Best Places to Live

Money's list of America's best small towns

Top 100

Rank	City	Population
1	Louisville, CO	18,400
2	Milton, MA	27,000
3	Solon, OH	23,300
4	Leesburg, VA	42,600
5	Papillion, NE	18,900
6	Hanover, NH	8,600
7	Liberty, MO	29,100
8	Middleton, WI	17,400
9	Mukilteo, WA	20,300
10	Chanhassen, MN	23,000
11	Sharon, MA	17,500
12	Farmington, UT	18,300
13	Johnston, IA	15,500
14	Arden Hills, MN	9,600
15	Sammamish, WA	46,700
16	Acton, MA	22,000
17	Montville, NJ	21,800
18	Newcastle, WA	10,200
19	Castle Rock, CO	37,200
20	Superior, CO	12,900
21	Hunter's Creek, FL	11,700
22	South Brunswick, NJ	42,000
23	North Salt Lake, UT	13,800
24	Mason, OH	33,100
25	West Goshen, PA	8,900

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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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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