What Makes Minneapolis A Great City For Women In 2025?

What makes one city a better environment for women than another? A city that offers women looking for places with strong economic opportunity, health infrastructure, and quality of life. When you consider all those factors, Minneapolis is among the best.

In fact, in the latest Wallet Hub study (Best & Worst Cities for Women 2025), Minneapolis ended up in 8th place out of 182 cities across the country.

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The criteria they used included two major categories: 1)Women's Economic & Social Well-being, and 2) Women's Healthcare & Safety. Within those categories, they compared things like job security for women, median earnings for female workers, and unemployment rates for women. They also considered the quality of women's hospitals, women's preventive healthcare, and much more.

When all the numbers were crunched, these were the Top 10 Cities for Women:

Columbia, Maryland
Seattle, Washington
Overland Park, Kansas
Raleigh, North Carolina
South Burlington, Vermont
Fremont, CA
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Durham, North Carolina
Jersey City, New Jersey

Wallet Hub also recently looked at all 50 states in terms of being women-friendly (Wallet Hub Best and Worst States for Women), and Minnesota came in 2nd among all the states. That study considered the same two categories and subcategories, and Minnesota did very well there, too.

You can view the complete study on the Best & Worst Cities for Women at WalletHub.

10 Most Dangerous Cities in South Dakota

Cities on the east and west side of the Missouri River have made the latest list of South Dakota's Most Dangerous Cities for 2021.

Roadsnacks recently released its most 'Dangerous Cities' list and here in The Mount Rushmore state there are a few surprises, especially at the top. To determine the most dangerous cities in the state, Roadsnacks looked at the FBI's report on the latest violent crime, along with property crime statistics.

And surprisingly, the town with the most murders per capita in the state has less than 3,000 residents. Take a look at the list below.

For a look at the detailed list, visit roadsnacks.com Story Source: Roadsncaks