Survey: Yonkers one of the happiest cities in the U.S.

Officials at WalletHub say they examined each city based on 30 key indicators of happiness, ranging from the depression rate to the income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day.

News 12 Staff

Mar 1, 2023, 12:04 PM

Updated 556 days ago

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A new survey says that Yonkers is the one of the happiest cities in America.
Officials at WalletHub say they examined 182 cities based on 30 key indicators of happiness, ranging from the depression rate to the income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day.
Yonkers ranked 18th overall. A further look shows the city ranked 17th in Emotional & Physical Well-Being,  118th in Income & Employment, and 44th in Community & Environment.
Fremont, California topped the list of happiest cities in the U.S. Jersey City , New Jersey was the only other tri-state city to make the top 50. New York City is ranked #57.
For the full list, click here.