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Top 100
Rank City Population
76 Martinez, GA 31,000
77 El Dorado Hills, CA 22,200
78 Moorestown, NJ 20,700
79 Pike Creek, DE 20,700
80 Ridgeland, MS 24,100
81 Mason, OH 28,000
82 South Elgin, IL 21,300
83 Mansfield, TX 36,800
84 Beavercreek, OH 40,500
85 Salem, NH 30,000
86 North Haven, CT 23,700
87 Emmaus, PA 12,000
88 Lansing, KS 9,800
89 Olive Branch, MS 28,800
90 Franklin (Milwaukee County), WI 31,500
91 Helena, AL 13,500
92 Grand Terrace, CA 13,200
93 Twinsburg, OH 18,100
94 Wilbraham, MA 14,900
95 Bartlett, TN 41,700
96 Gahanna, OH 33,300
97 Grapevine, TX 49,400
98 Seven Oaks, SC 17,600
99 Silverdale, WA 17,100
100 Cottonwood Heights, UT 28,400
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1 Middleton, WI  
2 Hanover, NH  
3 Louisville, CO  
4 Lake Mary, FL  
5 Claremont, CA  
6 Papillion, NE  
7 Milton, MA  
8 Chaska, MN  
9 Nether Providence, PA  
10 Suwanee, GA  
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  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
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Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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