With consumers spending hundreds of dollars on Thanksgiving travel and celebrations each year, the personal-finance company WalletHub today released its report on the Best Places to Go for Thanksgiving in 2025, along with a Thanksgiving Fun Facts infographic, to help people maximize their enjoyment.
| Top 20 Cities for Thanksgiving | |
| 1. San Antonio, TX | 11. Corpus Christi, TX |
| 2. Atlanta, GA | 12. Houston, TX |
| 3. Virginia Beach, VA | 13. Tulsa, OK |
| 4. Dallas, TX | 14. Cincinnati, OH |
| 5. Scottsdale, AZ | 15. Washington, DC |
| 6. Irving, TX | 16. Austin, TX |
| 7. Plano, TX | 17. San Diego, CA |
| 8. Louisville, KY | 18. Boston, MA |
| 9. Las Vegas, NV | 19. New York, NY |
| 10. Chesapeake, VA | 20. Miami, FL |
Thanksgiving Facts:
- $235 – Average person’s spending over the five-day Thanksgiving period.
- 10 Hrs. – Length of time the average American male would need to spend on the treadmill to burn the 4,500 calories consumed at the average Thanksgiving meal.
- $1.2B – Estimated amount Americans spend on Thanksgiving turkeys each year, with 45 million turkeys killed for the holiday.
- $26 Million – Amount of property loss caused by residential building fires each Thanksgiving.
- 71% – Share of people celebrating Thanksgiving who try to avoid having to talk politics at the dinner table.
