The most (and least) stressed cities in America, mapped

Advisory Board July 10, 2024

WalletHub on Monday released its latest list of the most- and least-stressed U.S. cities, with Cleveland, Ohio, being the most-stressed and Fremont, California, being the least-stressed.

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Methodology

For the list, WalletHub compared 182 U.S. cities, including the 150 most populated cities and at least two of the most populated cities in each state. The cities were evaluated using 39 metrics across four key dimensions:

1. Work stress, which includes average weekly work hours, job security, traffic congestion, and unemployment rate

2. Financial stress, which includes median annual household income, foreclosure rate, and personal bankruptcy rate

3. Family stress, which includes separation and divorce rate, share of single parent household, and childcare cost

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