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