Seattle has been named one of the best cities for families in the U.S., according to a new ranking by WalletHub. The city placed sixth overall on the personal finance site’s annual list, which compared 182 major cities on factors like affordability, education, safety, and access to family fun.
The personal finance management site compared cities across five key dimensions: opportunities for family fun, health and safety, education and childcare, affordability, and socio-economics.
“We evaluated those categories using 45 relevant metrics,” said a press release. “Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for family life. We determined each city’s weighted average across all metrics to calculate its overall score and used the resulting scores to rank-order our sample.”…