LawnStarter's Quality of Life Index by City

National State Report / National City Report


Report Findings and Summary


Welcome to LawnStarter’s 2015 Quality of Life Index for America’s largest cities.

The index is based on six quality-of-life factors analyzed by LawnStarter and borrowed from The Economist — GDP (economic output) per capita, average life expectancy, divorce rate, unemployment rate, geographic location and climate (latitude) and male-female income equality. The Economist considers these factors to be good barometers for quality of life.

LawnStarter hopes people who live in the top-ranked cities will view the LawnStarter index as a point of pride, and people considering a move will use the LawnStarter index in helping make their relocation decisions.

Here are the 10 large cities that ranked the highest on LawnStarter’s 2015 Quality of Life Index:

  1. San Jose, CA
  2. Arlington, VA
  3. Fremont, CA
  4. Plano, TX
  5. San Francisco, CA
  6. Irvine, CA
  7. Seattle, WA
  8. Honolulu, HI
  9. Washington, DC
  10. Madison, WI

For a full copy of the report's methodology and analysis, please email LawnStarter's Chief Economic Research Analyst, Ryan Farley, at ryan.farley@lawnstarter.com.

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Overall Ranking by City


  • #1 San Jose
  • #2 Arlington
  • #3 Fremont
  • #4 Plano
  • #5 San Francisco
  • #6 Irvine
  • #7 Seattle
  • #8 Urban Honolulu
  • #9 Washington
  • #10 Madison
  • #11 Houston
  • #12 Durham
  • #13 Oakland
  • #14 New York
  • #15 Arlington
  • #16 Fort Worth
  • #17 Virginia Beach
  • #18 Chesapeake
  • #19 San Diego
  • #20 Boston
  • #21 Irving
  • #22 Scottsdale
  • #23 Austin
  • #24 Anchorage
  • #25 Dallas
  • #26 Corpus Christi
  • #27 Lincoln
  • #28 Santa Ana
  • #29 Jersey City
  • #30 Chula Vista
  • #31 Omaha
  • #32 Baton Rouge
  • #33 Garland
  • #34 Chandler
  • #35 Anaheim
  • #36 Oklahoma City
  • #37 Tulsa
  • #38 Raleigh
  • #39 Denver
  • #40 Aurora
  • #41 Lexington-Fayette
  • #42 Los Angeles
  • #43 Minneapolis
  • #44 Long Beach
  • #45 Portland
  • #46 Pittsburgh
  • #47 Saint Paul
  • #48 Lubbock
  • #49 El Paso
  • #50 Nashville
  • #51 Laredo
  • #52 San Antonio
  • #53 Mesa
  • #54 Albuquerque
  • #55 New Orleans
  • #56 Charlotte
  • #57 Hialeah
  • #58 Colorado Springs
  • #59 Columbus
  • #60 Kansas City
  • #61 Wichita
  • #62 Phoenix
  • #63 Norfolk
  • #64 Greensboro
  • #65 Atlanta
  • #66 Indianapolis
  • #67 Miami
  • #68 Henderson
  • #69 Chicago
  • #70 Fort Wayne
  • #71 Glendale
  • #72 Louisville
  • #73 Baltimore
  • #74 Philadelphia
  • #75 Saint Petersburg
  • #76 Milwaukee
  • #77 Cincinnati
  • #78 Bakersfield
  • #79 Newark
  • #80 Tampa
  • #81 Orlando
  • #82 Jacksonville
  • #83 Reno
  • #84 North Las Vegas
  • #85 Rochester
  • #86 Tucson
  • #87 Winston Salem
  • #88 Birmingham
  • #89 Saint Louis
  • #90 Las Vegas
  • #91 Paradise
  • #92 Sacramento
  • #93 Buffalo
  • #94 Memphis
  • #95 Riverside
  • #96 Toledo
  • #97 Cleveland
  • #98 Fresno
  • #99 San Bernardino
  • #100 Stockton
  • #101 Detroit
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