Residents who buy real estate in these growing towns from the Best Places database see their incomes go the furthest.
| Rank |
City |
Median home sale price 2007 |
| 1 |
Nicholasville, KY |
$70,000 |
| 2 |
Watauga, TX |
$117,040 |
| 3 |
Redan, GA |
$115,000 |
| 4 |
Franklin, IN |
$103,000 |
| 5 |
Clay, NY |
$124,000 |
| 6 |
Plainfield, IN |
$124,000 |
| 7 |
Marion, IA |
$131,500 |
| 8 |
Omaha, NE |
$113,000 |
| 9 |
Bellevue, NE |
$120,000 |
| 10 |
Russellville, AR |
$85,000 |
| 11 |
Mission Bend, TX |
$133,000 |
| 12 |
Arnold, MO* |
$119,600 |
| 13 |
Des Moines, IA |
$105,000 |
| 14 |
Spring, TX |
$131,005 |
| 15 |
Lake Jackson, TX |
$149,426 |
| 16 |
Janesville, WI |
$124,700 |
| 17 |
Beavercreek, OH |
$168,000 |
| 18 |
Atascocita, TX |
$171,462 |
| 19 |
West Des Moines, IA |
$161,500 |
| 20 |
Pearl, MS |
$100,000 |
| 21 |
La Porte, TX |
$136,990 |
| 22 |
Westerville, OH |
$184,950 |
| 23 |
La Vergne, TN |
$127,000 |
| 24 |
Papillion, NE |
$169,000 |
| 25 |
Martinez, GA |
$145,000 |
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From the August 2008 issue
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