Money's list of America's best small towns


Cities
Rank City Population
  Pacific Grove, CA 14,871
  Pacifica, CA 39,383
  Palm Bay, FL 100,863
  Palm Beach, FL 10,394
  Palm City, FL 21,560
  Palm Valley, FL 19,866
  Palmdale, CA 147,622
  Palos Heights, IL 11,841
  Palos Hills, IL 17,975
  Palos Verdes Estates, CA 13,397
5 Papillion, NE 23,610
  Paradise, NV 214,305
  Paradise Valley, AZ 15,050
  Park Forest Village, PA 9,935
  Park Ridge, IL 37,668
  Park Ridge, NJ 8,820
29 Parker, CO 41,012
  Parkland, FL 24,574
  Parole, MD 16,518
  Pasadena, CA 140,088
  Pasadena, MD 12,475
  Pasadena, TX 152,482
  Patchogue, NY 11,565
  Paterson, NJ 148,127
91 Peachtree City, GA 35,946
  Pearl, MS 24,902
  Pearl City, HI 31,678
78 Pearl River, NY 15,678
  Pekin, IL 33,902
  Pelham, AL 19,981
  Pella, IA 9,913
  Pembroke, MA 18,254
  Pembroke Pines, FL 161,882
  Pendleton, OR 16,651
  Penn Hills, PA 44,142
  Pennsville, NJ 12,083
  Peoria, AZ 153,896
  Peoria, IL 115,176
  Pepperell, MA 11,354
  Pequannock, NJ 16,819
  Perry Hall, MD 29,578
  Perry Heights, OH 8,590
  Perrysburg, OH 20,186
  Peru, IL 9,994
  Pewaukee, WI 11,765
  Pewaukee, WI 9,264
  Philadelphia, PA 1,554,147
  Phoenix, AZ 1,524,601
  Pickerington, OH 16,499
  Piedmont, CA 10,901
  Pierre, SD 14,294
  Pike Creek, DE 20,639
  Pikesville, MD 30,512
  Pine Bluff, AR 50,203
  Pinehurst, NC 11,540
  Pineville, LA 14,261
  Pinole, CA 20,281
  Pismo Beach, CA 8,692
  Pitman, NJ 9,321
  Pittsburgh, PA 310,138
  Placerville, CA 9,859
  Plainedge, NY 9,728
  Plainfield, IL 32,003
62 Plainfield, IN 22,191
  Plainsboro, NJ 22,254
  Plainview, NY 26,983
  Plano, TX 292,088
  Plattsburgh, NY 19,411
  Pleasant Hill, CA 33,343
  Plover, WI 11,394
  Plum, PA 25,570
  Plymouth, IN 10,026
  Plymouth, MI 8,650
  Plymouth Township, MI 28,621
  Point Pleasant, NJ 19,222
  Pomona, CA 155,674
  Pompano Beach, FL 101,581
  Pompton Lakes, NJ 10,962
  Ponte Vedra, FL 27,807
  Pooler, GA 12,745
  Poquoson, VA 11,780
  Port Jefferson Station, NY 8,574
  Port Neches, TX 12,621
  Port Salerno, FL 10,222
  Port St. Lucie, FL 151,109
  Port Townsend, WA 9,350
  Port Washington, NY 15,937
  Port Washington, WI 11,007
  Portage, MI 47,629
88 Portland, CT 9,607
  Portland, OR 584,959
  Portsmouth, RI 15,905
  Potomac, MD 47,245
  Powell, OH 8,532
  Prairie Village, KS 21,338
  Prattville, AL 31,138
  Prescott, AZ 42,809
  Prien, LA 9,348
  Princeton, NJ 17,307
  Princeton, NJ 13,933
  Princeton Meadows, NJ 13,853
  Prior Lake, MN 24,728
  Progress, PA 9,661
  Prospect Heights, IL 15,684
  Providence, RI 175,347
  Provo, UT 124,168
  Prunedale, CA 16,454
  Pueblo, CO 105,548
  Punta Gorda, FL 14,869
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Home price trends
Hover over any of the 10 Best Places below to see how real estate prices have changed in the past year.
City Avg. listing price
(July 2011)
1. Louisville, CO $383,569
2. Milton, MA $577,008
3. Solon, OH $291,162
4. Leesburg, VA $486,018
5. Papillion, NE $218,520
6. Hanover, NH $643,500
7. Liberty, MO $177,678
8. Middleton, WI $347,770
9. Mukilteo, WA $345,487
10. Chanhassen, MN $418,607

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