This City in Iowa Is One of the 10 Safest in America

Now more than ever, you can never be too safe in the world we live in, and some places are just better at keeping their inhabitants out of harm's way.

Recently, WalletHub compared 182 cities across 41 indicators of safety in three key categories:

• Home and Community Safety Rank - Rates of violent crime, homeless population, firefighters and police per capita, pedestrian fatalities
• Natural-Disaster Risk - Earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, wildfire risks
• Financial Safety Rank - Income, unemployment, foreclosure, poverty rates

Using that data, they have determined the Top 10 Safest Cities in America. 

One city in Iowa landed in the top ten.

Cedar Rapids is seventh overall with its best ranking in Home and Community Safety (#10) and its worst in Financial Safety (#78).

SAFEST CITIES IN AMERICA 

1. South Burlington, Vermont
2. Casper, Wyoming
3. Warwick, Rhode Island
4. Burlington, Vermont
5. Boise, Idaho
6. Yonkers, New York
7. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
8. Columbia, Maryland
9. Portland, Maine
10. Virginia Beach, Virginia

Two other Tri-State cities landed in the Top 35.

In South Dakota, Sioux Falls is 22nd overall with its best ranking in Financial Safety (#23) and its worst in Natural-Distaster risk (#86).

In Minnesota, St. Paul is number 34  with a best 44 ranking in Natural-Disaster risk and a worst 51 in Home and Community Safety.

The North Star State's capital city is tied for third nationally with the highest percentage of households with emergency savings.

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MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN AMERICA

1. Memphis, Tennessee
2. Detroit, Michigan
3. Fort Lauderdale, Florida
4. Baton Rouge, Louisiana
5. New Orleans, Louisiana
6. Baltimore, Maryland
7. Cleveland, Ohio
8. Oakland, California
9. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10. San Bernardino, California