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It's easy to see why grads are often reluctant to leave this friendly, affordable college town: The median home price is under $130,000, and there are plenty of jobs (the area's unemployment rate is just 4%). Granted, the weather can be extreme; Norman is at the center of the most tornado-prone region of the country. But locals are more likely to work up a sweat worrying about the outcome of University of Oklahoma football games, which routinely draw crowds of 80,000 people. -- L.M.
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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.
(I) Income tax notes:
The income brackets reported for Oklahoma are for single persons. For married persons filing jointly, the same tax rates apply to income brackets ranging from $2,000, to $15,000.
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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