Here's Where These 11 VA Cities Rank For Quality Of Life

Several Virginia towns are among cities across the United States that are setting the gold standard for quality of life, according to a new ranking.

Lawn care company LawnStarter recently analyzed dozens of metrics in categories including health, safety, education, affordability, and environmental factors for America’s 500 largest cities to identify 2025's Leading Cities For Quality of Life.

In this year's study, researchers found that living in bigger cities doesn't guarantee a good quality of life and that it also depends on the environment, the economy and the health of the community, according to the ranking.

At the top of Virginia's list was Alexandria, which ranked 47th and received high scores on education, physical and mental health. Virginia Beach followed at No. 68, and Suffolk came in at No. 105.

Here's how 11 Virginia cities ranked:

• Alexandria (No. 47)
• Virginia Beach (No. 68)
• Suffolk (No. 105)
• Chesapeake (No. 136)
• Lynchburg (No. 201)
• Richmond (No. 248)
• Norfolk (No. 316)
• Roanoke (No. 319)
• Hampton (No. 326)
• Newport News (No. 354)
• Portsmouth (No. 431)

Here's a look at the top 10 cities across the United States when it comes to quality of life, according to LawnStarter:

1. Newton, Massachusetts
2. Woodbury, Minnesota
3. Plymouth, Minnesota
4. Pleasonton, California
5. Redmond, Washington
6. Castle Rock, California
7. Bellevue, Washington
8. San Ramon, California
9. Naperville, Illinois
10. Carmel, Indiana

Among the 30 largest U.S. cities, only San Francisco (No. 25), Seattle (No. 26), and San Jose (No. 43) cracked the top 50. Others like Philadelphia (No. 436) and Houston (No. 462) fell toward the bottom.

Several of the country’s largest metros even landed in the bottom 10, including Detroit (No. 499) and Memphis (No. 495), where violent crime remains high and poverty rates are more than 65 percent higher than the average city in our study.

See the full ranking at LawnStarter.com.

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