WYLT Rankings · 2026
Best Neighborhoods
in Every US State
We've reviewed over 1,404 neighborhoods across all 50 states. Pick your state to see the top-ranked places to live — ranked by safety, schools, walkability, and home prices. No sponsored listings, no fluff.
Northeast
Maine
20 neighborhoods reviewed
New Hampshire
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Vermont
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Massachusetts
27 neighborhoods reviewed
Rhode Island
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Connecticut
22 neighborhoods reviewed
New York
78 neighborhoods reviewed
New Jersey
35 neighborhoods reviewed
Pennsylvania
36 neighborhoods reviewed
Delaware
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Maryland
26 neighborhoods reviewed
Washington D.C.
24 neighborhoods reviewed
Southeast
Virginia
26 neighborhoods reviewed
North Carolina
28 neighborhoods reviewed
South Carolina
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Georgia
30 neighborhoods reviewed
Florida
61 neighborhoods reviewed
Alabama
22 neighborhoods reviewed
Mississippi
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Tennessee
27 neighborhoods reviewed
Kentucky
23 neighborhoods reviewed
West Virginia
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Arkansas
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Louisiana
26 neighborhoods reviewed
Midwest
Ohio
31 neighborhoods reviewed
Indiana
24 neighborhoods reviewed
Illinois
37 neighborhoods reviewed
Michigan
24 neighborhoods reviewed
Wisconsin
22 neighborhoods reviewed
Minnesota
27 neighborhoods reviewed
Iowa
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Missouri
30 neighborhoods reviewed
North Dakota
20 neighborhoods reviewed
South Dakota
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Nebraska
22 neighborhoods reviewed
Kansas
20 neighborhoods reviewed
South & Mountain
Texas
51 neighborhoods reviewed
Oklahoma
24 neighborhoods reviewed
New Mexico
21 neighborhoods reviewed
Arizona
30 neighborhoods reviewed
Colorado
31 neighborhoods reviewed
Utah
24 neighborhoods reviewed
Nevada
23 neighborhoods reviewed
Idaho
21 neighborhoods reviewed
Montana
20 neighborhoods reviewed
Wyoming
19 neighborhoods reviewed
How WYLT ranks neighborhoods
Every neighborhood on WYLT is evaluated across four core dimensions: safety (violent and property crime risk), schools (rated out of 10), walkability (Walk Score out of 100), and home prices relative to state and national averages. Our scoring model assigns one of four plain-English verdicts — "Settle here," "Good for now," "Think twice," or "Hard pass" — so you get a clear bottom line without decoding letter grades or vague indexes.
Unlike sites that rank cities by population or economic output, WYLT focuses on what actually matters to people choosing where to live: Is it safe? Are the schools good? Can I walk to things? Can I afford it? Rankings are updated continuously as new neighborhood reports are added.