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The 25 Best Cities in America for Taekwondo (2026)

Not the most schools — the best training-here math. We scored every US city of 50,000+ with at least 3 taekwondo schools on two things that actually matter when you live there: how many schools you have per 100k residents, and how good those schools are (median Google rating across the city's schools). Multiply the two and you get this list. Updated 2026-07-19.

The ranking

Sarasota, Florida is the best city in America for taekwondo — 7 schools for 58k people (12.1 per 100k) with a median rating of 4.9★, edging out Lancaster, Pennsylvania (12 per 100k at 4.9★). Notice what's missing: the megacities. Density per resident is a mid-size-city game, and quality travels with it — every city on this list beats most major metros on both dials. 12 states place at least one city.

#CitySchoolsPopulationPer 100kMedian ratingScore
1 Sarasota, FL 7 57,764 12.1 4.9★ 59.4
2 Lancaster, PA 7 58,441 12 4.9★ 58.7
3 Marietta, GA 7 63,122 11.1 4.8★ 53.2
4 Arlington Heights, IL 8 75,596 10.6 4.9★ 51.9
5 Harrisburg, PA 5 50,649 9.9 5★ 49.4
6 Mooresville, NC 5 52,884 9.5 4.8★ 45.9
7 Flower Mound, TX 7 79,990 8.8 4.9★ 42.9
8 Ocala, FL 6 70,251 8.5 5★ 42.7
9 Beaverton, OR 8 98,302 8.1 4.9★ 39.9
10 Madison, AL 5 64,029 7.8 4.9★ 38.3
11 Clermont, FL 4 50,851 7.9 4.8★ 38.2
12 Summerville, SC 4 52,625 7.6 5★ 38
13 Troy, NY 4 51,065 7.8 4.8★ 37.6
14 Alpharetta, GA 5 67,275 7.4 5★ 37.2
15 Pensacola, FL 4 53,898 7.4 4.8★ 36
16 Boynton Beach, FL 6 83,095 7.2 4.9★ 35.4
17 North Richland Hills, TX 5 71,436 7 5★ 35
18 Temecula, CA 8 112,431 7.1 4.9★ 34.9
19 Pearland, TX 9 129,620 6.9 5★ 34.7
20 Lake Forest, CA 6 87,159 6.9 5★ 34.4
21 Bradenton, FL 4 58,184 6.9 4.8★ 33.3
22 Mission, TX 6 88,574 6.8 4.9★ 33.2
23 Clifton, NJ 6 90,322 6.6 5★ 32.9
24 Oswego, IL 4 60,581 6.6 5★ 32.7
25 Coconut Creek, FL 4 59,721 6.7 4.8★ 32.1

Local angle for every row: "Sarasota ranks #1 nationally for taekwondo" is a data-backed sentence, and so is every other rank on the list. Click any city for its full school lineup.

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Suggested attribution: “The 25 Best Cities in America for Taekwondo” — TaekwondoClasses.net, 2026, linked to https://www.taekwondoclasses.net/taekwondo-stats/best-cities/. The tables are CC BY 4.0: chart them, quote them, publish them — just link back. Want a custom cut (by state, metro, or discipline)? Email us.

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Methodology: school counts and Google ratings from our continuously maintained national directory (4,346 taekwondo schools, 203,812 customer reviews; only genuine taekwondo schools with taekwondo on their schedule). Eligibility: city population ≥ 50,000 (US Census 2024 estimates) and ≥ 3 schools. Score = (schools ÷ population × 100,000) × median Google rating of the city's schools. Cities are rolled up by the city name schools list on their address, so suburbs score separately from their metro anchor. More lenses: America's taekwondo capitals (raw counts and per-capita), the state stats hub, and the best-rated schools by state.