Henlo, doggo. If you are reading this, you are a blessed good boi (and also very smart for being able to read the type types) and you live in one of the top 20 cities for doglings and woofers in America.
Cincinnati humans, if you are reading this and you have a dog, good job for living here. One can only assume you made this choice purely based on this SmartAsset survey, which has ranked the most dog-friendly cities in America for 2020.
Cincinnati came in at No. 14.
SmartAsset, a financial website that likes to conduct surveys and research, came up with its numerical rankings based on these metrics:
- Dog parks per 100,000 residents. Data comes from the Trust for Public Land’s 2020 Amenities and Facilities Report.
- Dog-friendly restaurants. This is the number of restaurants that allow dogs in outdoor seating areas. Data comes from BringFido.com and was pulled in July 2020.
- Dog-friendly shopping centers. This is the number of shopping centers that allow dogs. Data comes from BringFido.com and was pulled in July 2020.
- Median home value. Data comes from the Census Bureau’s 2018 1-year American Community Survey.
- Walk score. This factor measures the walkability of each city. Data comes from Walkscore.com’s 2020 City and Neighborhood Ranking.
- Concentration of pet stores and veterinary offices. This is the number of pet stores and veterinary offices per 10,000 establishments in the county. Data comes from the County Business Patterns Survey and is for 2018.
Per SmartAsset's research, Cincinnati has 1.6 dogs parks per 100,000 people; 124 dog-friendly restaurants; six dog-friendly shopping centers; 79.6 average days with precipitation; and 61.76 pet stores/vet officers per 100,000 establishments. (It doesn't list our median home value for some reason.)
The most dog-friendly city in America is Tucson, Arizona, followed by Las Vegas and Madison, Wisconsin in a tie for second place. We assume you picked Cincinnati over these other cities based on our excellent weather.
