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 71
  2. T-2nd 92 Stowe, VT Fun Score 44
  3. T-2nd 92 Hilton Head Island, SC Fun Score 58
  4. T-2nd 92 Jackson, WY Fun Score 87

Ranked 5–134

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

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