Fremont, California Tops WalletHub's Happiest Cities in America List
WalletHub's 2024 survey reveals Fremont, California, as the happiest city in the U.S., with factors like income, employment, and community environment playing key roles.
- Fremont, California, leads WalletHub's list of happiest cities in America, followed by Overland Park, Kansas, and San Jose, California.
- The survey assessed 182 of America's largest cities, considering emotional and physical well-being, income and employment, and community environment.
- Detroit, Michigan, ranks as the least happy city, with high rates of separation, divorce, and poor sleep quality.
- Notable improvements include Honolulu, Hawaii, jumping to 6th place and Pearl City, Hawaii, to 8th from their previous lower rankings.
- Cities with the highest work hours included Scottsdale, Arizona; Casper, Wyoming; and Dallas, Texas, indicating that longer work hours do not necessarily correlate with happiness.