America's worst small towns revealed - and it's bad news for California

America's worst mini municipality has been revealed, pinch California towns consistently ranking astatine nan bottom.

A recent WalletHub study ranked more than 1,300 mini towns pinch populations betwixt 25,000 to 100,000 crossed nan United States - and wished that Isla Vista, California, conscionable northbound of Santa Barbara, is nan worst.

It had immoderate of nan worst affordability and economical wellness scores, pinch a precocious percent of nan organization successful poverty, and has immoderate of nan lowest homeownership rates.

Other cities successful California besides fared poorly successful nan survey, which considered 45 different metrics from lodging costs to occupation growth, to acquisition and moreover nan number of restaurants per capita.

Wasco, northeast of Bakersfield, which has a organization of astir 25,000, classed 3rd worst connected nan database - scoring only somewhat amended than Isla Vista connected affordability, but worse connected categories for illustration information and value of life.

When looking astatine individual metrics, Bell Gardens, West Hollywood and Isla Vista had nan lowest affordability scores retired of nan towns analyzed.

Maywood, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and Huntington Park were besides connected nan bottommost 10, placing respective cities successful highly-populated Los Angeles County among nan worst performers.

With that said, present are nan towns that scored nan best:

1. Carmel, Indiana

Carmel, Indiana was rated nan champion mini metropolis to unrecorded in, pinch 1 of nan lowest unemployment rates astatine conscionable 3 percent.

It besides has nan 33rd lowest costs of rent arsenic a stock of median family income astatine astir 14 percent, and its median yearly family income is astir $133,000 - nan 110th highest retired of much than 1,300 cities.

Carmel besides boasts a debased unemployment complaint and precocious incomes, pinch nan fourth-lowest stock of adults successful adjacent aliases mediocre health.

It has nan 23rd lowest premature decease complaint successful nan country, nan fourth-lowest pedestrian fatality rate, and nan 75th lowest convulsive crime rate.

2. Brookfield, Wisconsin

Brookfield, Wisconsin was classed nan second-best mini metropolis to unrecorded successful pinch a 3 percent unemployment complaint and nan 96th highest homeownership rate, on pinch nan 11th champion median in installments score.

It has nan 5th lowest stock of residents successful adjacent aliases mediocre health, and complete 98 percent of nan organization having wellness insurance.

It besides has nan 31st lowest convulsive crime complaint and nan 19th lowest pedestrian fatality complaint successful nan country. 

3. Lexington, Massachusetts

Lexington, Massachusetts was rated nan third-best mini metropolis to unrecorded in, pinch nan fourth-lowest spot crime complaint and nan 37th lowest convulsive crime rate.

It has 1 of nan fewest car clang deaths successful nan country, and 1 of hihgest median yearly family incomes astatine complete $206,000.

Lexington besides benefits from Massachusetts having nan champion schoolhouse strategy successful nan country.

It has nan second-highest percent of group pinch wellness insurance, nan eighth-lowest stock of adults successful mediocre aliases religion wellness and nan 22nd astir fittingness centers per capita.