With Halloween just around the corner and total spending on related expenses projected to reach $11.6 billion this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Best Cities for Halloween in 2024, as well as expert commentary, to identify which cities provide the most exciting yet safe conditions for the holiday. Alongside this report, WalletHub created a fun Halloween Facts infographic.
WalletHub compared the 100 largest U.S. cities across 20 key metrics. They range from costume stores per capita to the crime rate to the share of potential trick-or-treat stops.
| Top 20 Cities for Halloween | |
| 1. New York, NY | 11. Newark, NJ |
| 2. Jersey City, NJ | 12. San Diego, CA |
| 3. Miami, FL | 13. San Francisco, CA |
| 4. Las Vegas, NV | 14. Hialeah, FL |
| 5. Chicago, IL | 15. Santa Ana, CA |
| 6. Los Angeles, CA | 16. Orlando, FL |
| 7. Washington, DC | 17. Laredo, TX |
| 8. Anaheim, CA | 18. Buffalo, NY |
| 9. Boston, MA | 19. San Jose, CA |
| 10. Gilbert, AZ | 20. Philadelphia, PA |
Halloween Facts:
- $11.6 Billion: Projected Halloween spending in 2024.
- $3.8 Billion: Halloween costume spending in 2024.
- $3.5 Billion: Halloween candy spending in 2024.
- 34%: Share of parents who think 13 or 14 is old enough to trick-or-treat alone.
- More than half: Share of parents who help themselves to some of their children’s Halloween haul.
- $400 Million: Annual revenue generated by the Halloween attraction industry in ticket sales, with 80% of haunted attractions being run by charities.
Key takeaways and WalletHub commentary are included below in text and video format. Feel free to use the provided content as is or edit the raw files as you see fit.
