Irvine Named 3rd Happiest City in America

According to a recently published study, our City’s residents are among the happiest in the nation. In fact, Irvine earned the No. 3 spot in WalletHub’s Happiest Cities in America ranking. That’s up two spots from last year.

Analysts from WalletHub examined 29 key indicators of happiness — ranging from the depression rate to the income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day — among residents in more than 180 cities across the country.

The study found that the majority of Irvine residents have a remarkably positive mental state, good physical health, low divorce rate, longer life expectancy, strong social connections, high job satisfaction, and financial well-being.

Irvine has the third-highest percentage of adults reporting “good or excellent” health. Nearly 84% of Irvine residents participate in physical activities, and the City has the nation’s seventh-highest life expectancy.

To read more about the study, click here.