For 3rd straight year, Cleveland ranks as most stressed city in America in WalletHub study

CLEVELAND — For the third straight year, no city in the U.S. is having a more difficult time coping with stress than Cleveland.

In its study of 2022's Most Stressed Cities in America, WalletHub placed Cleveland at the top of the list yet again. In order to determine where Americans cope best and worst with their stress, WalletHub compared more than 180 cities across four dimensions using 40 key metrics. The data set ranges from average weekly work hours to the unemployment rate to divorce and suicide rates.

The four dimensions are: "Work Stress," "Financial Stress," "Family Stress," and "Health and Safety Stress." Cleveland ranked No. 1 in "Financial Stress" and No. 2 in both "Family Stress" and "Health and Safety Stress." 

In individual metrics, Cleveland was tops in 'Divorce Rate," ranked second for "Unemployment Rate" and "% of Adults with Inadequate Sleep" and third in "Poverty Rate."

Here are the Top 10 Most Stressed Cities in the U.S., according to WalletHub:

1. Cleveland
2. Detroit
3. Guilfport, MS
4. Baltimore
5. Philadelphia
6. Memphis
7. New Orleans
8. Birmingham
9. St. Louis

and checking in at No. 10 was another Ohio city, Toledo.

Here is how the rest of Ohio fared in the study:

• No. 16 - Akron
• No. 21 - Cincinnati
• No. 47 - Columbus

If you are unhappy with this list Cleveland, remember to take my friend Mike Polk Jr's advice: They're certainly nothing to stress out about.

Previous Reporting:

• Mike Polk Jr. on why you shouldn't stress about Cleveland being named 'most stressed city in America'
• Cleveland ranks as the most stressed city in America, according to new study
• Cleveland named the most stressed city in America in 2020, according to WalletHub study