Freedom#21 of 102 · Added July 22, 2026
Quality of Life
WalletHub’s 100-point quality-of-life composite
Data: WalletHub, 2025 ↗nhmaps.com/25
Across 51 metrics for affordability, opportunity, education, health, safety, and lifestyle, New Hampshire scores 58.2. Vermont, next door, lands at just 52.7.
Quality of life composite score (score (0–100))
Source & data: WalletHub, 2025 ↗Found via @GregMooreNH ↗
View the data (50 states)
| # | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho | 60.2 |
| 1 | Massachusetts | 60.2 |
| 3 | New Jersey | 59.8 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | 59.7 |
| 5 | Minnesota | 58.7 |
| 6 | Florida | 58.5 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | 58.2 |
| 8 | New York | 57.9 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 57.9 |
| 8 | Utah | 57.9 |
| 8 | Wyoming | 57.9 |
| 12 | Iowa | 56.2 |
| 12 | Maine | 56.2 |
| 12 | Virginia | 56.2 |
| 15 | Montana | 55.2 |
| 16 | Illinois | 54.6 |
| 16 | North Dakota | 54.6 |
| 18 | South Dakota | 54.1 |
| 19 | Colorado | 53.6 |
| 20 | Nebraska | 52.9 |
| 21 | Vermont | 52.7 |
| 22 | North Carolina | 52.3 |
| 23 | Kansas | 52.2 |
| 24 | Connecticut | 52.1 |
| 24 | Rhode Island | 52.1 |
| 26 | Georgia | 51.6 |
| 26 | Ohio | 51.6 |
| 28 | Indiana | 51.2 |
| 28 | Missouri | 51.2 |
| 30 | Michigan | 51.1 |
| 31 | Arizona | 51.0 |
| 32 | California | 50.5 |
| 33 | Delaware | 50.0 |
| 34 | Maryland | 49.8 |
| 35 | Hawaii | 49.4 |
| 36 | Washington | 49.2 |
| 37 | Kentucky | 47.5 |
| 38 | Oregon | 47.2 |
| 38 | Texas | 47.2 |
| 40 | Alabama | 47.0 |
| 40 | Tennessee | 47.0 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 47.0 |
| 43 | Oklahoma | 46.3 |
| 44 | South Carolina | 45.7 |
| 45 | Nevada | 44.6 |
| 46 | Alaska | 44.2 |
| 47 | Mississippi | 43.5 |
| 48 | Arkansas | 42.1 |
| 49 | Louisiana | 40.6 |
| 50 | New Mexico | 39.7 |