Money's list of America's best small cities


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Top 100
Rank City Population
79 Lee's Summit 81,900
68 O'Fallon 72,400
82 St. Charles 63,000
60 St. Peters 54,800
Other cities
Rank City Population
  Affton 19,900
  Arnold 20,700
  Ballwin 30,200
  Belton 24,100
  Blue Springs 53,800
  Cape Girardeau 36,600
  Chesterfield 46,600
  Columbia 94,400
  Ferguson 21,200
  Florissant 51,300
  Gladstone 27,500
  Grandview 24,300
  Hazelwood 25,500
  Independence 109,400
  Jefferson City 39,200
  Kansas City 447,300
  Kirkwood 26,900
  Liberty 29,500
  Maryland Heights 26,300
  Mehlville 28,600
  Oakville 35,400
  Raytown 28,500
  Spanish Lake 20,500
  Springfield 150,700
  St. Joseph 72,600
  St. Louis 347,100
  University City 36,800
  Webster Groves 22,600
  Wentzville 20,700
  Wildwood 34,500
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
City % single
Hoboken, NJ 57.7%
Cambridge, MA 52.4%
Somerville, MA 51.4%
City Median home price
Nicholasville, KY $70,000
Watauga, TX $117,040
Redan, GA $115,000
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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