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While most Pflugerville residents make the 30-minute commute to Austin during the week, on weekends they enjoy relaxing at Lake Pflugerville, a man-made 180-acre reservoir that has a three-mile trail, a beach, and water activities like kite surfing. Thanks to sound finances, the city has been able to make a commitment to sustainability, breaking ground on what will be one of the largest solar farms in the country. Another Pflugerville perk? Plenty of affordable housing. --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.
(II) Sales tax notes:
Most of Austin is located within Travis and Williamson counties and is subject to an 8.25 percent sales tax. However, part of the city lies in Hays County and is subject to a total rate of 7.25 percent.
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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