Best Places to Live

Money's list of America's best small towns

Top 100

Rank	City	Population
76	Nanuet, NY	18,100
77	Cibolo, TX	9,000
78	Pearl River, NY	15,700
79	Hernando, MS	12,800
80	Ballwin, MO	30,500
81	Lindon, UT	11,100
82	Crofton, MD	20,900
83	Clayton, CA	10,500
84	Columbus, NE	21,800
85	Draper, UT	37,100
86	Ankeny, IA	38,600
87	Merrimack, NH	26,500
88	Portland, CT	9,600
89	Brandon, MS	24,200
90	Dover, NH	30,500
91	Peachtree City, GA	35,900
92	Wells Branch, TX	13,900
93	Keller, TX	47,500
94	Franklin, WI	37,300
95	Bettendorf, IA	34,700
96	Madison, AL	40,200
97	Winter Springs, FL	33,700
98	South Elgin, IL	22,300
99	Oregon, WI	9,200
100	Sherwood, OR	17,000

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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