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