Of the 150 largest cities in the country, personal finance website WalletHub ranked Newark No. 140 and Jersey City No. 142 overall for singles.
Single and ready to mingle?
If your answer is yes, living in New Jersey's two largest cities may not help your relationship status, a new study says.
Of the 150 largest cities in the country, personal finance website WalletHub ranked Newark No. 140 and Jersey City No. 142 overall for singles.
The website formed its rankings based on two equally weighted groups of metrics: "dating economics" and "romance and fun."
Jersey City ranked poorly when it came to the price of a movie ticket -- which factors into dating economics -- at No. 139 overall. At the AMC movie theater in Newport Centre mall, the price of an adult ticket for a Friday evening movie is $12, according to Fandango.
Newark ranked slightly better for the price of movie tickets, at No. 126.
Jersey City ranked highly for online dating opportunities at No. 36, while Newark slumped at No. 118.
For dining options, which , both cities ranked well with Jersey City at No. 47 and Newark at No. 52. The cities tied for meal costs at No. 72.
Last year, Jersey City ranked No. 144 overall in the same study.
Singles looking for their "happily ever after" may want to check out Salt Lake City, Orlando Fla., Tempe, Ariz., Atlanta, or Scottsdale, Ariz. -- which ranked No. 1 through 5, respectively, according to the report.
The study collected data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Council for Community and Economic Research, Numbeo, ESRI, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trust for Public Land, Yelp, Tripadvisor and Gallup Healthways.
