America's Top-Rated Smaller Cities, 2016/2017

Demographics:   Population Growth    Household Size   Race   Hispanic Origin   Age   Ancestry   Foreign-Born Population   Marital Status   Male/Female Ratio
Income:   Income   Household Income Distribution   Poverty Rate
Transportation:   Means of Transportation to Work   Travel Time to Work
Housing:   Year Housing Structure Built
Education:   Highest Level of Education   School Enrollment by Grade & Control   Educational Attainment by Race
Health Care:   Health Insurance Coverage
Residential Real Estate:   Crime

Highest Level of Education

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City	State	Region	Less Than H.S.	H.S. Diploma	Some College	Associates Degree	Bachelors Degree	Masters Degree	Profess. Degree	Doctorate Degree
Aliso Viejo	CA	West	4.6	11.3	18	9.2	38.8	13.2	2.9	1.9
Allen	TX	South	4.2	13.2	22.2	7.8	34.2	14.7	2	1.8
Alpharetta	GA	South	3.2	10.8	16.8	6.8	39.4	17.8	3.1	2.1
Ankeny	IA	Central	2.5	17.4	20.2	14.7	32.7	9.6	1.6	1.3
Apex	NC	East	2.9	8.6	17.6	9.9	40.7	15.8	2.4	2
Ballwin	MO	Central	3	15.8	21.4	6.1	33.9	14.7	3.5	1.5
Beavercreek	OH	East	3.5	18.9	18.4	9.1	24.5	19.2	2.9	3.4
Bella Vista	AR	South	5.5	26.3	24.2	9.5	22.1	10.2	1.3	1
Bernards	NJ	East	2.6	11.2	10.5	5.2	36	24.4	6.4	3.8
Bethlehem	NY	East	2.8	16	13.4	11.1	23	22.3	7.9	3.5
Bloomfield	MI	Central	2.8	9.5	13.2	5.1	34.8	20.7	11.1	2.9
Bowie	MD	East	4.7	18.5	23	5.8	27.5	15.6	2.3	2.6
Bozeman	MT	West	2.5	11.8	24.6	6.6	35.6	12.4	2.1	4.3
Brentwood	TN	Central	2.3	10.4	14.3	5.1	42.6	16.2	5.7	3.4
Broomfield	CO	West	5.2	15.2	22.1	8	31.9	13.6	2	2
Carmel	IN	Central	1.9	10.2	14.4	4.7	38.6	18.9	6.8	4.6
Cedar Park	TX	South	4.7	17	26.2	7.9	30.3	10.5	2	1.4
Cheshire	CT	East	5.6	22.5	13.8	6.3	26.1	17	5	3.6
Chesterfield	MO	Central	2.3	11.6	16.7	5.4	35.2	19.2	6.4	3.2
Collierville	TN	Central	3.4	16.4	20.8	6.7	33.8	14.6	2.8	1.5
Coppell	TX	South	3.5	11	16.4	5.9	38.5	18.5	4.3	1.9
Cornelius	NC	East	5.4	16.6	18.1	7.8	34.2	12.8	2.8	2.4
Cranberry	PA	East	2.4	19.3	14	6.4	37.4	15.9	2.7	1.9
Cupertino	CA	West	3.5	6.2	10.2	4.5	33.1	31.2	4.1	7.3
Danville	CA	West	2.3	9	17	7.5	41	16.6	3.8	2.8
Draper	UT	West	3.7	18.3	28.7	9.4	24.7	10.2	3.5	1.4
Dublin	OH	East	1.7	7.4	12	5.3	43.7	20.3	5.4	4.2
Eastchester	NY	East	6	16.7	13.8	5.4	29.8	19.5	6.5	2.3
Eden Prairie	MN	Central	2.7	10.6	17.3	8.7	39.1	15.6	3.5	2.4
Edmond	OK	Central	4.1	15.8	23.1	5.1	31.6	13.5	4.2	2.6
Evesham	NJ	East	4.9	22.4	18.1	7.4	29.8	12.1	3.3	1.9
Fishers	IN	Central	2.3	11.7	18.1	6.8	40.4	14.8	3.9	2.1
Flower Mound	TX	South	2.7	11.7	20.5	7.6	40.3	14	2.2	1
Folsom	CA	West	8	17.2	19.9	9.2	28.5	12.3	3.1	1.9
Foster City	CA	West	4.1	10.2	16.2	6.5	33.4	20.1	4.4	5.1
Franklin	TN	Central	5.7	13.8	18.1	6.2	36.3	14.4	3.4	1.9
Friendswood	TX	South	4.8	15.8	21.7	9.4	33.3	10.8	2.1	2
Germantown	TN	Central	1.9	10	18.1	5	38.4	16.9	7	2.8
Glastonbury	CT	East	3.8	14.9	12.9	7.2	28.9	21.9	7.6	2.8
Grand Blanc	MI	Central	5	23.7	24.2	12.1	20.5	10.4	2.8	1.3
Guilderland	NY	East	3.5	20.6	14.3	10.8	24.7	18.2	3.8	4.1
Hampden	PA	East	5.1	23.1	14.9	8.1	29.2	14.4	3.7	1.7
Holly Springs	NC	East	3.6	14.2	16	11.4	36.4	14.5	1.8	2.1
Huntersville	NC	East	5	14.6	18.8	7.8	38.2	11	2.5	2.1
Independence	KY	East	10	30.9	22.1	7.9	20.1	6.3	2.2	0.5
Johns Creek	GA	South	4.1	10.1	15.3	6.6	39.1	19	3.1	2.6
Keller	TX	South	3.1	12.4	21.8	5.8	38.6	13.6	2.8	1.9
Kirkland	WA	West	3.5	12.2	20.1	8.6	35.9	15.2	2.7	1.6
Lafayette	CO	West	5.3	14.9	16.7	7.4	33.7	16.3	2.2	3.4
Lake Oswego	OR	West	2.2	9.9	17.4	5.4	37.5	16.9	7.7	3
League City	TX	South	5.4	20	22.7	10.8	27.7	9	2.7	1.8
Leawood	KS	Central	0.8	6.5	14.4	4	41.7	18.1	11.6	3
Lee's Summit	MO	Central	3.6	21.2	23.6	9	27.6	11	2.4	1.6
Leesburg	VA	East	11.4	16.7	15.9	6.6	31.1	14.8	1.7	1.8
Lehi	UT	West	3.9	17.1	27.5	12.5	29.5	7	1.5	1
Lenexa	KS	Central	4	13.8	20.9	6.9	34.2	14.4	3.8	2
Lexington	MA	East	3.2	8.6	7.3	4.2	27	28.7	8	13.1
Los Altos	CA	West	1.3	4.9	10.1	4.8	32.2	30.9	8.1	7.8
Lower Makefield	PA	East	2.1	14.1	11.8	5.4	33.7	22.2	6.7	4.1
Madison	AL	South	4.3	13.3	20.4	6.8	33.1	17.5	2	2.5
Mamaroneck	NY	East	6.4	12	10.3	3.3	34	21.8	9.1	3.1
Manheim	PA	East	8.7	28	14.5	6.3	24.4	12.7	3.8	1.6
Manlius	NY	East	3	18.9	15	10.9	25.3	17.6	5.5	3.8
Maple Grove	MN	Central	2.7	17.3	20.2	10.4	33.8	12.2	2.2	1.2
Marion	IA	Central	4.3	25.9	22.4	13.8	23.9	7.6	1.7	0.5
Marlboro	NJ	East	3.7	17.9	12.6	6.7	34.8	16.8	4.9	2.6
Mason	OH	East	3.6	20	15.2	6.7	31.2	17.4	3.4	2.4
McCandless	PA	East	2.9	19.4	15	7.9	31.4	16.8	3.4	3.2
Menomonee Falls	WI	Central	5.4	26.3	17.9	9.7	27.5	10.6	1.7	1
Meridian	ID	West	5.1	23.9	28.7	8.9	24.3	6.3	1.8	0.8
Merrimack	NH	East	3.8	26.8	16.4	10.1	28.5	12	0.9	1.5
Mount Lebanon	PA	East	2.4	15.9	12.2	5.7	33	18.8	7.4	4.6
Mount Pleasant	SC	South	2.4	12.8	19.1	7.3	37.8	13.9	4.3	2.4
Needham	MA	East	2.1	9.9	8.8	5.1	32.4	26.4	10	5.3
Newtown	CT	East	5.5	18.1	15.3	6.7	29.8	18.6	4.2	1.8
Northbrook	IL	Central	3.1	10	13.9	4.2	37.5	17.9	10.1	3.3
Northville	MI	Central	3.1	13.3	15.6	7.5	29.4	22.9	5.6	2.6
Novi	MI	Central	5.1	14.7	17.4	6.8	31.2	18.9	3.8	1.9
O'Fallon	IL	Central	3.8	16.3	20.8	10.3	27.6	17.9	1.8	1.4
O'Fallon	MO	Central	5.6	24.9	23.7	8.3	24.9	10.8	0.9	0.8
Orchard Park	NY	East	3.7	22.8	15	13.2	24.7	14.7	4.5	1.4
Oviedo	FL	South	5.2	18.6	21.3	12.3	28.1	11.1	1.8	1.6
Parker	CO	West	2.4	14.1	22.5	9.3	37	11.2	2.1	1.3
Parkland	FL	South	2.8	11.6	16.3	7.5	38.1	14.8	5.8	3.1
Peachtree City	GA	South	5.2	14.5	18.8	8	35	13.7	2.8	2
Pflugerville	TX	South	6.7	20.6	25.7	10.7	24.8	9.4	0.5	1.5
Plainfield	IL	Central	4.1	17.2	19.1	10.8	30.1	16.2	1.4	1.1
Princeton	NJ	East	3.8	6.5	6.9	1.9	26.1	29.1	8.7	17
Queen Creek	AZ	South	4	16.2	29.4	12.7	25.7	8.6	2	1.4
Rancho Palos Verdes	CA	West	2.5	9.4	16.1	7.2	33.7	17.7	8.5	4.9
Redmond	WA	West	4.5	9.2	16.3	7.6	34.9	22.6	1.6	3.3
Richland	WA	West	4.5	18.2	22.1	11.4	25.2	12.2	2	4.3
Ridgefield	CT	East	1.8	9.4	12	4.3	38	25	6.9	2.7
Ridgewood	NJ	East	2.4	8.2	10.5	4	42.4	21	8	3.4
Rio Rancho	NM	West	6.3	25.8	28.2	11	18.1	7.9	1.4	1.3
Sahuarita	AZ	South	4.9	20	29.7	10.2	23.4	9.6	0.9	1.2
Sammamish	WA	West	1.6	6.3	12.7	6.8	44.4	21	3.3	3.9
San Ramon	CA	West	2.5	8.7	15.7	8.1	39.5	18.4	3.9	3.2
Saratoga	CA	West	1.8	5.1	10.4	5.1	35.7	30.1	6.4	5.4
Schertz	TX	South	7.2	25	25.4	11	19.3	10.3	1.3	0.5
Shrewsbury	MA	East	5.2	18.4	12.8	8.4	28.2	18.5	4.1	4.3
South Brunswick	NJ	East	5.7	16.3	11.2	7.2	35.1	17.9	3.2	3.3
South Jordan	UT	West	3.6	17	29.2	11.4	25.3	10.7	1.4	1.4
South Kingstown	RI	East	6.2	18.8	16.9	5.3	29.7	14.4	3.4	5.3
South Windsor	CT	East	5.7	21.3	14.1	8.1	28.1	16.7	4.4	1.7
Southlake	TX	South	1.5	8.2	16.4	5.4	43.5	17.6	5.6	1.9
Spring Hill	TN	Central	3.7	21.9	23	8.5	31.2	10.4	0.5	0.7
Stow	OH	East	6.3	24.4	19.7	9.2	26.6	10.1	2.2	1.6
Sugar Land	TX	South	7.3	12.4	20.3	5.8	32.1	15.5	2.9	3.7
Sun Prairie	WI	Central	4.8	20.2	20.4	12.1	28.7	11	2.1	0.7
Syracuse	UT	West	1.8	21	28.1	12.5	25.6	8.9	1.2	0.9
Tredyffrin	PA	East	2.3	8.3	9.3	4	41.5	23.6	6.5	4.6
Upper Arlington	OH	East	1.5	8.9	11.5	3.9	39.6	17.6	10.2	6.8
Upper Dublin	PA	East	3.3	15.5	12.1	4.8	34.5	18.5	7.5	3.8
Vestavia Hills	AL	South	2.2	10	16.3	4.4	37.3	17.4	8.1	4.4
Webster	NY	East	5.2	22.7	16.3	13.4	23.3	15.3	1.7	2.1
Wellesley	MA	East	1.9	6.7	5.6	3.6	33.6	29.5	11.2	7.9
West Fargo	ND	Central	5.4	19.7	22.9	16.3	26.3	6.7	0.9	1.7
West Linn	OR	West	1.8	12.8	24.1	7.3	33.9	13.5	4.6	2.1
West Windsor	NJ	East	2.9	6.6	8.1	2.6	32.4	28.8	8.2	10.4
Westlake	OH	East	4.5	17.1	17.9	6.9	33	13.5	5.1	2
Weston	FL	South	3	13	17.3	8.8	33.5	16.3	6	2.1
Westport	CT	East	2	11.6	8.1	2.6	38	26.6	8.1	3
Wilmette	IL	Central	1.2	5.7	8.9	3	35.1	25.6	14.3	6.2
Woodbury	MN	Central	2.7	14.2	16.9	9	36.1	14.8	3.2	3
Yorba Linda	CA	West	4.5	12.7	23.8	9.6	30.8	13	3.8	1.8
U.S.			13.7	28	21.2	7.9	18.3	7.8	2	1.3

Note: Figures cover persons age 25 and Over
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates