Ann Arbor tops Kiplinger's list of 10 best cities for singles

By Cindy Heflin Associate news director

Posted on Mon, Feb 13, 2012 : 8:40 a.m.

Ann Arbor's mix of high income and large number of unmarried households helped it earn the top spot on Kiplinger's list of best cities for singles.

Ann Arbor has been ranked among the best places to raise a family, the best cities to retire and as the smartest city in the country. It’s also the best city in America for singles, Kiplinger says.

In coming up with the 10 best cities for singles, Kiplinger scrutinized cities for household income, cost of living and percentage of unmarried households. It also looked at a so-called date-night tab: the average cost of two movie tickets and a bottle of wine. Never mind that people don’t generally tote a bottle of wine to the movie theater.

Kiplinger cited Ann Arbor for its combination of “ultra-high wages, reasonable living costs and a well-educated dating pool.”

Bloomington, Ill., was No. 2. Iowa City, Iowa, was the only other Big Ten city to make the list, coming in at No. 10. Kiplinger also ranked the worst cities for singles. Yuma, Ariz., was at the top, or shall we say bottom, of that list.