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