These Bay Area Cities Are Among the Nation's Happiest, Report Says

The Bay Area is home to some of the happiest cities in the United States, according to a new report.

WalletHub ranked Fremont as the happiest city in the nation, San Jose as the second happiest and San Francisco as the fifth happiest. Other Bay Area cities that appeared close to the top of the list were Oakland (13) and Santa Rosa (26).

When putting together its list, WalletHub compared 182 of the country's largest cities across three key factors: emotional and physical well-being, income and employment, and community and environment.

"We examined each city based on 30 key indicators of happiness, ranging from the depression rate to the income-growth rate to average leisure time spent per day," the report states.

Here's a look at the top 20 happiest cities in the U.S., per WalletHub.

RANK	CITY
1	Fremont, California
2	San Jose, California
3	Madison, Wisconsin
4	Overland Park, Kansas
5	San Francisco, California
6	Irvine, California
7	Columbia, Maryland
8	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
9	South Burlington, Vermont
10	Burlington, Vermont
11	Seattle, Washington
12	Bismarck, North Dakota
13	Oakland, California
14	Huntington Beach, California
15	San Diego, California
16	Scottsdale, Arizona
17	Minneapolis, Minnesota
18	Yonkers, New York
19	Aurora, Illinois
20	Fargo, North Dakota

Learn more about WalletHub's list here.