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