Money's list of America's best small cities


States
Top 100
Rank City Population
24 Apple Valley 50,100
93 Blaine 55,100
43 Burnsville 59,300
17 Eagan 63,700
40 Eden Prairie 60,900
26 Lakeville 53,000
41 Maple Grove 60,500
1 Plymouth 70,100
70 Rochester 96,900
Other cities
Rank City Population
  Andover 30,200
  Bloomington 80,800
  Brooklyn Center 27,300
  Brooklyn Park 69,900
  Champlin 23,200
  Chanhassen 23,500
  Chaska 23,700
  Coon Rapids 62,200
  Cottage Grove 32,900
  Crystal 21,400
  Duluth 84,100
  Edina 45,300
  Elk River 22,200
  Faribault 22,200
  Fridley 26,200
  Golden Valley 19,900
  Hastings 21,300
  Inver Grove Heights 33,400
  Lino Lakes 19,800
  Maplewood 35,400
  Minneapolis 372,800
  Minnetonka 49,900
  New Brighton 20,800
  New Hope 20,300
  Oakdale 27,200
  Owatonna 24,500
  Prior Lake 22,600
  Ramsey 22,900
  Richfield 33,200
  Rosemount 20,400
  Roseville 31,900
  Savage 27,200
  Shakopee 32,800
  Shoreview 26,700
  St. Cloud 66,200
  St. Louis Park 43,100
  St. Paul 273,500
  White Bear Lake 23,500
  Woodbury 54,300
From the August 2008 issue
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Top 3

City Median income
New Canaan, CT $231,138
Darien, CT $218,130
Lake Forest, IL $212,122
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City % single
Hoboken, NJ 57.7%
Cambridge, MA 52.4%
Somerville, MA 51.4%
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City Median home price
Nicholasville, KY $70,000
Watauga, TX $117,040
Redan, GA $115,000
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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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