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Rhode Island
Top 100
City Population
Lincoln 22,300
Other cities
City Population
Barrington 17,500
Bristol 24,800
Burrillville 16,700
Charlestown 8,800
Coventry 35,000
Cranston 82,700
Cumberland Hill 8,000
East Providence 50,200
Glocester 10,700
Greenville 8,900
Hopkinton 8,200
Johnston 30,300
Narragansett 17,300
Newport 26,100
Newport East 11,300
North Providence 33,500
Portsmouth 16,800
Providence 183,500
Scituate 10,900
Tiverton 15,300
Valley Falls 12,100
Wakefield-Peacedale 8,700
Warren 11,700
Warwick 89,300
West Warwick 30,800
Westerly 18,600
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Affordable housing
Plentiful leisure activities
Plentiful cultural options
Job growth
Sunny weather
Short commute time
Good health care access
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Top-earning towns
  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
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Hottest
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°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
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
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Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
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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.