Money's list of America's best small cities


States
Top 100
Rank City Population
78 Coral Springs 129,800
98 Miramar 108,000
73 Weston 65,700
Other cities
Rank City Population
  Altamonte Springs 40,600
  Apopka 35,500
  Aventura 30,000
  Bellview 21,800
  Bloomingdale 22,300
  Boca Del Mar 23,700
  Boca Raton 86,300
  Bonita Springs 40,800
  Boynton Beach 68,200
  Bradenton 53,600
  Brandon 94,400
  Cape Coral 151,300
  Carol City 63,000
  Casselberry 24,600
  Citrus Park 24,900
  Citrus Ridge 23,300
  Clearwater 107,700
  Coconut Creek 50,100
  Cooper City 29,900
  Coral Gables 42,700
  Coral Terrace 24,300
  Country Club 43,400
  Cutler Ridge 25,300
  Dania Beach 22,600
  Davie 85,500
  Daytona Beach 64,100
  Deerfield Beach 76,200
  Delray Beach 64,600
  Deltona 84,200
  Doral 21,300
  Dunedin 36,600
  East Lake 34,700
  Edgewater 21,400
  Egypt Lake-Leto 34,900
  Ferry Pass 27,400
  Fort Lauderdale 185,800
  Fort Myers 60,500
  Fountainbleau 67,700
  Fruit Cove 28,600
  Gainesville 108,600
  Golden Gate 23,500
  Greater Carrollwood 36,700
  Greater Northdale 22,900
  Greenacres 32,300
  Hialeah 217,100
  Hialeah Gardens 19,600
  Hollywood 145,700
  Jacksonville 794,500
  Jacksonville Beach 21,600
  Jupiter 48,800
  Kendale Lakes 60,300
  Kendall 77,000
  Kendall West 44,000
  Key West 23,200
  Keystone 20,900
  Kissimmee 60,800
  Lake Magdalene 30,400
  Lakeland 90,200
  Lakeside 34,500
  Land O' Lakes 31,700
  Largo 73,700
  Lauderhill 59,400
  Lehigh Acres 60,100
  Margate 55,900
  Melbourne 76,900
  Merritt Island 40,500
  Miami 404,000
  Miami Beach 86,900
  Miami Lakes 22,200
  Naples 21,900
  New Smyrna Beach 22,700
  Norland 23,300
  North Lauderdale 42,200
  North Miami 57,600
  North Port 50,500
  Ocala 52,400
  Ocoee 30,600
  Orlando 220,100
  Ormond Beach 38,500
  Oviedo 30,600
  Palm Bay 97,700
  Palm Beach Gardens 48,900
  Palm City 23,600
  Palm Coast 68,000
  Palm Harbor 60,400
  Palm Valley 22,700
  Panama City 36,800
  Parkland 23,300
  Pembroke Pines 150,000
  Pensacola 53,200
  Pinellas Park 47,300
  Plant City 31,700
  Plantation 85,900
  Pompano Beach 104,400
  Ponte Vedra 31,600
  Port Charlotte 49,600
  Port Orange 54,800
  Port St. Lucie 143,800
  Richmond West 30,100
  Rockledge 24,200
  Royal Palm Beach 30,800
  Sanford 49,100
  Sarasota 52,900
  Sebastian 20,200
  Spring Hill 91,400
  St. Cloud 24,200
  St. Petersburg 248,000
  Sunrise 90,700
  Tallahassee 159,000
  Tamarac 60,600
  Tamiami 55,600
  Tampa 332,800
  Tarpon Springs 23,200
  Temple Terrace 22,400
  The Crossings 26,400
  The Hammocks 52,400
  Titusville 44,000
  Town 'n' Country 82,800
  University Park 26,600
  Venice 20,900
  Vero Beach South 23,900
  Wekiwa Springs 24,000
  Wellington 54,900
  West Palm Beach 98,700
  Westchase 20,200
  Westchester 30,700
  Winter Garden 27,000
  Winter Park 28,000
  Winter Springs 32,500
  Wright 23,900
  Yeehaw Junction 28,200
From the August 2008 issue
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How we picked the Best Places
Using statistics from data provider Onboard Informatics and consultant Bert Sperling of BestPlaces.net, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small cities for families. (Last year, we looked at small towns, with populations between 7,500 and 50,000.) More
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