A credit score is a representation of your financial habits. It’s designed to predict risk, the likelihood that you’ll become seriously delinquent on your credit obligations in the 24 months after scoring.
How are the consumers in your community doing managing their finances? WalletHub compared the median credit scores of residents in 2,572 U.S. cities to provide this information.
Here’s a listing of cities at the top and bottom of the ranking:
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Cities in the top percentile |
Cities in the bottom percentile |
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The Villages, Florida: 807 |
Opa-locka, Florida: 572 |
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Sun City Center, Florida: 789 |
Florence, South Carolina: 570 |
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Sun City West, Arizona: 787 |
Union City, Georgia: 569 |
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Green Valley, Arizona: 781 |
Riverdale, Georgia: 569 |
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Saratoga, California: 780 |
Pontiac, Michigan: 567 |
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Los Altos, California: 779 |
Suitland, Maryland: 566 |
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Lexington, Massachusetts: 778 |
College Park, Georgia: 564 |
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Estero, Florida: 778 |
Darlington, South Carolina: 561 |
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Laguna Woods, California: 777 |
East Chicago, Indiana: 560 |
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Pittsford, New York: 773 |
East Orange, New Jersey: 559 |
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Potomac, Maryland: 772 |
New Brunswick, New Jersey: 557 |
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Wilmette, Illinois: 772 |
Gary, Indiana: 555 |
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Winchester, Massachusetts: 772 |
West Memphis, Arizona: 554 |
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Oro Valley, Arizona: 772 |
Forest Park, Georgia: 553 |
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Lafayette, California: 771 |
Inkster, Michigan: 553 |
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Cupertino, California: 771 |
Detroit, Michigan: 552 |
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Needham, Massachusetts: 770 |
Chester, Pennsylvania: 552 |
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Gibsonia, Pennsylvania: 770 |
Harvey, Illinois: 552 |
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San Carlos, California: 770 |
East St. Louis, Illinois: 546 |
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Leawood, Kansas: 769 |
Camden, New Jersey: 541 |
For the report and to see where your city ranks, see “2018's Cities with the Highest and Lowest Credit Scores.”





I would imagine that those of us in Los Angeles that got hit by the real estate crisis have some credit issues to deal with.
Credit “stores”? You might want to correct the type of the title of your post.
Hi Rebecca,
Yes, millions of Americans are still trying to get over the setbacks that occurred during the Great Recession.
Rita