{"id":3674,"date":"2013-02-14T12:19:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T18:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlaw.com\/blog\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2018-08-08T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T19:38:16","slug":"top-10-worst-cities-average-credit-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlaw.com\/blog\/credit-101\/top-10-worst-cities-average-credit-score.html","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Best and Worst Average Credit Scores by City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Top-Ten-Best-and-Worst-Cities-by-Average-Credit-Score.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3675\" title=\"Top Ten Best and Worst Cities by Average Credit Score\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lexingtonlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Top-Ten-Best-and-Worst-Cities-by-Average-Credit-Score.jpg\" alt=\"Top Ten Best and Worst Cities by Average Credit Score\" width=\"490\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<script>\nfunction displayResult()\n{\ndocument.getElementById(\"myTextarea\").select();\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"myTextarea\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 150px;\" cols=\"20\">&lt;br \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lexingtonlaw.com\/blog\/credit-score\/top-10-worst-cities-average-credit-score.html&#8221;&gt;&lt;img style=&#8221;width: 490px;&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.lexingtonlaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Top-Ten-Best-and-Worst-Cities-by-Average-Credit-Score.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Top ten worst cities average credit score&#8221; \/&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;<br \/>\nLexingtonLaw.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;br \/&gt;<br \/>\n<\/textarea><br \/>\n<button type=\"button\">Embed this infographic<\/button><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nBest Average Credit Scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Wausau, WI &#8211; 789<\/li>\n<li>Minneapolic, MN &#8211; 787<\/li>\n<li>Madison, WI &#8211; 785<\/li>\n<li>Cedar Rapids, IA &#8211; 781<\/li>\n<li>San Francisco, CA &#8211; 781<\/li>\n<li>Green Bay, WI &#8211; 780<\/li>\n<li>Boston, MA &#8211; 779<\/li>\n<li>Peoria, IL -778<\/li>\n<li>Sioux Falls, SD &#8211; 778<\/li>\n<li>La Crosse, WI &#8211; 777<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Worst Average Credit Scores<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<ol>\n<li>Harlingen, TX &#8211; 686<\/li>\n<li>Jackson, MS &#8211; 701<\/li>\n<li>Corpus Christi, TX &#8211; 702<\/li>\n<li>Monroe, LA &#8211; 706<\/li>\n<li>Shreveport, LA &#8211; 706<\/li>\n<li>Augusta, GA &#8211; 709<\/li>\n<li>Bakersfield, CA &#8211; 709<\/li>\n<li>Las Vegas, NV &#8211; 709<\/li>\n<li>Tyler, TX &#8211; 710<\/li>\n<li>El Paso, TX &#8211; 710<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":3675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[281],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v18.3) - 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