Money's list of America's best small towns


States
Top 100
Rank City Population
85 Draper 37,121
12 Farmington 18,263
81 Lindon 11,131
63 North Logan 9,082
23 North Salt Lake 13,803
Other cities
  American Fork 31,725
  Bountiful 43,430
  Cottonwood Heights 36,224
  Provo 124,168
  Salt Lake City 186,473
  South Ogden 16,986
  West Jordan 105,477
  West Valley City 126,317
From the September 2011 issue
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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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