With summer upon us and nearly 66 percent of Americans not planning to take a vacation this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2016’s Best & Worst Cities for Staycations.
To help Americans find the best staycation spots in the U.S. — and the ones worth leaving home for — WalletHub’s number crunchers compared the 150 largest cities across 28 key metrics. Our data set includes such metrics as movie and bowling costs, golf courses, frozen-yogurt shops and spas per capita, and the cost of house-cleaning services.
| Best Cities for Staycations | Worst Cities for Staycations | ||||
| 1 | Orlando, FL | 141 | Fremont, CA | ||
| 2 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | 142 | Chesapeake, VA | ||
| 3 | Tampa, FL | 143 | Los Angeles, CA | ||
| 4 | Salt Lake City, UT | 144 | Fresno, CA | ||
| 5 | Scottsdale, AZ | 145 | Fort Worth, TX | ||
| 6 | Atlanta, GA | 146 | Yonkers, NY | ||
| 7 | Las Vegas, NV | 147 | Santa Ana, CA | ||
| 8 | Minneapolis, MN | 148 | New York, NY | ||
| 9 | St. Petersburg, FL | 149 | Oxnard, CA | ||
| 10 | Honolulu, HI | 150 | Chula Vista, CA | ||
Comparing the Best & Worst
- New Orleans has the most museums per 100,000 residents, 23.34, which is 79 times more than in Aurora, Colo., the city with the fewest, 0.29.
- Columbus, Ga., has the most parks per 100,000 residents, 213.37, which is 22.5 times more than in Hialeah, Fla., the city with the fewest, 9.47.
- Seattle has the most coffee shops per 100,000 residents, 109.43, which is nearly 30 times more than in Laredo, Texas, the city with the fewest, 3.67.
- Orlando, Fla., has the most ice-cream and frozen-yogurt shops per 100,000 residents, 57.15, which is 13 times more than in Detroit, the city with the fewest, 4.31.
- Columbus, Ga., has the most tennis courts per 100,000 residents, 70.11, which is 26 times higher than in Gilbert, Ariz., the city with the fewest, 2.69.
- Buffalo, N.Y., has the lowest bowling costs, $3.09, which is nearly four times less expensive than in New York City, the city with the highest, $12.28.
- Fort Wayne, Ind., has the lowest beauty-salon costs, $22.42, which is nearly three times less expensive than in New York City, the city with the highest, $66.18.
- Columbus, Ga., has the lowest cost of house-cleaning services, $110, which is four times less expensive than in Salt Lake City, the city with the highest, $454.
