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Wisconsin
Top 100
City Population
Franklin (Milwaukee County) 31,500
Germantown 20,100
Middleton 17,400
New Berlin 39,600
Other cities
City Population
Allouez 15,500
Appleton 73,100
Ashwaubenon 18,200
Baraboo 10,800
Beaver Dam 15,500
Bellevue Town 13,100
Brookfield 40,000
Brown Deer 12,000
Burlington 10,900
Cedarburg 11,900
Cudahy 18,500
De Pere 22,500
DeForest 8,500
Delavan 8,400
Eau Claire 61,900
Elkhorn 7,800
Fitchburg 23,000
Fond du Lac 42,000
Fort Atkinson 12,400
Glendale 13,000
Grafton 11,100
Green Bay 105,800
Greendale 13,900
Greenfield 35,500
Hales Corners 7,700
Hartford 11,600
Hartland 8,300
Howard 14,700
Hudson 10,600
Janesville 61,200
Jefferson 8,000
Kaukauna 13,600
Kenosha 96,400
Lake Geneva 7,700
Little Chute 11,200
Madison 222,400
Manitowoc 33,000
Marshfield 18,400
Menasha 16,300
Menomonee Falls 34,700
Menomonie 15,600
Mequon 23,100
Merrill 10,200
Milwaukee 579,300
Monona 8,600
Monroe 11,000
Muskego 23,300
Neenah 24,700
New Richmond 7,800
Oak Creek 30,400
Oconomowoc 13,600
Onalaska 15,400
Oregon 8,600
Oshkosh 63,500
Pewaukee 12,600
Pewaukee 9,000
Platteville 10,200
Pleasant Prairie 18,600
Plover 10,400
Plymouth 8,000
Port Washington 10,900
Racine 83,000
River Falls 13,600
Sheboygan 50,300
Sheboygan Falls 7,200
Shorewood 13,300
South Milwaukee 20,900
St. Francis 8,800
Stevens Point 24,200
Stoughton 13,800
Sun Prairie 22,900
Sussex 10,200
Two Rivers 12,300
Verona 7,700
Watertown 22,500
Waukesha 68,100
Waunakee 9,800
Waupun 10,900
Wausau 37,400
Wauwatosa 46,100
West Allis 59,500
West Bend 30,200
Weston 12,700
Whitefish Bay 13,500
Whitewater 13,100
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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.