The place you reside can decide how glad — or sad — you’re feeling.
Fremont, California, has been named the happiest metropolis in the USA, in accordance with a new examine from WalletHub. The California metropolis additionally topped the listing in 2025.
One contributing issue to its rating is that the town has the best share of households — almost 80% — with an revenue above $75,000.
5 different California cities made the highest 25 happiest: Irvine (No. 8), San Jose (No. 10), San Francisco (No. 17), San Diego (No. 21) and Huntington Seashore (No. 25).
Los Angeles, in the meantime, ranked because the 87th happiest metropolis total, coming in seventy fifth for emotional and bodily well-being, 96th for revenue and employment, and 126th for neighborhood and setting.
Again East, New York Metropolis was ranked a comparatively dismal 59th with a complete rating of 57.63.
Out of 182, NYC ranked forty eighth for emotional and bodily well-being, 71st for neighborhood and setting — and 152 for revenue and employment. Nevertheless, NYC did have the fifth-lowest suicide fee.
Northerly neighbor Yonkers was the thirty eighth happiest metropolis total and 18th in emotional and bodily well-being. Yonkers wasn’t that far forward of NYC when it got here to revenue and employment, rating 146, although it did fall behind in neighborhood and setting coming in 99th place.
Within the Backyard State, Jersey Metropolis beat out New York Metropolis, rating thirty first happiest total. Jersey Metropolis additionally ranked a lot greater than NYC in emotional and bodily well-being, coming in at No. 16.
In response to the examine, Jersey Metropolis was the town with the bottom fee of despair and had the second-lowest suicide fee.
For its analysis, WalletHub analyzed 182 of the most important U.S. cities, evaluating them throughout 29 key indicators of happiness, together with despair charges, revenue development and common every day leisure time. The corporate famous that research have proven that rising revenue as much as $75,000 will increase happiness, however making greater than that doesn’t, so cities the place lots of people make a minimum of which might be prone to have “maximized” their happiness.
Again in California, residents of top-rated Fremont even have the best fee of life satisfaction, the seventh-lowest despair fee and the fifth-highest common life expectancy within the nation. Town additionally ranks fifth among the many most caring cities in America.
Fremont has the bottom separation and divorce fee within the nation at simply 9.3%, in addition to the bottom share of adults who report having 14 or extra mentally unhealthy days per thirty days.
Oakland, California, which got here in 52nd total, additionally had the fifth-highest revenue development.
In New Jersey, Newark got here in low on the happiest rating at No. 147, and it had the fourth-lowest adequate-sleep fee and the second-lowest sports-participation fee. Regardless of that, it was additionally the town with the bottom suicide fee.
However Jersey Metropolis fell simply barely behind in different classes, coming at 75 for neighborhood and setting and 154 for revenue and employment.
Elsewhere within the state of New York, Rochester got here in at No. 142 for happiness and had the fourth-highest separation and divorce fee. Buffalo ranked at No. 149. and was tied as the town with the fifth fewest work hours.
High 10 happiest cities within the U.S.
- Fremont, CA
- Bismarck, ND
- Scottsdale, AZ
- South Burlington, VT
- Fargo, ND
- Overland Park, KS
- Charleston, SC
- Irvine, CA
- Gilbert, AZ
- San Jose, CA
10 least glad cities within the U.S.
- Detroit, MI (ranked No. 182)
- Memphis, TN (No. 181)
- Shreveport, LA (No. 180)
- Cleveland, OH (No. 179)
- Huntington, WV (No. 178)
- Toledo, OH (No. 177)
- Augusta, GA (No. 176)
- Fort Smith, AR (No. 175)
- Dover, DE (No. 174)
- Akron, OH (No. 173)
