Seattle is the number-one city in the United States… for keeping New Year’s resolutions! In January 2025, WalletHub released a study comparing over 100 cities to see which ones are most likely to have residents who keep their resolutions. This actually isn’t the first time that Seattle won the top spot in this ranking.
Seattleites stood out in particular for keeping New Year’s resolutions related to physical well-being and finances. WalletHub reports that in terms of physical well-being, Seattle has the lowest percentage (less than 13%) of physically inactive adults, the sixth-lowest obesity rate in the country, the seventh-lowest percentage of adults who eat fruit less than once a day, and the lowest percentage of adults who smoke daily or on most days (quitting smoking is a popular resolution).
As for financial resolutions, WalletHub reports that Seattle “has the second-lowest percentage of people who are delinquent on their debt payments and residents have very low levels of debt relative to their income.”
Here are the cities ranked in the top five:
- Seattle, WA
- San Francisco, CA
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Austin, TX
- Atlanta, GA
Curious about WalletHub’s methodology for this ranking? They compared 182 cities in the United States. Each city was awarded points based off of common New Year’s resolutions across the five categories of health, finances, school and work, bad habits, and relationships.
Read more on WalletHub.
Featured image: Olympic Athletic Club