2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Madison, WI vs Gilbert, AZ

#1 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Large Metro Areas)

#2 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#6 Best Places for Military Retirees

#7 The Best Cities to Relocate to in America

#8 Best Green Cities

#12 Most Secure Large Cities in the U.S.

#16 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Large Metros)

#25 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#32 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#37 2005 Best Places to Live

#37 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#68 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#87 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#6 Failure To Lunch

#6 Wrinkle Ranking Cities Most at Risk for Skin Damage by 2040

#10 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#10 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#10 America's Most Playful Cities

#10 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#13 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#15 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#18 Stressful Cities 2012

#19 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#20 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (100 Largest Metro Areas)

#21 America’s Best (and Worst) Cities for Dating

#21 Healthiest Cities

#21 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#22 America’s Manliest Cities

#23 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#23 Second Annual “America’s Manliest Cities” Rankings

#24 America’s Least Manly Cities

#25 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#25 High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest?

#28 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#32 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#32 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#33 Most Energetic Cities

#33 Hypertension Hot Spots

#33 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#33 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#34 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#35 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#37 The Most Single Cities

#38 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

#38 Sleepless Cities 2011

#40 2005 High Gas Prices

#40 America's Best Cities for a Healthy Retirement

#42 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#44 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#44 Best Block Party Places

#45 America's Top Hygge Cities

#45 Worst Cities for Respiratory Infections

#50 Gloomiest Places in America

#54 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#72 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#80 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#115 Best Green Cities

#273 2005 Best Places to Live

Unfortunately, a number of these reviews are politically based. Madison remains the only shining star in Wisconsin’s economy. The economy is broadly based, with  More

Have been living in Madison for almost 3 years. It’s very safe, ppl generally friendly and for a town of its size it has fair number of good restaurants and interesting  More

Lacks balance and zero accountability.   More

Gilbert should be compared to the Midwest in the sense that despite the size of the buildings being 5 stories tall in Mixed Use Areas, it retains the small town feeling,  More

My Dad lives in Gilbert and i live nearby due to proximity of Mesa and visit Gilbert a lot. I can definitely say Gilbert is a hidden gem of a town that knows how to  More

The reason I chose to write a review is because, while a few were indeed quite concise & accurate (looking at you, J.T.), some were astonishingly biased and/or isolated  More