March 29, 2024
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Find Your New Happy Place: WalletHub Releases 2019 “Happiest Cities In America” List

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Some travel healthcare professionals already know that where a job is located can have a big impact on how much they enjoy working there. It can be difficult, though, to narrow down which city they will enjoy working in the most.

A new list released by WalletHub, a personal finance education website, could help with that issue.

WalletHub released the 2019 rankings for their annual “Happiest Cities In America” study Monday, which evaluated 182 of the largest U.S. cities based on 31 indicators of happiness, like the depression rate, income-growth rate and average leisure time spent per day, according to their website.

Those key factors were combined into three main categories—”Emotional and Physical Well-Being,” “Income and Employment,” and “Community and Environment,” which produced a composite score for each city.

While not all of the indicators listed in the study affect travelers directly—like the rate of separations and divorces in each city—others have a more direct impact, including ideal weather, crime rate, access to parks and open spaces, commute time, and illness and disability rates.

The top 10 happiest cities in America, based on WalletHub’s rankings, are:

  1. Plano, Texas
  2. Irvine, California
  3. Madison, Wisconsin
  4. Fremont, California
  5. Huntington Beach, California
  6. Fargo, North Dakota
  7. Grand Prarie, Texas
  8. San Jose, California
  9. Scottsdale, Arizona
  10. San Francisco, California

Among the top 10, Fremont received the highest rank for “Community and Environment” and San Jose for “Emotional and Physical Well-Being.” Seattle, Washington, which ranked overall at No. 54, received the highest ranking in the “Income and Employment” category.

The results are intriguing, but should not be used as the ultimate solution to fixing the blues, experts say. Most studies suggest that finding and fostering happiness is less about a location and more about how people engage with their jobs, their communities and the experiences they choose to have.

Travelers can view the full results of the analysis on the WalletHub website.

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