Find Your City

Move the sliders to weight what matters most. We'll surface the cities that best fit your priorities.

Use this as a starting point, not a definitive answer — results reflect the weights you set and the data available for each city. See “How we score” to understand where the output comes from.

How we score →

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Narrow the search to cities in one state, or leave as “All states” to consider every city.

City size (optional)

Check the sizes you want to see. Leave all unchecked to include every city size.

By default, results include Census-Designated Places. Check this to show only incorporated cities and towns.

Uncheck to see the top 10 cities overall, even if several are in the same state.

Affordability
Monthly budget
Housing — rent or buy?
How much does each factor matter?
5 out of 10

Prices for groceries, services, and goods.

5 out of 10

State and local taxes as a share of income.

5 out of 10

Composite of violent and property crime rates.

5 out of 10

Hurricanes, wildfires, floods, earthquakes.

5 out of 10

Latest local labor-market conditions.

5 out of 10

Mean annual AQI from EPA monitoring stations.

5 out of 10

County-level health and longevity outcomes.

Climate

Filter to cities that hit your temperature range, then rank by how often they do.

Daily-high range (°F)
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Days per year in this range