The best cities for track running

Which cities are best if you run on the track? We scored every city with a meaningful number of tracks on a composite of two things: how many running tracks it has per 100,000 residents (availability) and the median runner rating of those tracks (quality). The result is a ranking of the places where you're never far from a good oval. Bloomington, IN tops the list, with 8 tracks and a 10 per-100k rate.

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#	City	Tracks	Per 100k	Median rating	Score
1	Bloomington, IN Indiana	8	10	4.5★	45
2	Marietta, GA Georgia	6	9.5	4.6★	43.7
3	Utica, NY New York	5	7.9	4.5★	35.3
4	Columbia, SC South Carolina	10	6.9	4.8★	33.2
5	DeSoto, TX Texas	4	7.1	4.65★	32.8
6	Taylor, MI Michigan	4	6.5	5★	32.5
7	Bradenton, FL Florida	4	6.9	4.7★	32.3
8	Champaign, IL Illinois	6	6.5	4.6★	30
9	Normal, IL Illinois	3	5.6	5★	28.1
10	La Crosse, WI Wisconsin	3	5.9	4.6★	27
11	Alexandria, VA Virginia	10	6.3	4.3★	27
12	Chico, CA California	6	5.8	4.45★	25.9
13	Greenwood, IN Indiana	4	5.9	4.3★	25.2
14	Bloomfield, NJ New Jersey	3	5.4	4.6★	24.9
15	Logan, UT Utah	3	5.3	4.7★	24.8
16	Palatine, IL Illinois	6	5.4	4.6★	24.8
17	Santa Rosa, CA California	9	5.1	4.85★	24.6
18	East Orange, NJ New Jersey	4	5.6	4.4★	24.5
19	Plainfield, NJ New Jersey	3	5.3	4.5★	23.9
20	Lafayette, LA Louisiana	6	4.9	4.8★	23.6
21	Terre Haute, IN Indiana	3	5.1	4.6★	23.6
22	West Hartford, CT Connecticut	3	4.7	5★	23.4
23	Wilmington, DE Delaware	4	5.5	4.25★	23.2
24	Springfield, OH Ohio	3	5.2	4.5★	23.2
25	Royal Oak, MI Michigan	3	5.2	4.5★	23.2

Composite score blends tracks-per-100k with median rating. Population from US Census estimates; ratings from public reviews. Download CSV.

See the flip side — big cities with too few tracks — or the state-level Public Track Access Index.