Best US cities for families? Irvine is 3rd-best, San Bernardino is 7th worst, says this ranking WalletHub’s annual rankings of where high quality of life for families exists comes from a study of various demographic and economic statistics A new “best cities for families” scorecard ranked Irvine third-best and San Bernardino seventh-worst. WalletHub’s annual rankings of where high quality of life for families exists comes from a study of 47 demographic and economic statistics