Rating

Clean Air

Scale56-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places with the cleanest recent outdoor air, combining three years of elevated-AQI frequency, annual PM2.5, and peak-season ozone evidence.

Sources

Data behind the rating

1 source

EPA AirData

2023-2025 annual summaries; files refreshed June 25, 2026
Data
EPA annual AQI by county and annual concentration by monitor files for PM2.5 and ozone, using observed exceptional-event conditions and EPA's corrected PM2.5 monitor-method guidance.
What it tells us
Provides a recent three-year county-level outdoor-air profile. Missing county metrics use state or national fallback evidence that is explicitly pulled toward neutral; this is not a neighborhood or indoor-exposure model.

Top 10 Locations

Ranked by Clean Air.

Check a town

See its rating and position without leaving this ranking.

Loading top locations...

Score Map

Each county is shaded by the rated town nearest its center. Zoom in for exact Census town boundaries.

Explore every rated town

The zoomable nationwide map loads automatically as you approach it.