Money's list of America's best small towns


States
Top 100
Rank City Population
10 Mukilteo 20,500
17 Newcastle 9,800
51 Richland 44,700
12 Sammamish 35,200
92 Silverdale 16,600
Other cities
Rank City Population
  Alderwood Manor 17,800
  Anacortes 16,700
  Arlington 16,600
  Artondale 9,300
  Bainbridge Island 21,900
  Bellevue 121,300
  Bothell 32,200
  Camas 17,800
  Cascade-Fairwood 40,100
  Cottage Lake 25,600
  Covington 17,600
  Des Moines 29,100
  East Renton Highlands 15,500
  East Wenatchee 12,300
  Edmonds 40,100
  Enumclaw 11,100
  Everett 98,300
  Inglewood-Finn Hill 22,700
  Kenmore 20,500
  Kingsgate 12,400
  Kirkland 47,300
  Lacey 38,100
  Lake Forest Park 12,600
  Lake Morton-Berrydale 10,300
  Lakeland North 18,100
  Lakeland South 12,100
  Lea Hill 13,800
  Lynden 11,500
  Maple Valley 17,200
  Martha Lake 18,200
  Marysville 33,600
  Mill Creek 15,600
  Monroe 16,400
  Mountlake Terrace 20,100
  North Creek 30,800
  Olympia 44,900
  Puyallup 36,500
  Redmond 49,400
  Salmon Creek 20,800
  Seattle 594,200
  Seattle Hill-Silver Firs 46,400
  Snohomish 8,800
  South Hill 45,300
  Spokane 201,000
  Tacoma 196,500
  Tumwater 13,500
  University Place 30,500
  Vancouver 161,400
  Veradale 9,800
  Walnut Grove 9,000
  Woodinville 10,200
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