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Worcester Ranked 37th Best Run City in the U.S.

By Tom Marino | June 20, 2023
Last Updated: June 20, 2023

WORCESTER – A newly released study ranks Worcester the 37th best run city in America.

The study ranked the 149 largest U.S. cities by compiling 36 metrics cross six service categories, which was then measured against the city’s per-capita budget.

Here is how Worcester ranked in each of the six service categories:

Financial Stability – 91
Education – 88
Health – 28
Safety – 26
Economy – 111
Infrastructure & Pollution – 58

Those six categories combined to rank Worcester 41st in quality of services. The city is 45th in budget per capita.

Other cities in New England that were ranked in the study, including the quality of service rank and budget per capita, are below.

Boston was ranked 63rd overall, 20th in quality of services and, 99th in budget per capita. Springfield received a rank of 72nd overall, the results of 120th in quality of services and 51st in budget per capita.

City Overall
Rank
Quality of
Service
Budget Per
Capita
Nashua, NH 3 4 11
Warwick, RI 12 32 23
Manchester, NH 13 47 20
Lewiston, ME 31 50 34
Worcester, MA 37 41 45
Bridgeport, CT 41 92 36
Portland, ME 43 5 78
Providence, RI 55 94 47
Rutland, VT 61 69 69
Boston, MA 63 20 99
Springfield, MA 72 120 51
Burlington, VT 97 55 107
New Haven, CT 126 131 103
Hartford, CT 142 145 119

Here are the top 20 ranked best run cities in the U.S., according to the study.

City Overall
Rank
Quality of
Service
Budget Per
Capita
Nampa, ID 1 34 1
Lexington-Fayette, KY 2 42 2
Nashua, NH 3 4 11
Boise, ID 4 9 7
Provo, UT 5 6 21
Lincoln, NE 6 22 17
Fort Wayne, IN 7 65 5
Sioux Falls, SD 8 27 18
Las Cruces, NM 9 61 10
Missoula, MT 10 62 12
Oklahoma City, OK 11 74 8
Warwick, RI 12 32 23
Manchester, NH 13 47 20
Durham, NC 14 30 24
Wichita, KS 15 123 4
Rapid City, SD 16 98 9
Bismarck, ND 17 25 29
Baton Rouge, LA 18 135 3
Raleigh, NC 19 13 39
Chesapeake, VA 20 10 42

To see the full results of the study and review its methodology, visit WalletHub.com.

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