Official whole-life ranking
One balanced view of whether a place can support the relationship, home, financial, community, and opportunity sides of your next chapter.
| Rank | City and state | Heart Index | Partner | Settlement | Economic | Relationship | Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hoboken, New Jersey | 73.8 | 92.9 | 64.9 | 83.2 | 31.3 | 86.1 |
| #2 | Mountain View, California | 72.5 | 78.5 | 67.9 | 84.5 | 36.6 | 88.9 |
| #3 | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 72.2 | 95.8 | 61.4 | 76.5 | 28.9 | 85.6 |
| #4 | Somerville, Massachusetts | 71.9 | 95.8 | 62.2 | 78.6 | 29.2 | 80.9 |
| #5 | Medford, Massachusetts | 71.5 | 91.5 | 62.3 | 78.6 | 31.9 | 82.3 |
| #6 | Piscataway, New Jersey | 71.0 | 87.6 | 58.4 | 82.5 | 36.7 | 83.0 |
| #7 | Saint Louis Park, Minnesota | 70.9 | 87.9 | 67.9 | 76.3 | 31.0 | 79.4 |
| #8 | Brookline, Massachusetts | 70.7 | 87.8 | 60.3 | 80.2 | 32.4 | 84.3 |
| #9 | Waltham, Massachusetts | 70.7 | 89.9 | 60.8 | 75.9 | 31.0 | 84.8 |
| #10 | Royal Oak, Michigan | 70.6 | 88.9 | 68.8 | 75.3 | 30.8 | 76.4 |
| #11 | Santa Clara, California | 70.3 | 72.9 | 66.3 | 82.3 | 36.7 | 88.1 |
| #12 | Bozeman, Montana | 70.1 | 86.3 | 61.0 | 72.0 | 46.2 | 77.7 |
| #13 | Costa Mesa, California | 69.7 | 87.0 | 60.8 | 76.6 | 33.4 | 81.1 |
| #14 | Reston, Virginia | 68.8 | 72.1 | 67.7 | 84.1 | 34.8 | 80.0 |
| #15 | Arlington, Virginia | 68.7 | 79.4 | 65.6 | 82.1 | 32.4 | 76.4 |
| #16 | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | 68.7 | 83.2 | 61.5 | 83.2 | 36.6 | 72.6 |
| #17 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | 68.5 | 83.4 | 61.9 | 65.8 | 47.3 | 76.2 |
| #18 | Sunnyvale, California | 68.1 | 62.3 | 66.3 | 86.0 | 38.1 | 86.6 |
| #19 | Seattle, Washington | 67.7 | 85.6 | 61.9 | 76.5 | 31.5 | 73.1 |
| #20 | Shakopee, Minnesota | 67.6 | 73.3 | 67.7 | 77.1 | 37.5 | 75.9 |
| #21 | Lehi, Utah | 67.6 | 49.1 | 70.8 | 83.8 | 46.3 | 90.2 |
| #22 | Santa Cruz, California | 67.6 | 88.0 | 52.4 | 72.6 | 41.2 | 76.9 |
| #23 | West Des Moines, Iowa | 67.5 | 76.0 | 66.6 | 70.7 | 37.3 | 78.4 |
| #24 | De Pere, Wisconsin | 67.5 | 65.3 | 69.0 | 74.5 | 46.9 | 78.4 |
| #25 | San Francisco, California | 67.3 | 84.5 | 56.7 | 77.0 | 32.4 | 78.0 |
| #26 | Fairfield, Connecticut | 67.2 | 62.7 | 61.8 | 84.4 | 37.6 | 88.8 |
| #27 | Columbia, Maryland | 67.1 | 72.2 | 62.9 | 80.8 | 36.8 | 78.3 |
| #28 | Richland, Washington | 67.1 | 67.8 | 62.6 | 73.7 | 44.3 | 83.8 |
| #29 | Milpitas, California | 66.7 | 60.2 | 61.7 | 84.9 | 39.5 | 87.8 |
| #30 | Sandy Springs, Georgia | 66.7 | 81.6 | 61.6 | 75.7 | 32.2 | 73.6 |
| #31 | Santa Monica, California | 66.6 | 84.5 | 55.9 | 74.4 | 29.8 | 79.4 |
| #32 | South San Francisco, California | 66.6 | 72.4 | 58.6 | 79.8 | 36.9 | 81.7 |
| #33 | Redlands, California | 66.6 | 81.8 | 55.2 | 74.7 | 35.2 | 79.2 |
| #34 | Fairfax, Virginia | 66.5 | 67.4 | 63.4 | 83.9 | 36.2 | 79.0 |
| #35 | Denver, Colorado | 66.5 | 86.1 | 57.8 | 71.2 | 32.3 | 75.1 |
| #36 | Aliso Viejo, California | 66.5 | 66.7 | 61.9 | 82.8 | 36.6 | 82.4 |
| #37 | San Mateo, California | 66.5 | 66.6 | 61.1 | 81.0 | 36.2 | 85.0 |
| #38 | Smyrna, Georgia | 66.5 | 82.1 | 61.1 | 74.0 | 33.2 | 73.0 |
| #39 | Orange, California | 66.4 | 77.1 | 57.3 | 77.6 | 35.8 | 78.9 |
| #40 | Anchorage, Alaska | 66.4 | 76.2 | 60.9 | 74.3 | 42.8 | 72.6 |
| #41 | American Fork, Utah | 66.3 | 51.1 | 68.2 | 80.4 | 44.5 | 88.7 |
| #42 | Gahanna, Ohio | 66.3 | 74.6 | 64.8 | 74.3 | 35.5 | 74.8 |
| #43 | Redwood City, California | 66.2 | 70.7 | 59.8 | 80.9 | 36.7 | 79.8 |
| #44 | Fairburn, Georgia | 66.2 | 87.0 | 55.8 | 72.1 | 35.0 | 72.0 |
| #45 | Bentonville, Arkansas | 66.1 | 53.4 | 70.6 | 80.1 | 44.3 | 82.3 |
| #46 | Buena Park, California | 66.1 | 76.8 | 56.9 | 77.9 | 38.1 | 76.5 |
| #47 | Richardson, Texas | 66.1 | 76.8 | 59.9 | 73.3 | 33.6 | 79.4 |
| #48 | Tustin, California | 66.1 | 72.5 | 59.0 | 76.9 | 36.1 | 81.3 |
| #49 | Frederick, Maryland | 66.1 | 69.9 | 60.8 | 77.7 | 36.2 | 81.5 |
| #50 | Sterling, Virginia | 66.0 | 65.5 | 65.9 | 84.6 | 39.0 | 73.0 |
| #51 | Mankato, Minnesota | 66.0 | 93.9 | 55.1 | 60.4 | 47.1 | 63.1 |
| #52 | Fargo, North Dakota | 66.0 | 86.3 | 60.7 | 63.4 | 36.3 | 71.5 |
| #53 | Portland, Maine | 65.9 | 85.3 | 57.6 | 68.3 | 29.1 | 78.0 |
| #54 | Owings Mills, Maryland | 65.9 | 79.0 | 59.5 | 76.2 | 35.9 | 72.2 |
| #55 | Gilroy, California | 65.8 | 74.9 | 56.1 | 81.0 | 40.7 | 74.2 |
| #56 | Hillsboro, Oregon | 65.8 | 70.3 | 64.3 | 78.0 | 36.5 | 74.7 |
| #57 | Redondo Beach, California | 65.7 | 65.0 | 60.1 | 83.0 | 35.4 | 83.4 |
| #58 | Herndon, Virginia | 65.7 | 54.7 | 67.8 | 86.5 | 38.8 | 81.5 |
| #59 | Alexandria, Virginia | 65.7 | 76.6 | 60.9 | 78.9 | 33.4 | 72.5 |
| #60 | Somerset, New Jersey | 65.7 | 63.8 | 60.9 | 81.7 | 35.9 | 84.3 |
| #61 | Quincy, Massachusetts | 65.7 | 84.3 | 55.2 | 72.8 | 31.1 | 76.0 |
| #62 | Union, New Jersey | 65.6 | 73.0 | 57.4 | 79.1 | 36.4 | 78.5 |
| #63 | Appleton, Wisconsin | 65.6 | 63.1 | 66.7 | 71.5 | 45.9 | 77.5 |
| #64 | Leesburg, Virginia | 65.5 | 56.7 | 67.7 | 85.9 | 39.3 | 78.1 |
| #65 | Bloomfield, New Jersey | 65.5 | 83.3 | 55.8 | 75.4 | 33.6 | 71.7 |
| #66 | Laurel, Maryland | 65.4 | 79.2 | 59.4 | 77.9 | 36.1 | 68.3 |
| #67 | The Colony, Texas | 65.4 | 61.3 | 65.0 | 80.3 | 35.9 | 81.8 |
| #68 | West Chester, Pennsylvania | 65.4 | 63.6 | 64.6 | 75.7 | 32.3 | 85.6 |
| #69 | Round Rock, Texas | 65.4 | 62.0 | 64.4 | 78.3 | 38.3 | 81.4 |
| #70 | Bowie, Maryland | 65.4 | 69.2 | 60.9 | 86.7 | 38.5 | 70.4 |
| #71 | Daly City, California | 65.4 | 77.8 | 56.2 | 78.7 | 36.8 | 72.6 |
| #72 | Golden, Colorado | 65.3 | 63.0 | 60.1 | 79.2 | 37.5 | 84.8 |
| #73 | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | 65.2 | 73.0 | 57.3 | 74.1 | 35.2 | 81.2 |
| #74 | Boulder, Colorado | 65.2 | 90.4 | 52.7 | 62.7 | 33.2 | 75.1 |
| #75 | Westminster, Colorado | 65.2 | 75.1 | 59.7 | 74.2 | 34.5 | 75.8 |
| #76 | Kirkland, Washington | 65.2 | 59.8 | 65.8 | 83.3 | 36.6 | 78.9 |
| #77 | Carrboro, North Carolina | 65.1 | 82.3 | 54.7 | 68.9 | 35.9 | 75.8 |
| #78 | San Jose, California | 65.1 | 70.1 | 58.0 | 80.6 | 38.9 | 76.0 |
| #79 | Bay Shore, New York | 65.1 | 82.3 | 58.5 | 78.1 | 37.2 | 62.9 |
| #80 | Raleigh, North Carolina | 65.0 | 75.7 | 58.9 | 70.7 | 34.4 | 78.3 |
| #81 | Oxford, Mississippi | 65.0 | 87.5 | 50.3 | 61.7 | 45.6 | 72.5 |
| #82 | Missoula, Montana | 65.0 | 78.0 | 56.8 | 65.8 | 45.9 | 72.9 |
| #83 | San Rafael, California | 65.0 | 73.5 | 53.8 | 76.4 | 34.5 | 82.8 |
| #84 | Lakewood, Colorado | 65.0 | 81.3 | 57.0 | 71.8 | 32.7 | 73.9 |
| #85 | West Hartford, Connecticut | 65.0 | 63.6 | 62.5 | 79.3 | 34.8 | 81.8 |
| #86 | Tempe, Arizona | 65.0 | 90.4 | 54.7 | 65.9 | 28.7 | 72.4 |
| #87 | Centreville, Virginia | 65.0 | 66.4 | 64.5 | 83.4 | 38.0 | 70.1 |
| #88 | Madison, Alabama | 65.0 | 49.6 | 71.1 | 80.4 | 40.8 | 83.0 |
| #89 | Huntington Beach, California | 65.0 | 70.0 | 57.2 | 78.8 | 34.2 | 81.1 |
| #90 | Broomfield, Colorado | 64.9 | 52.7 | 66.1 | 81.4 | 41.1 | 84.3 |
| #91 | Hilliard, Ohio | 64.9 | 60.5 | 70.0 | 77.1 | 37.7 | 75.5 |
| #92 | Smyrna, Tennessee | 64.9 | 79.4 | 57.9 | 68.1 | 37.0 | 74.2 |
| #93 | Liverpool, New York | 64.9 | 82.1 | 60.2 | 69.1 | 36.3 | 67.6 |
| #94 | Norwalk, Connecticut | 64.9 | 78.1 | 56.5 | 74.8 | 34.0 | 74.5 |
| #95 | Hamden, Connecticut | 64.9 | 83.8 | 55.2 | 72.9 | 32.1 | 71.8 |
| #96 | Rochester, Minnesota | 64.8 | 63.7 | 66.6 | 73.4 | 46.5 | 71.4 |
| #97 | Logan, Utah | 64.8 | 88.8 | 55.7 | 61.2 | 43.8 | 64.8 |
| #98 | Fort Collins, Colorado | 64.8 | 79.6 | 56.0 | 68.0 | 37.5 | 75.4 |
| #99 | Newark, Delaware | 64.8 | 82.7 | 57.5 | 70.6 | 31.2 | 72.3 |
| #100 | Sicklerville, New Jersey | 64.7 | 77.7 | 58.4 | 76.2 | 35.7 | 69.6 |