With Veterans Day approaching and the COVID-19 pandemic leading to an increase in veteran unemployment, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020’s Best & Worst Places for Veterans to Live (as well as accompanying videos and audio files). The report compares the 100 largest U.S. cities across 20 key metrics, ranging from the share of military skill-related jobs to housing affordability and the availability of VA health facilities.
WalletHub also released the results of its 2020 Military Money Survey, which revealed that 75% of Americans agree that military families experience more financial stress than the average family. To help with that, WalletHub’s editors selected 2020’s Best Military Credit Cards, which provide hundreds of dollars in annual savings potential. Below are highlights from the reports, along with a WalletHub Q&A.| Best Cities for Veterans | Worst Cities for Veterans |
| 1. Orlando, FL | 91. New York, NY |
| 2. Irvine, CA | 92. Fresno, CA |
| 3. Tampa, FL | 93. Anaheim, CA |
| 4. Raleigh, NC | 94. Jersey City, NJ |
| 5. Austin, TX | 95. Long Beach, CA |
| 6. Colorado Springs, CO | 96. Baltimore, MD |
| 7. Virginia Beach, VA | 97. Memphis, TN |
| 8. Scottsdale, AZ | 98. Baton Rouge, LA |
| 9. Gilbert, AZ | 99. Newark, NJ |
| 10. Minneapolis, MN | 100. Detroit, MI |
