Provo, Utah, has been named the most neighborly city in America, according to a report published September 29 by Neighbor.com. San Francisco, California, and Boise, Idaho, were ranked as the second and third most neighborly cities in the 2026 rankings released in celebration of National Good Neighbor Day.
The 2026 rankings were shaped by a national survey of more than 1,000 adults who rated the qualities of a neighborly city. According to the report, safety was the most important factor to respondents, followed by the importance of helping neighbors directly. Neighbor.com ranked 100 U.S. cities based on violent crime, property crime, charitable giving, volunteering, voter turnout, population growth, and local sharing activity, with each measure weighted using a September 2026 SurveyMonkey survey of 1,011 U.S. adults.
Provo secured the top spot in the small city size group, having climbed from number five in 2024. The city finished in the top 10 in five of the seven categories, including a tie for third in volunteering and number two for local sharing. Additionally, Provo holds the fourth-lowest violent crime rate on the list. According to IRS data, Utah County taxpayers claimed charitable gifts worth 4.5% of their income in 2023, a rate that is the highest in the study and more than three times the 100-city average.
In the survey regarding how well Americans know their neighbors, 34% of adults can name two or fewer neighbors by first name, while 1 in 10 do not know any. The study found that 94% of Americans say they would help their neighbors during a natural disaster or emergency. Among adults under 35, 50% know two or fewer neighbors by name, compared to 24% of those aged 55 and older. Additionally, only 8% of adults under 35 gave voting the top importance rating for a neighborly city, while 24% of those 55 and older did so.
Joseph Woodbury, CEO and co-founder of Neighbor, stated that this year's winners prove that neighborliness is not dependent on city size, but rather on people who show up for each other and give generously. Neighbor.com is a marketplace for storage and parking that allows individuals to rent out unused spaces like garages or driveways. The company is backed by $75 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Fifth Wall, and Pelion Venture Partners.
