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Financial difficulties, job loss, food shortages, medical debt, and dread and paranoia caused by growing crime rates are just a few examples of the many kinds and sources of stress that people may encounter.
A new analysis details which locations are more strained and which are less troubled, and unfortunately, some places have it worse than others.
WalletHub compared statistics for more than 180 locations in the US in 2024, including the two most populous cities in every state, to determine which cities were the most and least straining.
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There were a number of Ohio cities that were named among the “most stressed,” with one Ohio town even topping the list:
- First place: Cleveland
- Next on the list is Akron
- Cincinnati (number 23)
- Number 26: Toledo
- Columbus, number 67
With “one of the lowest median household incomes in the country after adjusting for the cost of living, at under $41,000,” Cleveland reportedly earned the top rank, as stated in the research. It is also home to “the second-highest separation and divorce rate in the country at nearly 41%, along with the 19th-highest percentage of single-parent households.”
There is cause for concern regarding health and safety in Cleveland, where “over 20% of adults have 14 or more mentally unhealthy days per month, and 43% of adults sleep less than seven hours per night.”
The ten American cities with the highest levels of stress are these:
- Ohio, specifically Cleveland
- The Motor City
- The city of Baltimore in Maryland
- Tennessee, Memphis
- Mississippi Gulfport
- Pennsauken, Delaware
- The city of Birmingham in Alabama
- Cleveland, OH
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Jackson, Miss.
By analyzing 182 cities on four dimensions—work stress, money stress, family stress, and health and safety stress—WalletHub arrived at its ranking.
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The following 39 relevant metrics were used to assess these factors: mental health, suicide rate, crime rate, number of mass shootings, average weekly work hours, job security, unemployment rate, income growth, housing affordability, median annual household income, poverty rate, separation and divorce rate, child care cost, and more.