CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Best cities for star power

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Star Power score. Notable people the city is known for, plus headliner acts that tour through.

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 →

New York (93) leads, ahead of Chicago (92) and Los Angeles (92). Gatlinburg anchors the bottom at 0 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 9 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by star power 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 New York, NY Fun Score 55
  2. T-2nd 92 Chicago, IL Fun Score 59
  3. T-2nd 92 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 40
  4. T-2nd 92 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45

Ranked 5–134

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

Star Power is measured from SeatGeek headliner popularity and Wikidata notable residents (rank-blended).