INLAND EMPIRE – (INT) – Stress is a fact of life across our region – some is good and most not so.

The leading causes? Money tops the list, followed by work, family and relationships. By one estimate, workplace-related stress alone costs the nation’s society more than $300 billion per year.

To determine the cities where Americans cope best, WalletHub compared 182 cities across 39 key metrics. The data set ranged from average weekly work hours to debt load to divorce and suicide rates.

Here in the Inland Empire, San Bernardino ranked highest at #29 among the nation’s cities that were studied. However, it ranked highest at #1 in the category of ‘Family Stress’.

Further down the list were Moreno Valley (#93), Ontario (#117), Fontana (#128), Riverside (#129) and Rancho Cucamonga (#159).

The least-stressed city on the nationwide list was Fremont, California.

Story Date: July 18, 2019