MONEY MAGAZINE BEST PLACES TO LIVE 2006  
Cities
Top 100 Rank City Population
Sacramento, CA 456,398
Saginaw, MI 59,273
Salem, OR 145,385
Salinas, CA 160,122
Salt Lake City, UT 180,377
San Angelo, TX 87,125
San Antonio, TX 1,227,042
San Bernardino, CA 204,797
San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA 107,817
San Clemente, CA 53,228
5* San Diego, CA 1,255,500
San Francisco, CA 734,587
San Jose, CA 889,309
San Leandro, CA 80,817
San Marcos, CA 62,420
San Mateo, CA 90,854
San Rafael, CA 55,722
San Ramon, CA 49,811
23 Sandy, UT 89,700
Sandy Springs, GA 85,828
Santa Ana, CA 351,036
Santa Barbara, CA 91,621
Santa Clara, CA 101,582
18 Santa Clarita, CA 172,500
Santa Cruz, CA 53,484
72 Santa Fe, NM 64,200
Santa Maria, CA 78,049
Santa Monica, CA 90,208
Santa Rosa, CA 149,415
Santee, CA 55,062
Sarasota, FL 55,147
Savannah, GA 130,514
Schaumburg, IL 74,363
Schenectady, NY 61,698
7 Scottsdale, AZ 226,000
Scranton, PA 72,098
Seattle, WA 563,418
Shawnee, KS 54,797
Sheboygan, WI 49,596
Shelby, MI 69,526
Shoreline, WA 51,211
Shreveport, LA 216,146
Silver Spring, MD 81,562
35 Simi Valley, CA 118,700
Sioux City, IA 83,085
Sioux Falls, SD 136,613
Skokie, IL 61,075
Somerville, MA 77,012
South Bend, IN 105,430
South Gate, CA 101,200
South San Francisco, CA 59,597
South Whittier, CA 57,981
Southfield, MI 77,693
Sparks, NV 74,344
Spokane, WA 199,870
Spring Hill, FL 81,362
Spring Valley, NV 162,255
Springdale, AR 51,178
Springfield, IL 112,797
Springfield, MA 152,382
Springfield, MO 152,183
Springfield, OH 61,265
Springfield, OR 54,202
St. Charles, MO 68,578
St. Clair Shores, MI 63,945
St. Cloud, MN 63,348
St. George, UT 59,938
St. Joseph, MO 71,845
St. Louis, MO 324,238
St. Paul, MN 279,879
St. Peters, MO 56,853
St. Petersburg, FL 243,615
46 Stamford, CT 121,100
37 Sterling Heights, MI 128,000
Stockton, CA 291,919
Stratford, CT 50,023
Suffolk, VA 79,362
3 Sugar Land, TX 75,800
Sunnyvale, CA 132,884
Sunrise, FL 93,117
Sunrise Manor, NV 185,435
Surprise, AZ 56,487
Syracuse, NY 146,404
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Top earning cities
  Median household income
Greenwich, CT $112,493
Cupertino, CA $110,518
San Ramon, CA $109,500
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Hottest cities
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
Peoria, AZ 107.6°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Newport Beach, CA $1,362,500
Greenwich, CT $1,129,000
Santa Barbara, CA $979,500
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Most educated
  % residents with
graduate degrees
Arlington, VA 35.7%
Davis, CA 34.6%
Brookline, MA 32.5%
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Most singles
  % single residents
Bloomington, IN 58.2%
New Brunswick, NJ 54.6%
College Station, TX 54.3%
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Youngest
  Median age
Jacksonville, NC 22.90
Provo, UT 23.28
New Brunswick, NJ 24.16
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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.