Mesa ranked No. 10 on WalletHub list of best-run cities

WalletHub recently compiled a list of the best-run cities by ranking 148 of the United States’ largest cities using numerous factors, and Mesa came in at No. 10.

The personal finance platform measured the cities on five different topics:

• Financial stability
• Education
• Health
• Safety
• Economy
• Infrastructure and pollution

These topics came together to form an overall quality of city services rank.

In that measurement, Mesa slotted in near the middle of the pack at No. 62. However, it ranged from No. 32 to No. 137 for the individual categories.

Here are those rankings broken down:

• Financial stability: 68
• Education: 78
• Health: 73
• Safety: 46
• Economy: 32
• Infrastructure and pollution: 137

Despite Mesa’s mediocre city services rank, it broke the top 10 due to its score per dollar spent index.

WalletHub determined the index by dividing each of the city’s quality of city service rank by its total budget per capita.

Phoenix joined Mesa inside the top 50 at No. 40. Arizona’s capital ranked No. 60 in city services and No. 50 in budget per capita.

Tucson was the third and final Arizona city to make the list, slotting in at No. 61. The southern Arizona city ranked No. 107 in city services and No. 43 in budget per capita.

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