Baltimore is the third most stressed city in the United States, according to a new WalletHub study of 2023’s most and least stressed cities in the country.
Washington D.C. was ranked the 31st most stressed city. Columbia, Maryland was ranked 161st, making it one of the least stressed cities included in the study.
To determine their results, WalletHub compared 182 cities across four dimensions: work stress, financial stress, family stress, and health and safety stress. The study looked at data points ranging from average weekly work hours to divorce rates.
The top 10 most stressed cities according to WalletHub are:
- Cleveland, OH
- Detroit, MI
- Baltimore, MD
- Birmingham, AL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Shreveport, LA
- Memphis, TN
- Fayetteville, NC
- St. Louis, MO
- Augusta, GA
WalletHub obtained data from sources including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and more.
Learn more about the study here.
