BEST PLACES TO LIVE 2005
Moorestown, NJ No. 1: Moorestown, NJ
MONEY magazine and CNN/Money spent months looking for Great American Towns -- where you would want to raise your children and celebrate life's milestones. Starting with more than 1,300 cities, we settled on 10 winners. (more)
2. Bainbridge Isl., WA 5. Louisville, CO   8. Peachtree City, GA
3. Naperville, IL 6. Barrington, RI   9. Chatham, NJ
4. Vienna, VA 7. Middleton, WI 10. Mill Valley, CA

The finalists:  1-25  |  26-50  |  51-75  |  76-100
The contenders:  State by state breakout
Top 10s
Biggest earners - Highest median income
Hottest - Average high temperature in July
Coldest - Average low temperature in January
Safest - Fewest incidences of robbery, assault and other crimes
Most educated - Percentage of residents with a graduate degree
Priciest homes - Median home sale price in 2004
Fastest jobs growth - Increase in employed persons since 1990
Most golf courses - Number of public golf courses
Least polluted - Lowest levels of carbon monoxide, other pollutants
Lowest commute time - Average minutes getting to work
Behind the search for Best Places; data source list
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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.