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Arlington's prime location directly across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., means that some residents can bike or walk to work in the city. Of course, with the Pentagon and a wealth of other employment options located right in Arlington, a commute across the river isn't always necessary. In fact, Arlington residents have enjoyed several years of job growth, and there are new projects still in the works; 1.4 million square feet of commercial space is currently under construction. --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.
(II) Sales tax notes:
California (1%) and Virginia (1%) levy mandatory, statewide add-on sales taxes at the local level; these are included in their state sales tax rates. Arlington is a county without any incorporated municipalities. However, we treat it as a city here because it is included in the Census Bureau's annual list of incorporated places.
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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