Kansas City, MO Rankings (2024)

#3 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings.... Read More

#8 America’s Manliest Cities

Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

#9 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

Bankers Life and Casualty Company Center for a Secure Retirement recently commissioned a survey of the Best U.S. Cities for S... Read More

#10 Sleep in the City Study

#10 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

Gas prices have recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down any time soon. The average U.S. family with tw... Read More

#11 Best Cities for Teleworking - Large Metro Areas

US Cities ripe for mobile workstyle enabled by Intel(r) Centrino(r) Duo Mobile Technology.... Read More

#13 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

State Farm Insurance and BestPlaces have released the Fiscally Fit Cities Report revealing that fewer than half of American ... Read More

#14 Best Cities for Board Gamers

The data team at BestPlaces.net calculated each metro area’s Board Gamer Score based on board game interest and sales from th... Read More

#14 Best Block Party Places

#15 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

A study from Sperlings BestPlaces identifies those places which do the best job of caring for its elderly population. The ""Bes... Read More

#15 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

Rankings for the 3rd Annual Combos Americas Manliest Cities... Read More

#15 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

Home may be where the heart is, but for many baby boomers, home is also where guests stop by unannounced, ""to-do"" lists seem... Read More

#17 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

Retirement used to mean heading South to bake in the sun, spending the rest of one’s life playing tennis, golf and shuffleboar... Read More

#18 Best Baseball Cities

The most special month of the year for every baseball fan. The World Series determines the best baseball team, but did you ever w... Read More

#19 America's Top Hygge Cities

Hygge is the Danish concept of creating cozy environments that foster well-being and contentment. Many Americans have eagerly ado... Read More

#20 Most Energetic Cities

We conducted a recent study in partnership with Tahitian Noni International HiroTM, a new healthy beverage line, on ""Most ... Read More

#23 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

As our lifestyle becomes increasingly stressful due to work, relationships, and world events, the need for sleep becomes eve... Read More

#23 America's Riskiest Online Cities

Cybercrime, a threat that affects one in five online shoppers and cost Americans $560 million in 2009 due to online fraud, may hit... Read More

#24 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

#25 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

Between international terrorism and a struggling economy, todays Americans are faced with more stress than ever. In this new s... Read More

#26 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

A new analysis, which ranked the 50 worst cities for respiratory infections in the United States, names Greenville, South Caroli... Read More

#27 Best Airports to Make a Connection

The thought of flying during the holidays normally conjures up images of screaming kids with colds, cancelled flights and less-th... Read More

#27 America’s Least Manly Cities

Step aside men of Motown, Sin City and the Big Apple. Nashville now ranks as the manliest city in America. Mars Snackfood ... Read More

#27 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

Sperling’s BestPlaces has released a new study that highlights the cities where residents are at a higher risk for iJack... Read More

#27 America's Most Playful Cities

Dove Chocolate teams up with Sperling’s BestPlaces to find the cities where people are being the most playful, and where ther... Read More

#27 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

THE FACE OF THE FUTURE: ROC® SKINCARE PREDICTS THE MOST WRINKLE-PRONE CITIES IN AMERICA - a city by city look at the metropoli... Read More

#29 2005 High Gas Prices

Gas prices recently hit an all-time high, and they show no sign of coming down. Today the average U.S. family with two drivers p... Read More

#30 Healthiest Cities

The Centrum® Healthiest Cities Study, First of Its Kind, Seeks to Inspire Americans to Achieve a Balanced, Healthy Lifestyle... Read More

#30 Hypertension Hot Spots

A national analysis conducted by Sperling’s BestPlaces identifies the nation’s Hypertension Hot Spots, or cities that fa... Read More

#33 Gloomiest Places in America

The data team at BestPlaces.net determined each metro area’s Gloom Score by looking at three key environmental factors for the m... Read More

#34 America's Migraine Hot Spots

Everybody gets a headache now and then, but did you know that the severe headaches known as migraines affect over 29 million Am... Read More

#36 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

Sperling’s BestPlaces and Edge® Shave Gel Reveal American Cities Poised for Greatness in Sports, Art, Music, Culture.... Read More

#36 Stressful Cities 2012

Sperling’s BestPlaces, a research firm specializing in livability rankings, has released its new study of major cities with the mo... Read More

#36 Sleepless Cities 2011

Bert Sperling releases the results of his latest study on sleeplessness, and finds that Louisville, Kentucky has the distin... Read More

#39 Failure To Lunch

The Cities Where Workers Can't Get Away From Their DeskSperling's BestPlaces was commissioned by restaurant ch... Read More

#44 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

Just in time for the holidays – which cities have the biggest holiday crush of travelers? Here are the 100 U.S. cities which show ... Read More

#44 Most Irritation Prone Cities

A new study measuring everyday irritations like heat, traffic and household pests ranks major southern cities among the most irr... Read More

#58 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

When it comes to summer and its accompanying hot weather, there are so many beautiful things - beach days, barbecues, revea... Read More

#60 Drought-Riskiest Cities

Scientists are warning that raging brush fires could become routine. Florida is running out of water to meet the needs of its grow... Read More

#60 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

Bars and clubs that promote the ubiquitous "Ladies Night" might be surprised to find their citys gender gap favors the men. S... Read More

#64 The Most Single Cities

As interesting as the nation as a whole is trending, Sperling said, we want to see which places had the greatest percentage of si... Read More

#80 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

Hooking that hottie is hard enough without the odds stacked against you, so the city researchers at Sperling’s BestPlaces have ide... Read More

#130 2005 Best Places to Live

2005 Best Places to Live Study.... Read More

#244 Best Green Cities

Country Home magazine, in conjunction with Sperlings BestPlaces, reveals that Burlington, Vermont is the 2007 Best Green Pla... Read More