If you’re struggling to find love, it might not be your fault — it might be because of where you live.
A new study from WalletHub ranks the best and the worst cities for single people by using their “dating friendliness” score.
To investigate dating friendliness, researchers scored 182 cities across the U.S. on 35 metrics corresponding with three main categories: “economics,” “fun and recreation” and “dating opportunities.”
According to Chip Lupo, a WalletHub analyst, “The best cities for singles have large, gender-balanced single populations, along with a wide variety of indoor and outdoor, daytime and nighttime activities.”
Lupo continued, “They also have reasonable prices for dating activities or high average incomes to help ease the sting of inflation.”
Where is the best city to be single?
These are the best cities for single people, according to the WalletHub report:
- Atlanta, Georgia
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Seattle, Washington
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Tampa, Florida
- Portland, Oregon
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Denver, Colorado
- Austin, Texas
If you live in Atlanta, you’re in luck — over 69% of the population is single, according to WalletHub.
The city also ranked highly in “fun and recreation,” because it has an “extremely high number of attractions, restaurants and nightlife activities,” researchers wrote.
But if you’re looking for the city with the highest number of singles, Detroit, Michigan, ranks as No. 1 — followed by Burlington, Vermont, and Cleveland, Ohio.
Did any Utah cities make the list?
Salt Lake City came in at No. 35 on WalletHub’s list. It scored:
- Total score: 54.42
- Economics rank: 78
- Fun and recreation rank: 36
- Dating opportunities rank: 72
Where is the worst city to be single?
These are the worst cities for single people:
- Pearl City, Hawaii (No. 182)
- Port St. Lucie, Florida (No. 181)
- Brownsville, Texas (No. 180)
- Columbia, Maryland (No. 179)
- Glendale, California (No. 178)
- Hialeah, Florida (No. 177)
- Warwick, Rhode Island (No. 176)
- Grand Prairie, Texas (No. 175)
- Yonkers, New York (No. 174)
- Jackson, Mississippi (No.173)
Among the cities that WalletHub explored, the city with the worst dating opportunities was Brownsville, ranking at 182.
But the city with the least amount of single people was Fremont, California.
And there was bad news for single people in West Valley, Utah — the city ranked as 92 on WalletHub’s list.
It scored:
- Total score: 50.48
- Economics rank: 11
- Fun and recreation rank: 174
- Dating opportunities rank: 30