CityFunIndex

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Best cities for city vibe

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its City Vibe score. How much the city is talked about and searched for — news and search attention.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
93
Average
49

Pillar scores are national percentile ranks on a saturation curve, so the leader of every category lands near the same ceiling — the ranks beneath are still distinct. See how scoring works →

Billings (93) leads, ahead of Birmingham (92) and Nashville (92). Telluride anchors the bottom at 0 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 8 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by city vibe score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.

  • Quiet
  • Some Fun
  • Fun
  • Very Fun
  • Exceptional

Score spread across all 134 cities

  • Quiet 40
  • Some Fun 26
  • Fun 27
  • Very Fun 21
  • Exceptional 20
  1. 1st 93 Billings, MT Fun Score 60
  2. T-2nd 92 Birmingham, AL Fun Score 58
  3. T-2nd 92 Nashville, TN Fun Score 60
  4. T-2nd 92 Scottsdale, AZ Fun Score 46

Ranked 5–134

  1. T#5 91 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 35
  2. T#5 91 San Jose, CA Fun Score 62
  3. T#5 91 Pittsburgh, PA Fun Score 94
  4. T#8 90 Houston, TX Fun Score 41
  5. T#8 90 Phoenix, AZ Fun Score 40
  6. T#8 90 Dallas, TX Fun Score 38
  7. T#11 89 Louisville, KY Fun Score 55
  8. T#11 89 Charleston, WV Fun Score 61
  9. T#13 88 Mesa, AZ Fun Score 36
  10. T#13 88 Buffalo, NY Fun Score 77
  11. T#13 88 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45
  12. T#16 87 Boston, MA Fun Score 98
  13. T#16 87 Indianapolis, IN Fun Score 48
  14. T#18 86 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 96
  15. T#18 86 Lexington, KY Fun Score 69
  16. #20 85 Milwaukee, WI Fun Score 70
  17. T#21 84 Lincoln, NE Fun Score 74
  18. T#21 84 Richmond, VA Fun Score 91
  19. T#23 83 Providence, RI Fun Score 78
  20. T#23 83 Savannah, GA Fun Score 75
  21. #25 82 New York, NY Fun Score 54
  22. #26 81 Chesapeake, VA Fun Score 44
  23. T#27 80 Atlanta, GA Fun Score 88
  24. T#27 80 St. Louis, MO Fun Score 65
  25. #29 79 Jacksonville, FL Fun Score 19
  26. #30 78 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 38
  27. T#31 77 Henderson, NV Fun Score 13
  28. T#31 77 Cincinnati, OH Fun Score 92
  29. #33 76 Denver, CO Fun Score 82
  30. #34 75 Miami, FL Fun Score 55
  31. T#35 74 Spokane, WA Fun Score 63
  32. T#35 74 Arlington, TX Fun Score 17
  33. #37 73 San Antonio, TX Fun Score 22
  34. #38 72 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  35. T#39 71 Orlando, FL Fun Score 65
  36. T#39 71 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 31
  37. #41 70 Reno, NV Fun Score 66
  38. #42 69 Des Moines, IA Fun Score 74
  39. T#43 68 Detroit, MI Fun Score 45
  40. T#43 68 Greensboro, NC Fun Score 59
  41. #45 67 Montgomery, AL Fun Score 41
  42. #46 66 Fresno, CA Fun Score 23
  43. T#47 65 Tucson, AZ Fun Score 47
  44. T#47 65 Bend, OR Fun Score 80
  45. #49 64 Baltimore, MD Fun Score 76
  46. #50 63 Hartford, CT Fun Score 64
  47. T#51 62 Madison, WI Fun Score 97
  48. T#51 62 Tampa, FL Fun Score 70
  49. #53 61 Cleveland, OH Fun Score 77
  50. #54 60 Fort Worth, TX Fun Score 18
  51. T#55 59 San Diego, CA Fun Score 74
  52. T#55 59 Durham, NC Fun Score 64
  53. #57 58 Tulsa, OK Fun Score 51
  54. #58 57 Sioux Falls, SD Fun Score 40
  55. T#59 56 Raleigh, NC Fun Score 64
  56. T#59 56 Chicago, IL Fun Score 56
  57. #61 55 Napa, CA Fun Score 52
  58. #62 54 Toledo, OH Fun Score 45
  59. T#63 53 Little Rock, AR Fun Score 47
  60. T#63 53 Irvine, CA Fun Score 57
  61. #65 52 Laredo, TX Fun Score 10
  62. #66 51 Fremont, CA Fun Score 54
  63. T#67 50 Plano, TX Placeholder
  64. T#67 50 Washington, DC Fun Score 93
  65. #69 49 Chandler, AZ Fun Score 41
  66. #70 48 Columbus, OH Fun Score 60
  67. T#71 47 Sacramento, CA Fun Score 54
  68. T#71 47 Manchester, NH Fun Score 55
  69. #73 46 Omaha, NE Fun Score 68
  70. #74 45 El Paso, TX Fun Score 21
  71. T#75 44 Charleston, SC Fun Score 87
  72. T#75 44 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49
  73. #77 43 Riverside, CA Fun Score 21
  74. #78 42 Portland, ME Fun Score 100
  75. T#79 41 Austin, TX Fun Score 67
  76. T#79 41 Aurora, CO Fun Score 37
  77. #81 40 Memphis, TN Fun Score 14
  78. #82 39 Sedona, AZ Fun Score 55
  79. T#83 38 Charlotte, NC Fun Score 54
  80. T#83 38 Jersey City, NJ Fun Score 43
  81. #85 37 Kansas City, MO Fun Score 65
  82. #86 36 Bakersfield, CA Fun Score 0
  83. T#87 35 Santa Clarita, CA Fun Score 30
  84. T#87 35 Lubbock, TX Fun Score 32
  85. #89 34 Burlington, VT Fun Score 73
  86. #90 33 Bismarck, ND Fun Score 26
  87. T#91 32 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 84
  88. T#91 32 Colorado Springs, CO Fun Score 51
  89. #93 31 Wilmington, DE Fun Score 50
  90. #94 30 Baton Rouge, LA Fun Score 28
  91. T#95 29 New Orleans, LA Fun Score 64
  92. T#95 29 Anchorage, AK Fun Score 36
  93. #97 28 Wichita, KS Fun Score 15
  94. #98 27 Oklahoma City, OK Fun Score 25
  95. T#99 26 Anaheim, CA Fun Score 41
  96. T#99 26 Oakland, CA Fun Score 61
  97. #101 25 Winston-Salem, NC Fun Score 32
  98. #102 24 Irving, TX Fun Score 20
  99. T#103 23 Corpus Christi, TX Fun Score 20
  100. T#103 23 Asheville, NC Fun Score 85
  101. #105 22 Albuquerque, NM Fun Score 41
  102. #106 21 Gilbert, AZ Fun Score 31
  103. T#107 20 Glendale, AZ Fun Score 10
  104. T#107 20 Jackson, MS Fun Score 25
  105. #109 19 Newark, NJ Fun Score 36
  106. #110 18 Portland, OR Fun Score 81
  107. T#111 17 Boise, ID Fun Score 80
  108. T#111 17 Santa Ana, CA Fun Score 32
  109. #113 16 Stockton, CA Fun Score 2
  110. #114 15 Norfolk, VA Fun Score 56
  111. T#115 14 Honolulu, HI Fun Score 86
  112. T#115 14 St. Petersburg, FL Fun Score 46
  113. #117 13 Fargo, ND Fun Score 48
  114. #118 12 Saint Paul, MN Fun Score 64
  115. T#119 11 Fort Wayne, IN Fun Score 49
  116. T#119 11 Garland, TX Fun Score 0
  117. #121 10 Bridgeport, CT Fun Score 41
  118. #122 9 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63
  119. T#123 8 Hialeah, FL Fun Score 18
  120. T#123 8 Boulder, CO Fun Score 77
  121. #125 7 Santa Barbara, CA Fun Score 83
  122. #126 6 North Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 4
  123. T#127 5 Key West, FL Fun Score 71
  124. T#127 5 Park City, UT Fun Score 74
  125. #129 4 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 71
  126. #130 3 Hilton Head Island, SC Fun Score 58
  127. T#131 2 Jackson, WY Fun Score 87
  128. T#131 2 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  129. #133 1 Stowe, VT Fun Score 44
  130. #134 0 Telluride, CO Fun Score 77

1 of 134 cities has no city vibe measurement, so it sits at the median (50) as a placeholder — flagged above and not a measured rank. The composite Fun Score renormalises around the gap, so it is unaffected.

City Vibe is measured from GDELT news tone and Google Trends search interest (each percentile-ranked, then averaged).