CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Best cities for unique hangouts

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Unique Hangouts score. Escape rooms, arcades, trampoline parks and karaoke spots.

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 →

Gatlinburg (93) leads, ahead of Stowe (92) and Hilton Head Island (92). Telluride and 9 other cities sit at the bottom with 3 — a 90-point gap.

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

All 134 cities, coloured by unique hangouts 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 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 73
  2. T-2nd 92 Stowe, VT Fun Score 53
  3. T-2nd 92 Hilton Head Island, SC Fun Score 63
  4. T-2nd 92 Jackson, WY Fun Score 92

Ranked 5–134

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

Unique Hangouts is measured from OpenStreetMap escape rooms, arcades, trampoline parks and karaoke venues, with Google Places ratings adjusting for venue quality.