CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Cities at the lowest disaster risk

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by disaster resilience — from the least exposed to the most. The resilience score flips our hazard measure, so the city facing the fewest natural disasters leads.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
100
Average
51

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 →

Stowe (100) leads, ahead of Telluride (99) and Aspen (98). Santa Clarita and 3 other cities sit at the bottom with 8 — a 92-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 7 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by resilience 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 20
  • Exceptional 21
  1. 1st 100 Stowe, VT Fun Score 44
  2. 2nd 99 Telluride, CO Fun Score 77
  3. T-3rd 98 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  4. T-3rd 98 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49

Ranked 5–134

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

2 of 134 cities have no disaster risk measurement, so they sit 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.

The resilience score flips a city's disaster risk score — 100 minus it — drawn from FEMA National Risk Index.