Best Cities for Single Men 2026
Total Score
City | State | Total Score 2025↓ | Rank | Dating Opportunities Rank 2025 | Fun and Recreation Rank 2025 | Economics Rank 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Atlanta | Georgia | 64.15 | 1st | 16th | 3rd | 128th |
 | Las Vegas | Nevada | 63.71 | 2nd | 46th | 7th | 56th |
 | Tampa | Florida | 62.73 | 3rd | 9th | 12th | 115th |
 | Seattle | Washington | 62.32 | 4th | 4th | 9th | 168th |
 | Denver | Colorado | 61.15 | 5th | 3rd | 21st | 154th |
 | Austin | Texas | 60.71 | 6th | 25th | 16th | 118th |
 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 60.63 | 7th | 18th | 24th | 92nd |
| Orlando | Florida | 60.51 | 8th | 91st | 1st | 124th |
 | St. Louis | Missouri | 60.27 | 9th | 48th | 11th | 100th |
 | Portland | Oregon | 60.26 | 10th | 8th | 17th | 160th |
| Miami | Florida | 59.42 | 11th | 43rd | 4th | 174th |
 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 59.33 | 12th | 7th | 31st | 114th |
 | Madison | Wisconsin | 59.32 | 13th | 2nd | 47th | 117th |
| Reno | Nevada | 59.10 | 14th | 13th | 35th | 84th |
 | Tucson | Arizona | 58.42 | 15th | 36th | 26th | 101st |
 | Cincinnati | Ohio | 58.42 | 16th | 64th | 22nd | 90th |
 | San Francisco | California | 58.09 | 17th | 44th | 6th | 180th |
 | Rapid City | South Dakota | 57.91 | 18th | 5th | 118th | 19th |
| San Diego | California | 57.74 | 19th | 24th | 13th | 175th |
 | Columbia | South Carolina | 57.56 | 20th | 55th | 40th | 26th |
 | Chicago | Illinois | 57.55 | 21st | 95th | 2nd | 171st |
 | Salt Lake City | Utah | 57.52 | 22nd | 70th | 30th | 29th |
 | Lincoln | Nebraska | 57.48 | 23rd | 21st | 84th | 18th |
 | Honolulu | Hawaii | 57.14 | 24th | 86th | 8th | 170th |
 | Las Cruces | New Mexico | 57.04 | 25th | 1st | 132nd | 28th |
 | Fargo | North Dakota | 56.88 | 26th | 10th | 154th | 11th |
| Columbus | Ohio | 56.34 | 27th | 31st | 41st | 99th |
| Cleveland | Ohio | 56.14 | 28th | 19th | 68th | 93rd |
 | Rochester | New York | 55.88 | 29th | 23rd | 52nd | 134th |
 | Norfolk | Virginia | 55.75 | 30th | 12th | 110th | 62nd |
| Tempe | Arizona | 55.62 | 31st | 88th | 42nd | 31st |
| Sioux Falls | South Dakota | 55.40 | 32nd | 35th | 136th | 5th |
| Los Angeles | California | 55.34 | 33rd | 58th | 10th | 181st |
 | Knoxville | Tennessee | 55.32 | 34th | 71st | 48th | 50th |
| Phoenix | Arizona | 55.31 | 35th | 32nd | 44th | 135th |
| Colorado Springs | Colorado | 55.31 | 36th | 67th | 39th | 85th |
 | Burlington | Vermont | 55.18 | 37th | 17th | 108th | 79th |
| Spokane | Washington | 55.06 | 38th | 27th | 67th | 122nd |
 | Missoula | Montana | 55.01 | 39th | 22nd | 112th | 52nd |
 | Wilmington | Delaware | 54.96 | 40th | 34th | 60th | 82nd |
| St. Paul | Minnesota | 54.94 | 41st | 40th | 76th | 77th |
| Chandler | Arizona | 54.88 | 42nd | 63rd | 86th | 10th |
 | Nampa | Idaho | 54.87 | 43rd | 15th | 147th | 16th |
| Houston | Texas | 54.85 | 44th | 101st | 25th | 120th |
| Omaha | Nebraska | 54.84 | 45th | 84th | 51st | 34th |
| Albuquerque | New Mexico | 54.49 | 46th | 96th | 36th | 73rd |
| Billings | Montana | 54.30 | 47th | 33rd | 119th | 40th |
| Fort Lauderdale | Florida | 54.08 | 48th | 98th | 14th | 172nd |
| Lubbock | Texas | 54.01 | 49th | 62nd | 138th | 3rd |
| Bismarck | North Dakota | 53.83 | 50th | 60th | 168th | 4th |
| Buffalo | New York | 53.68 | 51st | 50th | 46th | 147th |
 | Des Moines | Iowa | 53.56 | 52nd | 37th | 113th | 70th |
 | Anchorage | Alaska | 53.55 | 53rd | 28th | 80th | 145th |
| Richmond | Virginia | 53.38 | 54th | 77th | 34th | 148th |
| Tacoma | Washington | 53.36 | 55th | 41st | 96th | 110th |
 | New Haven | Connecticut | 53.31 | 56th | 20th | 135th | 112th |
| Mesa | Arizona | 53.23 | 57th | 85th | 79th | 35th |
| West Valley City | Utah | 53.18 | 58th | 11th | 179th | 17th |
| Tallahassee | Florida | 53.10 | 59th | 89th | 109th | 22nd |
| Sacramento | California | 53.08 | 60th | 80th | 29th | 158th |
 | Providence | Rhode Island | 53.02 | 61st | 54th | 66th | 141st |
| San Bernardino | California | 52.98 | 62nd | 30th | 130th | 108th |
 | Grand Rapids | Michigan | 52.96 | 63rd | 83rd | 55th | 113th |
| Corpus Christi | Texas | 52.88 | 64th | 87th | 116th | 12th |
 | Washington | District of Columbia | 52.82 | 65th | 106th | 15th | 176th |
| Milwaukee | Wisconsin | 52.81 | 66th | 53rd | 73rd | 137th |
| Aurora | Colorado | 52.77 | 67th | 57th | 117th | 30th |
| San Antonio | Texas | 52.67 | 68th | 93rd | 45th | 125th |
 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | 52.57 | 69th | 134th | 61st | 13th |
| Akron | Ohio | 52.44 | 70th | 66th | 141st | 37th |
| Fontana | California | 52.40 | 71st | 52nd | 149th | 67th |
 | New Orleans | Louisiana | 52.39 | 72nd | 137th | 19th | 162nd |
 | Wichita | Kansas | 52.23 | 73rd | 79th | 128th | 25th |
| Springfield | Missouri | 52.05 | 74th | 102nd | 105th | 27th |
 | Fayetteville | North Carolina | 52.03 | 75th | 59th | 127th | 68th |
| Toledo | Ohio | 51.92 | 76th | 49th | 115th | 104th |
| El Paso | Texas | 51.87 | 77th | 127th | 56th | 33rd |
| Raleigh | North Carolina | 51.81 | 78th | 115th | 65th | 64th |
| Salem | Oregon | 51.78 | 79th | 6th | 120th | 159th |
| Henderson | Nevada | 51.62 | 80th | 126th | 74th | 21st |
| Dallas | Texas | 51.55 | 81st | 94th | 33rd | 166th |
| Scottsdale | Arizona | 51.49 | 82nd | 162nd | 23rd | 109th |
| Vancouver | Washington | 51.41 | 83rd | 109th | 75th | 87th |
 | Casper | Wyoming | 51.41 | 84th | 42nd | 145th | 111th |
| Cedar Rapids | Iowa | 51.38 | 85th | 74th | 152nd | 41st |
| Kansas City | Missouri | 51.36 | 86th | 133rd | 54th | 58th |
| North Las Vegas | Nevada | 51.26 | 87th | 72nd | 153rd | 1st |
| Charleston | South Carolina | 51.23 | 88th | 171st | 20th | 86th |
| Cheyenne | Wyoming | 51.23 | 89th | 45th | 164th | 81st |
| Nashville | Tennessee | 51.05 | 90th | 120th | 37th | 130th |
| Tulsa | Oklahoma | 50.99 | 91st | 118th | 70th | 74th |
 | Huntsville | Alabama | 50.91 | 92nd | 128th | 82nd | 43rd |
| St. Petersburg | Florida | 50.77 | 93rd | 151st | 28th | 132nd |
| Detroit | Michigan | 50.61 | 94th | 68th | 89th | 149th |
| Overland Park | Kansas | 50.59 | 95th | 147th | 93rd | 2nd |
| Juneau | Alaska | 50.52 | 96th | 39th | 162nd | 136th |
 | Indianapolis | Indiana | 50.50 | 97th | 125th | 83rd | 55th |
 | Louisville | Kentucky | 50.44 | 98th | 141st | 59th | 71st |
| Oakland | California | 50.30 | 99th | 75th | 69th | 163rd |
| Santa Ana | California | 50.29 | 100th | 73rd | 98th | 143rd |
| Birmingham | Alabama | 50.23 | 101st | 113th | 85th | 96th |
| Amarillo | Texas | 50.13 | 102nd | 142nd | 133rd | 7th |
| Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 50.11 | 103rd | 119th | 27th | 173rd |
| Moreno Valley | California | 50.11 | 104th | 56th | 163rd | 98th |
| Augusta | Georgia | 50.08 | 105th | 69th | 176th | 95th |
| Riverside | California | 50.05 | 106th | 105th | 88th | 105th |
| Oceanside | California | 50.04 | 107th | 111th | 77th | 126th |
| Stockton | California | 49.99 | 108th | 100th | 134th | 48th |
| Ontario | California | 49.74 | 109th | 76th | 143rd | 107th |
| Virginia Beach | Virginia | 49.71 | 110th | 158th | 53rd | 32nd |
| Glendale | Arizona | 49.58 | 111th | 123rd | 101st | 36th |
 | Baltimore | Maryland | 49.56 | 112th | 121st | 49th | 146th |
| Long Beach | California | 49.55 | 113th | 90th | 43rd | 177th |
| Modesto | California | 49.38 | 114th | 104th | 100th | 129th |
| Gilbert | Arizona | 49.28 | 115th | 135th | 99th | 38th |
| Fresno | California | 49.15 | 116th | 92nd | 91st | 157th |
| Bakersfield | California | 49.01 | 117th | 140th | 92nd | 69th |
| Fort Worth | Texas | 48.96 | 118th | 152nd | 63rd | 83rd |
| Fort Wayne | Indiana | 48.95 | 119th | 129th | 121st | 39th |
| Huntington Beach | California | 48.95 | 120th | 117th | 57th | 161st |
| San Jose | California | 48.89 | 121st | 78th | 62nd | 178th |
| Charlotte | North Carolina | 48.88 | 122nd | 138th | 50th | 144th |
| Chattanooga | Tennessee | 48.78 | 123rd | 148th | 97th | 61st |
| Jacksonville | Florida | 48.74 | 124th | 146th | 78th | 91st |
| Chula Vista | California | 48.62 | 125th | 110th | 106th | 102nd |
| Irvine | California | 48.43 | 126th | 136th | 64th | 142nd |
| Oxnard | California | 48.42 | 127th | 103rd | 144th | 94th |
| Garden Grove | California | 48.24 | 128th | 112th | 102nd | 140th |
| Bridgeport | Connecticut | 48.24 | 129th | 29th | 169th | 151st |
| South Burlington | Vermont | 48.19 | 130th | 108th | 181st | 6th |
| Irving | Texas | 48.11 | 131st | 99th | 165th | 80th |
 | Huntington | West Virginia | 48.03 | 132nd | 107th | 173rd | 60th |
| Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 47.93 | 133rd | 114th | 90th | 150th |
 | Fort Smith | Arkansas | 47.84 | 134th | 97th | 160th | 59th |
| Newport News | Virginia | 47.71 | 135th | 116th | 170th | 57th |
| Arlington | Texas | 47.50 | 136th | 154th | 104th | 47th |
| New York | New York | 47.38 | 137th | 166th | 5th | 182nd |
| Santa Rosa | California | 47.10 | 138th | 131st | 71st | 169th |
| Columbus | Georgia | 46.82 | 139th | 153rd | 155th | 9th |
| Plano | Texas | 46.60 | 140th | 169th | 72nd | 51st |
| Cape Coral | Florida | 46.49 | 141st | 161st | 107th | 42nd |
| Durham | North Carolina | 46.47 | 142nd | 165th | 129th | 15th |
| Charleston | West Virginia | 46.47 | 143rd | 143rd | 178th | 20th |
| Mobile | Alabama | 46.43 | 144th | 157th | 122nd | 63rd |
| Fremont | California | 46.37 | 145th | 144th | 125th | 89th |
| Rancho Cucamonga | California | 46.27 | 146th | 159th | 103rd | 45th |
| Aurora | Illinois | 46.12 | 147th | 130th | 150th | 116th |
 | Gulfport | Mississippi | 46.09 | 148th | 124th | 177th | 88th |
| Greensboro | North Carolina | 45.49 | 149th | 172nd | 94th | 54th |
| Columbia | Maryland | 45.29 | 150th | 149th | 151st | 66th |
| Warwick | Rhode Island | 45.23 | 151st | 139th | 156th | 46th |
| Shreveport | Louisiana | 45.19 | 152nd | 155th | 148th | 97th |
| Laredo | Texas | 44.69 | 153rd | 164th | 159th | 8th |
| Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 44.62 | 154th | 176th | 111th | 23rd |
| Memphis | Tennessee | 44.54 | 155th | 156th | 137th | 121st |
| Santa Clarita | California | 44.19 | 156th | 132nd | 140th | 164th |
| Chesapeake | Virginia | 44.18 | 157th | 174th | 146th | 14th |
| Montgomery | Alabama | 43.96 | 158th | 168th | 172nd | 24th |
| Anaheim | California | 43.50 | 159th | 163rd | 95th | 155th |
| Peoria | Arizona | 43.24 | 160th | 180th | 114th | 49th |
| Garland | Texas | 43.08 | 161st | 160th | 158th | 103rd |
| Dover | Delaware | 43.07 | 162nd | 145th | 175th | 127th |
| Jackson | Mississippi | 42.72 | 163rd | 170th | 180th | 75th |
| Little Rock | Arkansas | 42.11 | 164th | 167th | 167th | 133rd |
| Glendale | California | 41.99 | 165th | 181st | 58th | 153rd |
| Pembroke Pines | Florida | 41.95 | 166th | 179th | 124th | 106th |
| Grand Prairie | Texas | 41.94 | 167th | 175th | 161st | 65th |
| Port St. Lucie | Florida | 40.99 | 168th | 177th | 174th | 78th |
| Hialeah | Florida | 40.74 | 169th | 178th | 142nd | 139th |
| Yonkers | New York | 39.32 | 170th | 173rd | 157th | 167th |
| Pearl City | Hawaii | 39.20 | 171st | 150th | 182nd | 165th |
| Brownsville | Texas | 37.09 | 172nd | 182nd | 166th | 72nd |
With dating apps and social media becoming increasingly popular, dating has never been easier. However, finding the right person can still be a challenge. A man’s luck with dating could be significantly better in certain cities.
What are the best cities for single men to meet their perfect match? When considering what makes a city the perfect place for a bachelor, factors such as the single population, the cost of living, and the social scene should be considered. Additionally, which cities allow single men great job prospects, the ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle, and low crime rates?
Research and Methodology
A Nerd Wallet report considered three factors to determine which U.S. cities were the best for single men: availability of single women, dating affordability, median income, the social scene, and walkability score. Nerd Wallet looked at the number of single women for every 100 single men to compare a single man’s odds. Dating affordability was determined by calculating the price of a three-course meal and two movie tickets at a midrange restaurant in each city. The social scene was analyzed by calculating the number of arts and entertainment attractions and restaurants in each per 1,000 residents.
Top Cities and Their Features
Baltimore, Maryland ranks as the top city for single men. There are about 125 unmarried women in Baltimore for every 100 men, the highest ratio of any of the cities. The average cost of dinner for two and a movie in Baltimore is $69.62. As for the social scene, there are about 2.32 arts and entertainment attractions and restaurants per 1,000 residents.
The cheapest date on this list can be found in Omaha, Nebraska, where two three-course dinners and two movie tickets cost only $49.30. The most expensive date on this list can be found in New York at $103.00. Long Beach has the highest number of arts and entertainment attractions and restaurants per 1,000 people of 3.03. New York was the most walkable city and Washington D.C. had the highest median income of $46,401.
