2022's Top-Ranking U.S. Cities for Bicycling

For the sixth consecutive year, PeopleForBikes is proud to release our annual City Ratings, a data-driven program to evaluate, identify and compare the best cities and towns for bicycling. For 2022, more than 1,000 cities were rated in the U.S. and Canada, the largest number in program history.

Below are 2022’s top-ranked small, medium and large U.S. cities for bicycling. All cities in these lists have a City Ratings score greater than 50, the threshold score for a great place to bike.

Small Cities ( < 50,000 )

Provincetown, Massachusetts (1)

Score:	81
Population:	3,664
Median Home Value:	$863,763
Diversity Index:	27

Fayette, Missouri (2)

Score:	71
Population:	2,803
Median Home Value:	$154,342
Diversity Index:	43

Crested Butte, Colorado (3)

Score:	70
Population:	1,639
Median Home Value:	$1,040,586
Diversity Index:	20

Aspen, Colorado (4)

Score:	67
Population:	7,004
Median Home Value:	$2,697,360
Diversity Index:	20

Ashland, Wisconsin (5)

Score:	63
Population:	7,908
Median Home Value:	$131,948
Diversity Index:	35

Medium Cities (50,000 - 300,000 Population)

Davis, California (1)

Score:	72
Population:	66,850
Median Home Value:	$895,804
Diversity Index:	66

Berkeley, California (2)

Score:	70
Population:	124,321
Median Home Value:	$1,728,529
Diversity Index:	68

Boulder, Colorado (3)

Score:	66
Population:	108,250
Median Home Value:	$1,096,070
Diversity Index:	40

Ankeny, Iowa (4)

Score:	64
Population:	67,887
Median Home Value:	$315,398
Diversity Index:	25

Corvallis, Oregon (5)

Score:	60
Population:	59,922
Median Home Value:	$511,627
Diversity Index:	47

Large Cities (> 300,000 Population)

Brooklyn, New York (1)

Score:	63
Population:	2,736,074
Median Home Value:	$767,693
Diversity Index:	75

San Francisco, California (2)

Score:	61
Population:	873,965
Median Home Value:	$1,644,703
Diversity Index:	70

Seattle, Washington (3)

Score:	59
Population:	737,015
Median Home Value:	$984,863
Diversity Index:	60

Queens, New York (4)

Score:	56
Population:	2,405,464
Median Home Value:	$767,693
Diversity Index:	77

Portland, Oregon (5)

Score:	54
Population:	652,503
Median Home Value:	$600,254
Diversity Index:	53

For the sixth consecutive year, PeopleForBikes is proud to release our annual City Ratings, a data-driven program to evaluate, identify and compare the best cities and towns for bicycling.

By Jack Foersterling, PeopleForBikes’ copywriter + editor