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The most vibrant cities in United States are ranked above by lifestyle amenity scores covering cafes, coworking spaces, bars, restaurants, and parks.

How is the vibrancy score calculated?

The vibrancy score is a composite of scores for cafes, coworking spaces, bars, restaurants, and parks availability within each city.

How are vibrancy scores calculated?

Vibrancy scores are calculated from venue and amenity data including cafes, coworking spaces, bars, restaurants, and parks availability.

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Vibrant Cities

United States

Overview

Top 100 cities ranked by lifestyle amenities including cafes, coworking spaces, nightlife, restaurants, and parks.

Rankings

Rank	City	Score	Cafes	Coworking	Bars	Restaurants	Parks
#1	East Village	1006	457	7	429	1389	113
#2	New York City	703	325	5	238	923	135
#3	Chinatown	559	287	13	203	690	56
#4	Seattle	528	283	7	181	488	57
#5	San Francisco	476	214	13	200	614	49
#6	Brooklyn Heights	389	190	8	102	336	89
#7	Washington D.C.	384	159	2	88	377	135
#8	Near North Side	381	155	4	153	444	69
#9	Suffolk County	365	148	8	77	408	132
#10	Portland	359	157	4	160	324	38
#11	Greenpoint	345	116	3	162	326	64
#12	Adams Morgan	338	91	2	137	321	108
#13	Mission District	336	150	6	128	424	52
#14	Boston	334	124	6	73	365	131
#15	Manhattan	333	194	0	92	552	47
#16	Park Slope	331	171	8	120	303	32
#17	Philadelphia	309	129	2	92	346	86
#18	Austin	274	61	8	161	212	44
#19	Denver	262	96	5	129	308	32
#20	Bushwick	260	99	2	121	263	38
#21	Milwaukee	246	59	10	140	140	37
#22	Bloomingdale	243	52	2	95	197	94
#23	Astoria	237	105	2	89	372	41
#24	Lincoln Park	231	67	0	106	219	58
#25	Oakland	231	87	16	85	242	43
#26	Woodside	228	75	2	69	299	82
#27	Baltimore	222	50	2	80	274	90
#28	City and County of San Francisco	219	101	1	73	303	44
#29	Sunnyside	198	83	4	56	229	55
#30	Cambridge	197	60	2	38	213	97
#31	Long Island City	196	82	3	49	191	62
#32	City of Baltimore	194	39	0	44	195	111
#33	New Orleans	186	60	0	101	186	25
#34	Ridgewood	184	77	1	90	242	16
#35	Salt Lake City	180	57	6	83	230	34
#36	Harlem	177	68	1	25	256	83
#37	West Town	176	57	6	83	215	30
#38	Logan Square	172	49	2	87	175	34
#39	San Diego	171	65	3	73	203	30
#40	Detroit	169	41	1	63	148	64
#41	Cleveland	165	42	2	84	95	37
#42	Los Angeles	164	86	3	54	293	21
#43	Butcher's Hill	160	30	0	80	195	50
#44	Berkeley	159	103	4	20	184	32
#45	East Harlem	157	69	1	25	258	62
#46	Minneapolis	153	47	0	62	149	44
#47	Rosslyn	149	61	0	22	105	66
#48	Albany	148	26	4	40	128	78
#49	Morningside Heights	145	67	1	26	225	51
#50	Steinway	144	60	1	52	188	31
#51	New Haven	144	41	0	35	144	68
#52	Jackson Heights	144	35	1	33	236	75
#53	North Center	140	43	1	65	159	31
#54	Franklin County	139	32	0	60	129	47
#55	Columbus	138	33	1	55	136	49
#56	Kansas City	135	37	6	52	105	40
#57	San Jose	135	49	7	52	150	27
#58	Reno	133	34	1	68	92	30
#59	Providence	133	46	0	32	133	55
#60	Wharton	132	42	0	38	129	52
#61	Madison	130	41	2	57	132	30
#62	Elmhurst	130	38	0	24	240	68
#63	Pittsburgh	129	40	0	51	184	38
#64	Cincinnati	128	23	4	52	105	49
#65	Avondale	127	28	2	75	122	22
#66	Charles Village	126	26	1	26	108	73
#67	Somerville	126	33	0	31	150	62
#68	Pennsport	125	42	0	33	123	50
#69	Charleston	121	40	4	41	135	36
#70	Nashville	121	25	1	62	115	33
#71	Houston	120	22	1	44	96	53
#72	Sacramento	118	48	0	36	117	34
#73	Hoboken	118	41	1	33	154	43
#74	Uptown	114	30	0	52	112	32
#75	Eugene	114	47	1	37	130	29
#76	Arlington	111	37	3	15	121	56
#77	Bend	111	36	3	48	82	24
#78	Near South Side	111	40	0	27	123	44
#79	Tampa	111	27	0	20	74	64
#80	Arlington County	109	37	3	15	115	54
#81	Atlanta	109	27	3	33	128	46
#82	Chicago	108	36	0	27	117	45
#83	Tremont	108	6	0	3	53	99
#84	Wake County	108	26	0	45	100	37
#85	Grand Rapids	108	24	2	36	82	46
#86	Savannah	108	24	0	44	88	40
#87	Boulder	107	51	3	17	131	36
#88	Ann Arbor	106	45	1	23	120	37
#89	Bellevue	106	63	1	21	113	21
#90	Champaign	105	34	0	30	83	41
#91	Portland	104	25	1	33	119	45
#92	Lincoln Square	102	39	1	37	112	25
#93	Davidson County	102	21	0	49	91	32
#94	Morris Heights	102	15	0	11	82	76
#95	University Heights	102	10	0	10	75	82
#96	Indianapolis	101	29	1	21	118	50
#97	Tacoma	99	38	1	35	58	25
#98	Bronx	99	10	0	5	44	84
#99	Dallas	98	18	2	31	122	47
#100	Santa Cruz	98	36	2	25	107	35

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Sources: City Amenity Data · Last updated: 2025

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