Austin finishes 7th in ranking of the nation’s healthiest cities

Austin ranked seventh in a new WalletHub study that examines how healthy the residents of more than 180 large U.S. cities are based on criteria such as medical visit costs, fruit and vegetable consumption and efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

The city scored 60.35 out of 100 in the ranking. In contrast, No. 1 San Francisco scored 68.54 in the analysis that compared cities over four overall dimensions: Health care, food options, personal fitness and available green space.

Austin ranked 27th in the health care category, 12th in food options, 29th in fitness and 25th in green space. Metrics in the first category include premature death rates and family doctors per capita, and green space metrics include parkland acres per capita.

Researchers noted that promotion of health behaviors is important today because the cost of health care in the nation is increasing and expected life spans dropped during the pandemic. 

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Healthiest American Cities in 2022

Overall Rank	City	Total Score	Health Care	Food	Fitness	Green Space
1	San Francisco, CA	68.54	33	1	52	1
2	Seattle, WA	66.08	6	8	6	9
3	San Diego, CA	64.94	40	4	19	7
4	Portland, OR	64.69	32	3	38	5
5	Salt Lake City, UT	64.16	38	14	3	4
6	Honolulu, HI	62.14	51	11	67	3
7	Austin, TX	60.35	27	12	29	25
8	Denver, CO	60.26	28	16	17	22
9	South Burlington, VT	60.09	3	10	90	71
10	Washington, DC	59.75	16	7	120	13
11	Scottsdale, AZ	59.48	36	44	1	23
12	Irvine, CA	59.22	7	41	5	28
13	Portland, ME	59.21	43	23	44	6
14	Minneapolis, MN	58.72	8	29	86	10
15	Madison, WI	58.53	11	40	25	16
16	Huntington Beach, CA	58.45	10	47	7	33
17	New York, NY	58.35	42	2	153	15
18	Orlando, FL	58.3	55	15	16	46
19	Los Angeles, CA	58.23	78	6	82	19
20	Fremont, CA	57.64	18	25	24	49
21	San Jose, CA	57.46	15	20	56	35
22	Burlington, VT	57.05	23	24	55	43
23	Tempe, AZ	56.65	81	50	2	32
24	Atlanta, GA	56.23	87	21	30	44
25	Miami, FL	55.69	47	9	73	70
26	Oakland, CA	55.67	77	5	85	64
27	Columbia, MD	55.65	1	89	21	96
28	Boston, MA	55.64	46	13	79	55
29	Pittsburgh, PA	55.41	72	19	42	51
30	Missoula, MT	55.28	13	136	32	18
31	Las Vegas, NV	55.27	164	18	27	21
32	Tampa, FL	54.98	70	26	23	67
33	Plano, TX	54.46	5	106	4	86
34	Oceanside, CA	54.37	52	54	14	101
35	Glendale, CA	54.36	56	64	45	11
36	Chicago, IL	54.25	73	17	101	36
37	Fort Lauderdale, FL	54.06	48	48	39	52
38	Boise, ID	54.05	91	46	20	47
39	Long Beach, CA	54.01	62	37	40	50
40	Overland Park, KS	53.95	2	108	37	95
41	Sacramento, CA	53.77	99	28	63	40
42	Santa Rosa, CA	53.5	44	65	36	65
43	Rochester, NY	53.39	67	34	98	14
44	Tucson, AZ	53.27	98	43	10	72
45	St. Paul, MN	53.04	20	67	78	37
46	Vancouver, WA	53	71	73	11	80
47	Phoenix, AZ	52.74	100	27	48	69
48	Santa Clarita, CA	52.66	22	90	51	38
49	St. Petersburg, FL	52.49	83	61	26	57
50	Raleigh, NC	52.44	29	33	31	122

Source: WalletHub.com