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Winston-Salem, NC · the CityFunIndex

Sports in Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem ranks T#63 of 134 US cities for sports, with a Sports score of 50 — Fun. That puts it in the 54th percentile nationally and #5 of 6 in North Carolina.

Sports score
50
Fun
National rank
T#63 of 134
In North Carolina
#5 of 6
Percentile
54th

The typical city scores 50 for sports; Winston-Salem sits right at the median.

Winston-Salem has no sports measurement yet, so this score is the index median placeholder (≈50), not a measured value. The composite Fun Score renormalises around the gap, so Winston-Salem’s headline number is unaffected.

How sports is measured

Pro and college teams and the game-day energy around them.

Data sources: Ticketmaster and SeatGeek pro and college games, plus OpenStreetMap stadiums, sports centres and fitness centres.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Winston-Salem

  1. #61 Cleveland, OH 55
  2. #62 San Diego, CA 54
  3. T#63 Winston-Salem, NC — this page 50
  4. T#73 Park City, UT 45
  5. T#73 Wichita, KS 45

See the full leaderboard — Best cities for sports →

Top US cities for sports

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 93
  2. T#2 Asheville, NC 92
  3. T#2 Charleston, SC 92
  4. T#2 Portland, ME 92
  5. T#5 Des Moines, IA 91

More about Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem scores 32 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: