The United States is the13th well-chosen placein the world . But , within this estate of swell variety and variety , where is best to set up cantonment in your pastime of happiness ?

Gallup - Healthways ' have just released their newestCommunity Well - Being Index , showing the berth in the US that nock the gamy   when it come to well - being , wellness , and felicity .

The index focuses on five well - being factors : Purpose , social , financial , community , and physical . The data was eviscerate from more than 354,473 telephone interviews across all 50 states , carry between January 2 , 2015 , and December 30 , 2016 . This was then all added together to produce a score out of 100 .

you may check   out the full finding in theCommunity Well - Being Index 2016 .

The highest ranking residential district for the 2d consecutive year was Naples - Immokalee - Marco Islands in Florida . This windy seaside arena was in the top five ranking for all of the well - being factors , except for financial well - being . This domain was closely play along by Barnstable Town in Massachusetts , Santa Cruz - Watsonville in California , Urban Honolulu in Hawaii , and Charlottesville in Virginia .

The eternal rest of the top 10 were as follows :

North Port - Sarasota - Bradenton , FL

San Luis Obispo - Paso Robles - Arroyo Grande , CA

Lynchburg , VA

Hilton Head Island - Bluffton - Beaufort , SC

Boulder , CO

You might notice that the majority of these country , especially those towards the top of the chart , are all coastal communities , just a short omission from the sea . That ’s perhaps no surprise consideringprevious scientific studieshave found a link between living by the sea and positively charged mental health . All of these coastal communities tended to do passably well in the fields of " social " , " community " , and " physical . " On the other hand , the higher grading inland community generally grade very well when it to amount to " aim " , which the write up defines as " liking what you do each day and being incite to attain your finish . "

The state contain the most community with a high well - being ranking was California ( shown to have seven community in the top 25 ) , follow by Colorado ( three ) , Texas ( three ) , Florida ( two ) , and Virginia ( two ) .

On the other close of the spectrum , the bad scoring community of interests , in rescript , were as following :

Fort Smith , AR - OK

Hickory - Lenoir - Morganton , NC

Huntington - Ashland , WV - KY - OH

Topeka , KS

Canton - Massillon , OH

Flint , MI

Chico , CA

Beaumont - Port Arthur , TX

Erie , PA

Montgomery , AL