Where is the safest city and safest state? New report compared 180 cities

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BY WALLET HUB DOT COM RANKED THE SAFEST CITIES IN AMERICA. AND áTWO IN VERMONT ARE TOPPING THE LIST. CAN YOU GUESS WHICH THEY ARE? NBC5S ANNA GUBER JOINS US LIVE FROM SOUTH BURLINGTON AND ANNA YOU MUST BE FEELING VERY SAFE OVER THERE? LAUREN, ADRIAN BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I AM CURRENTLY IN THE SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA ACCORDING TO WALLET HUB. MEANWHILE JUST ABOUT TWO MILES FROM HERE, BURLINGTON HAS BEEN RANKED NUMBER 4 ON THE LIST. THERE'S A VARIETY OF MEASURES THAT WERE USED TO ESTABLISH THIS RANKING. BUT BEFORE WE TOLD PEOPLE WHAT THOSE FACTORS WERE...WE ASKED THEM TO GUESS WHICH COMMUNITIES MADE THE LIST. <21 SECONDS OF GUESSES> NOT ONE PERSON WE ASKED GUESSED WHICH CITY IN VERMONT... RANKED THE áSAFEST IN THE U- GUESSES> NOT ONE PERSON WE ASKED GUESSED WHICH CITY IN VERMONT... RANKED THE áSAFEST IN THE U- S. WHEN FOLKS FROM OUR REGION FOUND OUT SOUTH BURLINGTON CAME OUT ON TOP...FOLLOWED BY BURLINGTON AT NUMBER 4... THEY WERE SURPRISED TO SAY THE LEAST. <36 SECONDS OF GUESSES> NATURALLY, PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW HOW THESE RANKINGS WERE DECIDED. WALLET HUB USED MEASUREMENTS THAT ESSENTIALLY BOIL DOWN TO THREE FACTORS...HOME AND COMMUNITY SAFETY, FINANCIAL SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK. IN COMPARISON TO THE 180 CITIES IN THIS STUDY... RESEARCHERS SAY SOUTH BURLINGTON HAD THE LOWEST PEDESTRIAN DEATH RATES. áAND THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE COUNTRY. SO WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE SUPRISED BY THE REPORT... CITY MANAGER, JESSIE BAKER SAYS... IT'S A GOOD SIGN. THAT THE WORK THEY'RE DOING IS PAYING OFF. AND PUTTING SOUTH BURLINGTON ON THE MAP. 08;31;43;13 <JESSIE BAKER, SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY MANAGER, :15 "IT'S A NICE KUDOS TO OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF STAFF AND HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY REALLY, REALLY STRONG. AND I THINK IT'S A RECOGNITION OF THAT WORK AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SHARED VISION WE HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY."> AND CARE TO GUESS WHAT RANKS AS THE SAFEST áSTATE IN THE COUNTRY? ACCORDING TO WALLET HUB, THAT'S áALSO VERMONT. YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE ABOU

Wallet Hub compared just over 180 cities across 41 different factors that were grouped into three main categories: home and community safety, natural disaster risk and financial security.

A new report by WalletHub.com has ranked South Burlington, Vermont, the safest city in America. Burlington, Vermont, ranked not far behind South Burlington as the fourth safest city. The other cities listed in WalletHub's Top 5were Casper, Wyoming; Warwick, Rhode Island; and Boise, Idaho. The personal finance company compared just over 180 cities across 41 different factors that were grouped into three main categories: home and community safety, natural disaster risk and financial security. In terms of home and community safety, WalletHub said South Burlington ranked first "in part because of its safe roads.""It has one of the lowest pedestrian fatality rates in the country along with the 13th-lowest percentage of uninsured motorists," according to WalletHub. The report also found South Burlington has the ninth most EMTs and paramedics per capita. According to the U.S. Department of Labor Employment, South Burlington also has the lowest unemployment rate in the country (1.9%). The study also found the city is safe from certain natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and wildfires, compared to others across the U.S.Jessie Baker, South Burlington city manager, said this ranking is a good sign the work the city is doing is paying off. “It’s a nice kudos to our community. You know, we have hundreds of staff and hundreds of volunteers who work every day to make this community really, really strong. And I think it’s a recognition of that work and the shared vision we have for our community," Baker said.WalletHub said Burlington ranked fourth because of its community safety measures, protection against natural disasters and financial protections for residents. Meanwhile, the personal finance company is shining an additional light on Vermont, ranking it the safest state in the country. The top five states on WalletHub's list were Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Utah.The WalletHub study found Vermont had the second-highest percentage of parents who feel they live in safe neighborhoods (77%), the seventh-most neighborhood watch groups per capita, and some of the lowest levels of crime like aggravated assaults, murders and thefts per capita. Vermont also has the second lowest unemployment rate (2.2%) of any state in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report also found Vermont has "the seventh-best road quality in the U.S. It has the 11th-fewest traffic fatalities per 100 million miles traveled and the seventh-fewest pedestrian fatalities per capita."

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. —

A new report by WalletHub.com has ranked South Burlington, Vermont, the safest city in America.

Burlington, Vermont, ranked not far behind South Burlington as the fourth safest city. The other cities listed in WalletHub's Top 5were Casper, Wyoming; Warwick, Rhode Island; and Boise, Idaho.

The personal finance company compared just over 180 cities across 41 different factors that were grouped into three main categories: home and community safety, natural disaster risk and financial security.

In terms of home and community safety, WalletHub said South Burlington ranked first "in part because of its safe roads."

"It has one of the lowest pedestrian fatality rates in the country along with the 13th-lowest percentage of uninsured motorists," according to WalletHub.

The report also found South Burlington has the ninth most EMTs and paramedics per capita.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor Employment, South Burlington also has the lowest unemployment rate in the country (1.9%). The study also found the city is safe from certain natural disasters like flooding, tornadoes and wildfires, compared to others across the U.S.

Jessie Baker, South Burlington city manager, said this ranking is a good sign the work the city is doing is paying off.

“It’s a nice kudos to our community. You know, we have hundreds of staff and hundreds of volunteers who work every day to make this community really, really strong. And I think it’s a recognition of that work and the shared vision we have for our community," Baker said.

WalletHub said Burlington ranked fourth because of its community safety measures, protection against natural disasters and financial protections for residents.

Meanwhile, the personal finance company is shining an additional light on Vermont, ranking it the safest state in the country. The top five states on WalletHub's list were Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Utah.

The WalletHub study found Vermont had the second-highest percentage of parents who feel they live in safe neighborhoods (77%), the seventh-most neighborhood watch groups per capita, and some of the lowest levels of crime like aggravated assaults, murders and thefts per capita.

Vermont also has the second lowest unemployment rate (2.2%) of any state in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The report also found Vermont has "the seventh-best road quality in the U.S. It has the 11th-fewest traffic fatalities per 100 million miles traveled and the seventh-fewest pedestrian fatalities per capita."

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