2025 Compare Cities Rankings:
Oakland, CA vs Bellingham, WA

#1 America’s Least Manly Cities

#1 Cities on the Edge of Greatness

#1 The Most Single Cities

#1 Best Baseball Cities

#1 Most Competitive Public Colleges

#1 Most and Least Risky Places for Identity Theft

#1 Best States for LGBTQ Rights

#2 Metro Areas with Fastest Rising Income 2020

#3 Best Cities for Seniors 2005

#3 Most Difficult Cities to Navigate

#3 Healthiest Cities

#4 America's Most Playful Cities

#4 America's Riskiest Online Cities

#5 Best-Rested Cities 2011

#5 Best Cities for Teleworking - Extra Large Metro Areas

#5 America’s Best Cities for Foodies

#6 Most Comfortable Summer Cities

#6 Best and Worst Airports to make a Connection List

#6 Top 10 Cities to Beat the Heat

#7 Best US Cities for Seniors 2011

#7 Safest Cities for Families with Young Children

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

#8 Failure To Lunch

#10 Best Airports to Make a Connection

#13 Stressful Cities 2012

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

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

#19 The Most (and Least) Gender Imbalanced Cities

#19 Best Green Cities

#23 Gloomiest Places in America

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

#24 Most Irritation Prone Cities

#25 Sperlings Skincare Wrinkle Ranking

#26 Best and Worst Cities for Sleep

#26 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Large Metro Areas)

#28 America’s Manliest Sports Cities

#29 Fiscally Fit Cities Report

#31 Best Block Party Places

#34 Drought-Riskiest Cities

#37 America's Top Hygge Cities

#37 Most Romantic Cities for Boomers

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

#40 Most Popular Cities for the Holidays

#42 Best Cities for Board Gamers

#42 Sleep in the City Study

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

#44 America’s Manliest Cities

#45 Most Energetic Cities

#46 Sleepless Cities 2011

#47 Americas Manliest Cites 2011

#50 Hypertension Hot Spots

#57 2005 High Gas Prices

#96 America's Migraine Hot Spots

#107 2005 Best Places to Live

#3 Where to Live to Avoid a Natural Disaster (Lowest Risk)

#3 Most Secure Places to Live in the U.S. (Mid-Size Metro Areas)

#3 Safest Places from Natural Disasters

#7 Most Secure Places to Live 2011 (Mid-Size Cities)

#30 America's Most (and Least) Stressful Cities (117 Smallest Metro Areas)

#38 2005 Best Places to Live

#46 Best Green Cities

#92 America's Best and Worst Cities for Crime (Smallest Metro Areas)

I move to Oakland 20yrs ago with high hopes, loved the geography of the city, the diversity is outstanding, and the charm of the older homes is wonderful. When I  More

Fun place to visit. Little rough is some areas- a lot to do  More

I moved to Oakland because of its racial diversity in the early eighties although I've seen some ups and downs in this visually beautiful city, it has never been as bad  More

I've lived in so many cities in 5 west coast states and have come to a conclusion that Bellingham is the greatest city to live, work, play and raise a family. After  More

From what I’ve seen and heard, the very liberal political/ethical beliefs of Bellingham residents, as well as the grey rainy weather, are the main things a few people  More

If you’re like many Americans and caught up in right vs left you won’t like the far left here in Bellingham wa. If you put politics away and you enjoy skiing,  More