Money's list of America's best small towns


Rich and single
In these affluent towns, singles are abundant.
Rank City % population single 2008 median family income
1 Hermosa Beach, CA 47.2% $137,941
2 Arlington, VA 41.6% $108,815
3 Coronado, CA 36.1% $106,817
4 Edgewater, NJ 34.3% $105,830
5 Santa Clara, CA 34.0% $101,840
6 Edwards, CO 34.0% $101,785
7 Oak Park, IL 33.4% $102,485
8 Herndon, VA 33.2% $109,217
9 Irvine, CA 33.0% $107,821
10 Arlington, MA 33.0% $102,681
11 Madison, NJ 32.0% $128,447
12 Ardmore, PA 31.7% $100,471
13 Westbury, NY 31.3% $104,994
14 Easton, MA 31.1% $105,619
15 Beverly Hills, CA 31.0% $132,803
16 Montclair, NJ 31.0% $127,821
17 Lisle, IL 30.4% $106,769
18 Milton, MA 30.3% $119,769
19 Tarrytown, NY 29.9% $112,703
20 Campbell, CA 29.9% $109,525
21 Sunnyvale, CA 29.7% $109,899
22 Rutherford, NJ 29.7% $101,405
23 Dobbs Ferry, NY 29.6% $119,153
24 Superior, CO 29.6% $117,603
25 Belmont, MA 29.4% $122,063
From the August 2009 issue
Source: Census, OnBoard projections/aggregations
Towns with median family income greater than $100,000 were ranked by the percentage of their population that's single.
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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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