Rockville has been ranked among the top 30 small cities in the country in WalletHub’s 2026 Best Small Cities in America report.
WalletHub compared more than 1,300 U.S. cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 using 45 indicators of livability, including housing costs, school quality, restaurants, economic conditions and safety.
Rockville ranked 30th overall and landed in the 98th percentile nationally. The city received an overall score of 67.14, with category rankings of 76th for education and health, 90th for quality of life, 222nd for safety, 261st for economic health and 664th for affordability.
Several other Montgomery County communities appeared in the rankings, including Bethesda in the 91st percentile, Gaithersburg in the 88th percentile, Olney in the 85th percentile and Potomac in the 73rd percentile.
