Money's list of America's best small towns


States
Top 100
Rank City Population
1 Louisville 18,800
13 Superior 10,500
Other cities
Rank City Population
  Arvada 106,300
  Aurora 311,800
  Black Forest 20,600
  Boulder 93,600
  Castle Rock 42,400
  Castlewood 25,600
  Cimarron Hills 21,000
  Colorado Springs 376,400
  Columbine 24,200
  Denver 588,300
  Edwards 11,400
  Erie 15,700
  Evergreen 8,900
  Fort Collins 133,900
  Glenwood Springs 8,900
  Golden 17,200
  Greeley 90,300
  Gunbarrel 8,700
  Highlands Ranch 96,100
  Johnstown 8,800
  Ken Caryl 34,000
  Lafayette 24,900
  Lakewood 140,300
  Littleton 40,600
  Lone Tree 9,200
  Northglenn 33,500
  Parker 42,800
  Pueblo 103,800
  Redlands 9,500
  Southglenn 42,700
  Stonegate 9,300
  Thornton 110,900
  Westminster 106,200
  Windsor 17,300
From the August 2009 issue
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Using statistics from data provider Onboard Informatics, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small towns for families. (Last year, we looked at small cities, with populations between 50,000 and 300,000.) More

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