Detroit Ranked Second Laziest City In The United States
When I think of midwestern cities, like Detroit I think of hardworking people, but according to WalletHub, three midwestern cities are in the bottom fifteen, when it comes to the hardest working cities in the United States; Detroit (115 of 116), Cleveland (112 of 116) and Toldeo (107 of 116). Walletbub’s list was put together with the 116 most populous cities and included direct and indirect factors (below). 11 major measures were used to evaluate each city and were weighted with each statistic being given a rating out of 100, with 100 being the “hardest-working” on the scale.
Finally, they calculated each city’s score by averaging its weighted average across all variables, and used the resulting scores to rank-order the sample, and also made sure that at least one city from each of the 50 states was included in our sample. Each ranked city only includes the city proper and leaves out the surrounding metro area.
Direct work factors (which totaled 80 points) are listed below:
- Average workweek hours
- Employment Rate
- Share of households where no adults work
- Share of workers leaving vacation time unused
- Share of engaged workers
- Idle youth
Indirect work factors (which made up the other 20 points) are included below:
- Average commute to work
- Share of workers with multiple jobs
- Annual volunteer hours per resident
- Share of residents who participate in local groups of organizations
- Average leisure time spent per day
Each city was then given a total score; which resulted in San Francisco, California being the hardest working city, Anchorage, Alaska, Irving, TX, Virginia Beach, VA and Washington, D.C. rounded the top five. On the other end; Burlington, VT ranked as the least hardest working city followed by, Detroit, MI, Buffalo, NY, Bridgeport, CT and Cleveland, OH filling out the bottom five.
If you want to see the full list of hardest working cities in the United States, you can over at WalletHub.com.
