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