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Michigan
Top 100
City Population
Farmington 10,300
Plymouth Township 28,200
Saline 8,700
Other cities
City Population
Allen Park 27,800
Allendale 13,300
Ann Arbor 119,000
Auburn Hills 21,000
Berkley 15,200
Beverly Hills 10,200
Birmingham 19,200
Bloomfield Township 42,900
Burton 32,300
Canton 80,800
Clawson 12,500
Clinton 102,300
Comstock Park 13,400
Dearborn 94,700
Dearborn Heights 55,400
Detroit 902,900
East Grand Rapids 10,800
East Lansing 47,000
Eastpointe 34,700
Farmington Hills 82,300
Fenton 11,200
Ferndale 21,500
Flat Rock 9,000
Flint 122,400
Flushing 8,300
Forest Hills 22,200
Fraser 15,700
Garden City 28,700
Grand Blanc 8,400
Grand Haven 11,600
Grand Ledge 8,300
Grand Rapids 201,500
Grandville 16,300
Grosse Ile 10,600
Grosse Pointe Farms 9,300
Grosse Pointe Park 11,900
Grosse Pointe Woods 16,200
Harper Woods 13,400
Harrison 26,600
Haslett 11,300
Holland 37,600
Holt 11,300
Howell 10,400
Jenison 18,000
Kentwood 47,500
Lambertville 9,800
Lansing 117,400
Lincoln Park 38,100
Livonia 97,500
Madison Heights 30,500
Marquette 19,800
Marysville 9,900
Mason 6,800
Melvindale 10,300
Midland 41,600
Monroe 22,000
Mount Clemens 17,800
New Baltimore 9,800
Northview 14,900
Norton Shores 24,700
Novi 51,600
Oak Park 29,200
Okemos 23,200
Plymouth 8,700
Portage 45,600
Redford 49,200
Riverview 13,100
Rochester 11,400
Rochester Hills 70,100
Romulus 23,400
Roseville 50,300
Royal Oak 59,200
Saginaw Township North 24,900
Saginaw Township South 13,600
Shelby 70,500
South Lyon 10,800
Southfield 78,400
Southgate 29,500
St. Clair Shores 64,600
St. Joseph 8,500
Sterling Heights 129,200
Taylor 62,800
Tecumseh 9,400
Temperance 8,200
Traverse City 15,600
Trenton 18,700
Troy 81,300
Walker 22,800
Warren 142,600
Waterford 75,400
Waverly 16,600
Wayne 18,600
West Bloomfield Township 66,000
Westland 84,000
Westwood 9,000
Whitmore Lake 7,600
Wixom 14,200
Woodhaven 12,600
Wyandotte 26,800
Wyoming 71,300
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Short commute time
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  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
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in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
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Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
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Most singles
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State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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