WalletHub has taken a crack at identifying the happiest city in the nation, and it turns out that Fremont, California, wins the crown. The site used nearly 30 metrics gleaned from “positive-psychology research,” including income, leisure time, physical health, depression rates, divorce rates, and even sleep rates.
Fremont in particular has a large share of households making at least $75,000, seen as an important threshold for happiness (though earning more doesn’t seem to make much of a difference).
The top 10:
- Fremont, California, 74.09 total score
- Bismarck, North Dakota, 73.11
- Scottsdale, Arizona, 71.36
- South Burlington, Vermont, 70.15
- Fargo, North Dakota, 69.36
- Overland Park, Kansas, 68.45
- Charleston, South Carolina, 68.44
- Irvine, California, 67.99
- Gilbert, Arizona, 67.96
- San Jose, California, 67.79
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