Top 100
Rank City Population
26 Parker, CO 31,300
27 Eastchester, NY 18,800
28 Apple Valley, MN 49,700
29 River Vale, NJ 9,500
30 Germantown, WI 20,100
31 Winter Springs, FL 34,600
32 Lake Oswego, OR 38,600
33 Marlboro, NJ 38,500
34 La Mirada, CA 48,600
35 Rocky Hill, CT 19,400
36 Vadnais Heights, MN 13,000
37 Plymouth Township, MI 28,200
38 Coronado, CA 25,900
39 Urbandale, IA 32,600
40 Schertz, TX 22,600
41 New Berlin, WI 39,600
42 Elkridge, MD 24,600
43 Jenks, OK 11,400
44 Hewitt, TX 12,600
45 Berkeley Heights, NJ 14,000
46 Westerville, OH 37,500
47 Sayreville, NJ 45,200
48 Easton, MA 23,300
49 Catonsville, MD 40,800
50 Keller, TX 35,900
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Best Places winners
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1 Middleton, WI  
2 Hanover, NH  
3 Louisville, CO  
4 Lake Mary, FL  
5 Claremont, CA  
6 Papillion, NE  
7 Milton, MA  
8 Chaska, MN  
9 Nether Providence, PA  
10 Suwanee, GA  
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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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