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Compare cities
  1 Plymouth, MN $111,631 6.65% 5.35%-7.85% $1,590 7.89%
  2 Fort Collins, CO $76,172 6.70% 4.63%-N.A. $1,552 7.64%
  3 Naperville, IL $123,221 6.75% 3.00%-N.A. $1,537 18.77%
  4 Irvine, CA $108,206 7.75% 1.00%-9.30% $1,793 21.75%
  5 Franklin Township, NJ $98,066 7.00% 1.40%-8.97% $2,559 16.06%
  6 Norman, OK $65,802 7.50% 0.50%-5.65% $1,742 12.38%
  7 Round Rock, TX $85,059 8.25% 0.00%-0.00% $1,710 45.15%
  8 Columbia, MD $104,239 6.00% 2.00%-4.75% $2,139 10.92%
  8 Ellicott City, MD $112,215 6.00% 2.00%-4.75% $2,139 9.97%
  9 Overland Park, KS $99,078 7.53% 3.50%-6.45% $1,533 16.81%
  10 Fishers, IN $105,067 6.00% 3.40%-N.A. $1,455 45.09%
    100 Best Places avg. $93,313 6.60% 2.42%-5.22% $1,854 18.60%
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Region
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Ranking
Top 100 winners only
Population
8.3M
19,457
Home Prices
2007 median sales prices
$1.63M
$50K
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City
State
Top 3

City Median income
New Canaan, CT $231,138
Darien, CT $218,130
Lake Forest, IL $212,122
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City % single
Hoboken, NJ 57.7%
Cambridge, MA 52.4%
Somerville, MA 51.4%
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City Median home price
Nicholasville, KY $70,000
Watauga, TX $117,040
Redan, GA $115,000
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How we picked the Best Places
Using statistics from data provider OnBoard and consultant Bert Sperling of BestPlaces.net, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small cities for families. (Last year, we looked at small towns, with populations between 7,500 and 50,000.) More
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