Seven Great Cities for Singles

How far would you go for love?

Would you cross an angry sea? Would you give up all your worldly possessions? Would you risk your life?

What about just moving to Gainsville, FL?

The fine folks over at TheDailyBeast.com recently analyzed several stats and came up with the “Best Cities to Find a Date” list. They used Census data to identify which cities had the highest percentage of single men and women. In this case that’s anyone over age 15 who hasn’t been married, divorced or widowed. (In case you’re like me and are wondering why they included minors in this, it’s because that’s the age range the Census uses.) They also looked at median annual salaries for singles, The average cost of a movie ticket and the city’s well-being score.

Here are a few of our favorite cities that made the list for the best places to find a date and the percentage of singles there:

 

Gainesville, FL

Single Men: 73%

Single Women: 75%

Lincoln, NE

Single Men: 51%

Single Women: 51%

Madison, WI

Single Men: 58%

Single Women: 61%

Ann Arbor, MI

Single Men: 65%

Single Women: 67%

Richmond, VA

Single Men: 69%

Single Women: 71%

Alexandria, VA

Single Men: 53%

Single Women: 59%

San Jose, CA

Single Men: 47%

Single Women:  48%