Fremont, California Named the Happiest Metropolis within the U.S.

• A brand new examine analyzed 182 of the largest cities within the U.S. and named Fremont, California, the No. 1 happiest within the nation.
• Elements thought-about within the evaluation embody: charges of despair, sleep, and earnings progress.
• Half of the highest 10 are in California

Because the age-old adage says, cash can’t purchase happiness. Positive, it helps, however a whole lot of elements contribute to an individual’s day-to-day satisfaction, and a brand new report dug into a number of varieties of knowledge to find out the place within the U.S. you’ll discover the happiest individuals.

Private finance web site WalletHub graded 182 of the nation’s greatest cities on 29 happiness indicators, damaged into three major classes: emotional and bodily well-being, earnings and employment, and group and setting. Inside these sections, extra particular analysis factors got totally different weights based mostly on how a lot they contribute to an individual’s happiness. Some double-weighted elements included despair charge, bodily well being index, earnings progress charge, unemployment charge, weekly work hours, and common every day leisure time.

The No. 1 spot, particularly, went to Fremont, California. (Apparently, 5 out of 10 of the happiest cities, together with the highest three, are additionally in California.)

Individuals in Fremont report the very best life satisfaction and the bottom divorce and separation charges within the nation, two metrics that tipped the dimensions within the metropolis’s favor. Its residents additionally appear to have their psychological wellness in test, with the bottom variety of adults who say they expertise 14 or extra mentally unhealthy days per thirty days. One other high stat: town has the very best share of households incomes $75,000 or extra yearly.

“Analysis reveals that having more cash solely will increase your happiness till you’re making at the least $75,000 per yr—something extra you earn probably received’t have an effect,” Chip Lupo, a WalletHub analyst, stated. “Due to this fact, when deciding the place to dwell to maximise your happiness, you’ll wish to choose a metropolis that gives greater than only a first rate common earnings. The perfect metropolis supplies situations that foster good psychological and bodily well being, like cheap work hours, brief commutes, good climate, and caring neighbors.”

The entire high 10 listing:

1. Fremont, California
2. San Jose, California
3. Irvine, California
4. Sioux Falls, South Dakota
5. Overland Park, Kansas
6. Lincoln, Nebraska
7. Madison, Wisconsin
8. Scottsdale, Arizona
9. San Francisco
10. Huntington Seaside, California

If you happen to’re curious the place you may not discover too many happy-go-lucky individuals, Cleveland got here in useless final, adopted by Detroit and Memphis, Tennessee.

See the total report and listing at wallethub.com.