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Best Places to Live
Money's list of America's best small towns
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Here are towns from the Best Places database with the quickest median travel time to work.
Shortest commutes
Slowest commutes
Rank
City
Median commute time
(in minutes)
1
Pella, IA
7.7
2
Grinnell, IA
7.8
3
Marshall, MN
8.1
4
Fairfield, IA
8.3
5
Havre, MT
8.3
6
Pierre, SD
8.4
6
Nantucket, MA
8.4
8
McPherson, KS
8.6
9
Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV
8.7
10
Mitchell, SD
8.7
11
Greensburg, IN
8.8
12
Marquette, MI
8.9
13
Huron, SD
9.0
14
Hays, KS
9.1
15
Jamestown, ND
9.1
16
Port Townsend, WA
9.2
17
Tomah, WI
9.3
18
Hanover, NH
9.4
19
Evanston, WY
9.5
19
Aberdeen, SD
10.0
19
Yankton, SD
10.0
22
Owatonna, MN
10.2
22
Rolla, MO
10.2
24
Effingham, IL
10.2
25
Marathon, FL
10.3
From the September 2011 issue
Source: Census data, Onboard 2011 projections
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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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Population
8.4M
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$2.3M
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How we picked the Best Places
Using statistics from data services company
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, 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.)
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