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Many residents of Wheaton commute to Chicago, but with Wheaton College and the DuPage County offices located right in town, it's more than just a bedroom community. After the workday ends, residents gather for events like a municipal band concert or the Downtown Wheaton Association's Classic Car Night. For those who do make the trip to the city, express trains are available to take commuters to and from Chicago in about an hour. --E.R.
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Due to erroneous job, cost-of-living, and test score stats for a small number of places, this city's rank changed slightly from an earlier version.
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Due to an error by our data provider, an earlier version listed incorrect stats for this city's number of colleges.
(3) Crime incidences are estimates based on FBI 2011 Universal Crime and incidence reports, OnBoard analysis.
Using statistics from data services company Onboard Informatics, 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 8,500 and 50,000.)
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