Comfortable amenities, well-rated schools, and a cooler housing market can be great draws for a city, but a sense of community is also important. People seek out connections with others, and one way to achieve that is caring for people's well-being. This can be achieved through various means, from volunteering at local organizations to making charitable donations.
If you're looking for a welcoming place to live, WalletHub released its updated list of the "most caring cities" in the United States. Here's how analysts curated their 2024 rankings:
"In order to identify the areas that care the most, WalletHub compared the 100 largest cities across 38 key indicators of a compassionate spirit. Our data set ranges from the share of sheltered homeless persons to the volunteering hours per capita to the share of income donated to charity."
Seattle ranked in the Top 20! Coming in the No. 16 spot, the well-known city got the highest marks in "Caring for the Vulnerable." The category included metrics like child and adult poverty rates, adoption rates, number of rehabilitation centers, pet shelters and rescue services, share of sheltered homeless people, and more.
Here are the Top 10 most caring cities in America, according to the study:
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Virginia Beach, Virginia
- New York, New York
- San Diego, California
- Chesapeake, Virginia
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Fremont, California
- Portland, Oregon
- Scottsdale, Arizona
For the continued list of the country's most caring cities, check out the full report on WalletHub's website.