Has the pandemic made you consider moving? 27% of people who relocated last year wanted to be closer to family. Today the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2021’s Best & Worst Places to Raise a Family.
To determine the most family-friendly places in America, WalletHub compared more than 180 cities across 48 key metrics. The data set ranges from housing affordability to school-system quality to COVID-19 cases.
Best Cities for Families
1. Overland Park, KS
2. Fremont, CA
3. Irvine, CA
4. Plano, TX
5. Columbia, MD
6. South Burlington, VT
7. Seattle, WA
8. Scottsdale, AZ
9. Gilbert, AZ
10. Madison, WI
Worst Cities for Families
173. Montgomery, AL
174. Miami, FL
175. San Bernardino, CA
176. Wilmington, DE
177. Birmingham, AL
178. Newark, NJ
179. Hialeah, FL
180. Memphis, TN
181. Cleveland, OH
182. Detroit, MI