Eight Valley cities ranked among the list of those that are best for women, with a wide spread on those that were above average and those that were below.

Financial website Wallethub ranked 182 U.S. cities, including the 150 most populous, on 15 metrics of living standards for women to determine which are the best. Those indicators range from median earnings to quality of hospitals and suicide rates for women.

Four Valley cities — Scottsdale, Gilbert, Peoria and Chandler — ranked higher than average, largely on the upside of being well regarded for economic and social well-being, according to the report.

The remaining four — Mesa, Tempe, Phoenix and Glendale  — had lower scores for economic factors as well as women's health care and safety, according to the report.

For women's economic and social well-being, which comprised 60% of the scoring, the report looked at median earnings, unemployment rate, job security, share of women living in poverty, share of women-owned businesses and "economic clout" of women-owned firms.

For women's health care and safety, which comprised 40% of the scoring, it looked at abortion policies and access, quality of women's hospitals, women's uninsured rate, women's preventative health care, share of physically active women, share of women who are obese, suicide rate for women, life expectancy and prevalence of rape victimization.

Below is the overall rank of the Valley cities. To see where they fit into the list, click here.

Scottsdale: No. 34 overall, No. 17 on economic and social well-being, No. 88 on health care and safety.

Glibert: No. 39 overall, No. 39 for economic and social well-being, No. 79 for health care and safety.

Peoria: No. 50 overall, No. 54 for economic and social well-being, No. 86 for health care and safety.

Chandler: No. 57 overall, No. 47 for economic and social well-being, No. 99 for health care and safety.

Mesa: No. 100 overall, No. 91 for economic and social well-being, No. 95 for health care and safety.

Tempe: No. 113 overall, No. 92 for econoimc and social well-being, No. 106 for health care and safety.

Phoenix: No. 109 overall, No. 109 for economic and social well-being, No. 117 for health care and safety.

Glendale: No. 137 overall, No. 129 for economic and social well-being, No. 116 for health care and safety.