--- title: Halloween 2014: Best United States Cities for Trick or Treating description: Based on a very scientific analysis of crimes rates, candy stores, walkability and more canonical: https://time.com/3543535/best-worst-halloween-cities/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-28T15:57:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:14:07.166Z og:title: These Are the Best (And Worst) Cities for Celebrating Halloween og:description: St. Paul and Minneapolis top the list og:url: https://time.com/3543535/best-worst-halloween-cities/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt282f987c9e351366/698762fa06f2c16a2e331999/160596497.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Halloween trick or treaters og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the Best (And Worst) Cities for Celebrating Halloween twitter:description: St. Paul and Minneapolis top the list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt282f987c9e351366/698762fa06f2c16a2e331999/160596497.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Are the Best and Worst Cities for Celebrating Halloween by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 28, 2014 3:57 PM UTC  Children wearing fancy dress Children wearing fancy dressGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Oct 28, 2014 3:57 PM UTC If you’re one of those people who gets super into Halloween, then you might want to consider moving to the Twin Cities, because according to a new study, St. Paul and Minneapolis are the best places to celebrate the spooky holiday. The personal finance social network WalletHub[ determined ](http://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-cities-for-halloween/7785/)the best (and worst) cities for Halloween based on 15 key metrics, including crime rates, weather, walkability, number of costume stores per capita and number of amusement parks. (All the criteria fit into three categories: “Entertainment Environment & Safety,” “Parties & Activities” and Weather Forecast for Halloween.”) WalletHub crunched numbers for 100 of the country’s most populated cities, ultimately giving each one an overall rank of Halloween-friendliness. Here are the 10 best cities: 1. St. Paul, MN 2. Minneapolis, MN 3. Dallas, TX 4. Santa Ana, CA 5. Irving, TX 6. Garland, TX 7. Chandler, AZ 8. Denver, CO 9. Arlington, TX 10. Las Vegas, NV And the 10 worst: 1. Winston-Salem, NC 2. Jacksonville, FL 3. Nashville, TN 4. Anchorage, AK 5. Detroit, MI 6. Durham, NC 7. Stockton, CA 8. Toledo, OH 9. Charlotte, NC 10. Kansas City, MO See the rest of the rankings — along with some other key findings — [here.](http://wallethub.com/edu/best-and-worst-cities-for-halloween/7785/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3543535/best-worst-halloween-cities/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3543535/best-worst-halloween-cities/"},"headline":"These Are the Best and Worst Cities for Celebrating Halloween","datePublished":"2014-10-28T15:57:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:07.166Z","description":"Based on a very scientific analysis of crimes rates, candy stores, walkability and more","url":"https://time.com/3543535/best-worst-halloween-cities/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Holidays","cities","Minneapolis","costumes","Kansas City","halloween"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt282f987c9e351366/698762fa06f2c16a2e331999/160596497.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt282f987c9e351366/698762fa06f2c16a2e331999/160596497.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Halloween trick or treaters","caption":"160596497","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3543535/best-worst-halloween-cities/","name":"These Are the Best and Worst Cities for Celebrating Halloween"}}]}] ```