• Housing affordability, signaled by price-to-income ratio
  • Rent
  • Average hours of sleep
  • Average work hours
  • Percentage of people who commute more than 45 minutes to work
  • Unemployment rate
  • Percentage of people who live below the poverty line
  • Divorce rate
  • Number of yoga and meditation centers per capita
  • Percentage of people in “poor” or “fair” health (46% of Americans cite health concerns as a leading cause of stress)
  • Percentage of people who don’t think “having as much fun as possible” is important, according to a 2016 Nielsen poll.