Money's list of America's best small towns


States
Top 100
There are no Top 100 cities in this state.
Other cities
  Apex 33,512
  Archdale 9,818
  Belmont 11,735
  Cary 141,019
  Charlotte 734,978
  Clayton 11,292
  Cornelius 20,728
  Davidson 8,796
  Durham 229,483
  Fayetteville 207,750
  Garner 23,715
  Greensboro 254,443
  High Point 98,101
  Holly Springs 19,889
  Huntersville 49,088
  Indian Trail 28,151
  Kernersville 23,833
  Knightdale 13,205
  Lewisville 12,709
  Matthews 29,434
  Mebane 9,622
  Mint Hill 22,182
  Morrisville 11,048
  Mount Holly 11,343
  Myrtle Grove 8,711
  Pinehurst 11,540
  Raleigh 394,789
  Stallings 11,617
  Statesville 26,316
  Summerfield 9,510
  Wake Forest 28,012
  Weddington 12,553
  Wilmington 103,403
  Winston-Salem 238,024
From the September 2011 issue
Best Places Winners
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Alabama 1
Alaska 0
Arizona 0
Arkansas 0
California 3
Colorado 5
Connecticut 5
Delaware 0
District of Columbia 0
Florida 2
Georgia 1
Hawaii 0
Idaho 0
Illinois 4
Indiana 4
Iowa 5
Kansas 1
Kentucky 0
Louisiana 0
Maine 0
Maryland 3
Massachusetts 5
Michigan 0
Minnesota 5
Mississippi 2
Missouri 4
Montana 0
Nebraska 2
Nevada 0
New Hampshire 3
New Jersey 5
New Mexico 0
New York 5
North Carolina 0
North Dakota 0
Ohio 5
Oklahoma 0
Oregon 2
Pennsylvania 5
Rhode Island 0
South Carolina 0
South Dakota 0
Tennessee 0
Texas 5
Utah 5
Vermont 0
Virginia 5
Washington 3
West Virginia 0
Wisconsin 5
Wyoming 0
Home price trends
Hover over any of the 10 Best Places below to see how real estate prices have changed in the past year.
City Avg. listing price
(July 2011)
1. Louisville, CO $383,569
2. Milton, MA $577,008
3. Solon, OH $291,162
4. Leesburg, VA $486,018
5. Papillion, NE $218,520
6. Hanover, NH $643,500
7. Liberty, MO $177,678
8. Middleton, WI $347,770
9. Mukilteo, WA $345,487
10. Chanhassen, MN $418,607

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Region
Northeast South
Midwest West
Ranking
Top 100 winners only
Population
8.4M
8,500
Home Prices
2010 median sales prices
$2.3M
$42K
How we picked the Best Places
Using statistics from data services company 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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