People in Columbus are more serious about keeping their New Year’s resolutions than any of Ohio’s other five most populated cities.
That’s the findings from the personal-finance website WalletHub, which released its report Tuesday on 2017’s Best & Worst Cities for Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions.
WalletHub’s number crunchers compared the 150 most populated U.S. cities across 48 key metrics. The data set ranges from “adult obesity” to “income growth” to “employment outlook.”
Ten Best
1. Salt Lake City
2. San Francisco
3. Scottsdale, Arizona.
4. Seattle
5. Plano, Texas
6. Overland Park, Kansas
7. Atlanta
8. Irvine, California
9 Austin, Texas
10 San Jose, California
Ten Worst
150. Detroit
149. Newark, New Jersey
148. Augusta, Georgia
147. Shreveport, Louisiana
146. Baltimore
145. Jackson, Mississippi
144. North Las Vegas, Nevada
143. San Bernardino, California
142. Toledo
141. Philadelphia
Ohio rankings:
50. Columbus
77. Cincinnati
116. Akron
135. Cleveland
142. Toledo
Best vs. Worst
•80 percent of people will fail to keep their New Year’s resolution.
•San Francisco has the lowest percentage of obese adults, 14.8 percent, which is 2.4 times lower than in Mobile, Alabama, the city with the highest at 36.1 percent.
•Scottsdale, Arizona, has the most gyms per 100,000 residents, 64.6, which is 36 times more than in Greensboro, North Carolina, the city with the fewest at 1.8.
•Fremont, California, has the lowest share of residents who are delinquent on their debt, 2.06 percent, which is 5.2 times lower than in Brownsville, Texas, the city with the highest at 10.75 percent.
•Overland Park, Kansas, the city with the lowest poverty rate, 5.9 percent, which is 6.8 times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 40.3 percent.
•Lincoln, Nebraska, has the lowest unemployment rate, 2.5 percent, which is five times lower than in Detroit, the city with the highest at 12.4 percent.
•Memphis, Tennessee, has the lowest prevalence of adult binge and heavy drinking, 10.9 percent, which is 2.3 times lower than in Madison, Wisconsin, the city with the highest at 25.5 percent.
•San Jose, California, has the lowest share of adult smokers, 9.0 percent, which is 2.8 times lower than in St. Louis, the city with the highest at 25.5 percent.
•Orlando, Florida, has the most nightlife establishments per 100,000 residents, 277.72, which is 21 times more than in Moreno Valley, California, the city with the fewest at 13.45.
•Gilbert, Arizona, has the lowest average wedding cost as share of median household income, 34.9 percent, which is 3.6 times lower than in Newark, New Jersey, the city with the highest at 124.3 percent.
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