Madison finishes 3rd in happiest city rankings

High Dynamic Range (HDR) image of Madison, Wisconsin skyline and state capitol (NBC15)

High Dynamic Range (HDR) image of Madison, Wisconsin skyline and state capitol (NBC15)

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The people of Madison have many good reasons to smile, according to a new survey. The Wisconsin capital slotted third in Wallethub’s latest ranking of the happiest cities in America.

While it only claimed the bronze medal, for those who don’t plan on moving to California, Madison’s the happiest place to be.

Wallethub weighed a variety of factors, from work and salary-related ones to those measuring health and community metrics, to come up with its list of happy cities.

Of the nearly 200 cities in the survey, Madison topped them all for unemployment. On the flipside, while the unemployment rate is the lowest, the income growth is decidedly average. Wallethub tallied numbers for 182 cities and Madison ranked right in the middle at 92.

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