	Beloit	6.9	56
95	Mount Pleasant	6.9	43
96	Sussex	6.9	40
97	Fort Atkinson	6.9	39
98	Plymouth	6.9	34
99	Amery	6.9	22
100	Boscobel	6.9	11

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.