Top 60+ U.S. Cities To Get The Best Sleep

Combining a predefined list of cities' health and wellbeing scores with nighttime light exposure, plane and road traffic sound to rank cities by the best environmental, health and well-being factors for sleep quality in the U.S.

Ranking City Population Night Light Score Traffic Noise Score Health Score
1 Virginia Beach, VA 459,470 13.29 36.7 74.38
2 Colorado Springs, CO 478,961 21.29 39.76 77.16
3 Lexington, KY 34,454 11.66 38.33 73.66
4 Tucson, AZ 542,629 15.72 39.55 74.1
5 New Orleans, LA 383,997 12.49 36.25 73.52
6 Jacksonville, FL 949,611 11.05 38.96 73.53
7 Albuquerque, NM 564,559 23.2 41.02 76.56
8 Austin, TX 961,855 20.05 40.65 74.66
9 Stockton, CA 320,804 23.34 39.14 73.99
10 Toledo, OH 270,871 34.26 39.12 75.13
11 Oklahoma City, OK 681,054 16.54 38.69 73.34
12 Lincoln, NE 291,082 27.43 40.35 74.96
13 Pittsburgh, PA 302,971 35.33 40.32 75.48
14 Riverside, CA 314,998 29.66 39.33 74
15 Bakersfield, CA 403,455 14.5 37.69 71.68
16 Aurora, CO 386,261 18.36 44.6 75.09
17 Plano, TX 285,494 46.9 39.49 75.07
18 Fort Wayne, IN 263,886 30.74 40.39 74.27
19 Portland, OR 652,503 22.68 44.75 75.88
20 Raleigh, NC 467,665 23.46 39.99 73.16
21 El Paso, TX 678,815 21.46 40.07 72.95
22 Mesa, AZ 504,258 30.34 41.87 74.74
22 Wichita, KS 397,532 23.6 41.6 73.78
24 Seattle, WA 737,015 29.61 44.98 78.29
25 Corpus Christi, TX 317,863 20.72 39.44 69.5
26 Cincinnati, OH 309,317 33.52 42.02 74.35
27 San Diego, CA 1,386,932 18.39 41.18 72.5
28 San Jose, CA 1,013,240 19.03 42.62 73.51
29 Phoenix, AZ 1,608,139 24.71 40.67 72.97
30 Omaha, NE 486,051 44.22 40.11 73.89
31 Columbus, OH 905,748 35.97 42.54 74.64
32 Charlotte, NC 874,579 27.63 42.6 73.8
33 Oakland, CA 440,646 31.81 45.59 75.64
34 Tulsa, OK 413,066 25.84 41.37 73
35 San Francisco, CA 873,965 36.04 46.58 77.52
35 Kansas City, MO 508,090 27.33 40.98 72.87
35 Greensboro, NC 299,035 26.09 40.62 72.36
38 Denver, CO 715,522 39.07 46.86 76.89
39 Tampa, FL 384,959 38.12 40.84 73.33
39 San Antonio, TX 1,434,625 24.71 42.36 72.63
41 Atlanta, GA 498,715 38.43 42.19 73.75
42 Fort Worth, TX 918,915 27.86 40.85 72.01
43 Baltimore, MD 585,708 58.12 41.82 74.07
44 Las Vegas, NV 641,903 42.46 39.62 72.29
45 Anaheim, CA 346,824 46.6 41.92 73.62
46 Buffalo, NY 278,349 52.81 42.61 74.16
46 Dallas, TX 1,304,379 37.02 42.89 73.57
48 Long Beach, CA 466,742 50.51 45.81 75.4
49 Minneapolis, MN 429,954 56.22 46.05 76.51
49 Memphis, TN 633,104 33.77 43.36 73.46
51 Washington, DC 689,545 83.89 44.66 75.06
52 Fresno, CA 542,107 24.1 44.05 71.66
53 Sacramento, CA 524,943 28.72 43.69 72.25
54 Boston, MA 675,647 50.74 49.28 75
54 New York, NY 8,804,190 47.99 48.93 74.37
56 St. Louis, MO 301,578 60.33 43.8 73.72
57 Philadelphia, PA 1,603,797 50.38 44.3 73.55
58 Houston, TX 2,304,580 44.55 42.97 72.76
59 Arlington, TX 394,266 36.33 49.02 73.3
59 Detroit, MI 639,111 48.29 42.43 72.23
61 Milwaukee, WI 577,222 63.24 42.53 72.4
62 Chicago, IL 2,746,388 102.58 48.18 73.94
63 Cleveland, OH 372,624 68.52 44.22 73.3
64 Los Angeles, CA 3,898,747 39.33 43.96 70.23
65 Santa Ana, CA 310,227 54.71 43.14 71.4
66 Newark, NJ 311,549 81.1 53.93 72.82
67 Miami, FL 442,241 94.7 52.31 71.78