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
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
Wellesley	MA	East	1.9	6.7	5.6	3.6	33.6	29.5	11.2	7.9
Bloomfield	MI	Central	2.8	9.5	13.2	5.1	34.8	20.7	11.1	2.9
Upper Arlington	OH	East	1.5	8.9	11.5	3.9	39.6	17.6	10.2	6.8
Northbrook	IL	Central	3.1	10	13.9	4.2	37.5	17.9	10.1	3.3
Needham	MA	East	2.1	9.9	8.8	5.1	32.4	26.4	10	5.3
Mamaroneck	NY	East	6.4	12	10.3	3.3	34	21.8	9.1	3.1
Princeton	NJ	East	3.8	6.5	6.9	1.9	26.1	29.1	8.7	17
Rancho Palos Verdes	CA	West	2.5	9.4	16.1	7.2	33.7	17.7	8.5	4.9
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
Vestavia Hills	AL	South	2.2	10	16.3	4.4	37.3	17.4	8.1	4.4
Westport	CT	East	2	11.6	8.1	2.6	38	26.6	8.1	3
Lexington	MA	East	3.2	8.6	7.3	4.2	27	28.7	8	13.1
Ridgewood	NJ	East	2.4	8.2	10.5	4	42.4	21	8	3.4
Bethlehem	NY	East	2.8	16	13.4	11.1	23	22.3	7.9	3.5
Lake Oswego	OR	West	2.2	9.9	17.4	5.4	37.5	16.9	7.7	3
Glastonbury	CT	East	3.8	14.9	12.9	7.2	28.9	21.9	7.6	2.8
Upper Dublin	PA	East	3.3	15.5	12.1	4.8	34.5	18.5	7.5	3.8
Mount Lebanon	PA	East	2.4	15.9	12.2	5.7	33	18.8	7.4	4.6
Germantown	TN	Central	1.9	10	18.1	5	38.4	16.9	7	2.8
Ridgefield	CT	East	1.8	9.4	12	4.3	38	25	6.9	2.7
Carmel	IN	Central	1.9	10.2	14.4	4.7	38.6	18.9	6.8	4.6
Lower Makefield	PA	East	2.1	14.1	11.8	5.4	33.7	22.2	6.7	4.1
Eastchester	NY	East	6	16.7	13.8	5.4	29.8	19.5	6.5	2.3
Tredyffrin	PA	East	2.3	8.3	9.3	4	41.5	23.6	6.5	4.6
Bernards	NJ	East	2.6	11.2	10.5	5.2	36	24.4	6.4	3.8
Chesterfield	MO	Central	2.3	11.6	16.7	5.4	35.2	19.2	6.4	3.2
Saratoga	CA	West	1.8	5.1	10.4	5.1	35.7	30.1	6.4	5.4
Weston	FL	South	3	13	17.3	8.8	33.5	16.3	6	2.1
Parkland	FL	South	2.8	11.6	16.3	7.5	38.1	14.8	5.8	3.1
Brentwood	TN	Central	2.3	10.4	14.3	5.1	42.6	16.2	5.7	3.4
Northville	MI	Central	3.1	13.3	15.6	7.5	29.4	22.9	5.6	2.6
Southlake	TX	South	1.5	8.2	16.4	5.4	43.5	17.6	5.6	1.9
Manlius	NY	East	3	18.9	15	10.9	25.3	17.6	5.5	3.8
Dublin	OH	East	1.7	7.4	12	5.3	43.7	20.3	5.4	4.2
Westlake	OH	East	4.5	17.1	17.9	6.9	33	13.5	5.1	2
Cheshire	CT	East	5.6	22.5	13.8	6.3	26.1	17	5	3.6
Marlboro	NJ	East	3.7	17.9	12.6	6.7	34.8	16.8	4.9	2.6
West Linn	OR	West	1.8	12.8	24.1	7.3	33.9	13.5	4.6	2.1
Orchard Park	NY	East	3.7	22.8	15	13.2	24.7	14.7	4.5	1.4
Foster City	CA	West	4.1	10.2	16.2	6.5	33.4	20.1	4.4	5.1
South Windsor	CT	East	5.7	21.3	14.1	8.1	28.1	16.7	4.4	1.7
Coppell	TX	South	3.5	11	16.4	5.9	38.5	18.5	4.3	1.9
Mount Pleasant	SC	South	2.4	12.8	19.1	7.3	37.8	13.9	4.3	2.4
Edmond	OK	Central	4.1	15.8	23.1	5.1	31.6	13.5	4.2	2.6
Newtown	CT	East	5.5	18.1	15.3	6.7	29.8	18.6	4.2	1.8
Cupertino	CA	West	3.5	6.2	10.2	4.5	33.1	31.2	4.1	7.3
Shrewsbury	MA	East	5.2	18.4	12.8	8.4	28.2	18.5	4.1	4.3
Fishers	IN	Central	2.3	11.7	18.1	6.8	40.4	14.8	3.9	2.1
San Ramon	CA	West	2.5	8.7	15.7	8.1	39.5	18.4	3.9	3.2
Danville	CA	West	2.3	9	17	7.5	41	16.6	3.8	2.8
Guilderland	NY	East	3.5	20.6	14.3	10.8	24.7	18.2	3.8	4.1
Lenexa	KS	Central	4	13.8	20.9	6.9	34.2	14.4	3.8	2
Manheim	PA	East	8.7	28	14.5	6.3	24.4	12.7	3.8	1.6
Novi	MI	Central	5.1	14.7	17.4	6.8	31.2	18.9	3.8	1.9
Yorba Linda	CA	West	4.5	12.7	23.8	9.6	30.8	13	3.8	1.8
Hampden	PA	East	5.1	23.1	14.9	8.1	29.2	14.4	3.7	1.7
Ballwin	MO	Central	3	15.8	21.4	6.1	33.9	14.7	3.5	1.5
Draper	UT	West	3.7	18.3	28.7	9.4	24.7	10.2	3.5	1.4
Eden Prairie	MN	Central	2.7	10.6	17.3	8.7	39.1	15.6	3.5	2.4
Franklin	TN	Central	5.7	13.8	18.1	6.2	36.3	14.4	3.4	1.9
Mason	OH	East	3.6	20	15.2	6.7	31.2	17.4	3.4	2.4
McCandless	PA	East	2.9	19.4	15	7.9	31.4	16.8	3.4	3.2
South Kingstown	RI	East	6.2	18.8	16.9	5.3	29.7	14.4	3.4	5.3
Evesham	NJ	East	4.9	22.4	18.1	7.4	29.8	12.1	3.3	1.9
Sammamish	WA	West	1.6	6.3	12.7	6.8	44.4	21	3.3	3.9
South Brunswick	NJ	East	5.7	16.3	11.2	7.2	35.1	17.9	3.2	3.3
Woodbury	MN	Central	2.7	14.2	16.9	9	36.1	14.8	3.2	3
Alpharetta	GA	South	3.2	10.8	16.8	6.8	39.4	17.8	3.1	2.1
Folsom	CA	West	8	17.2	19.9	9.2	28.5	12.3	3.1	1.9
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
Beavercreek	OH	East	3.5	18.9	18.4	9.1	24.5	19.2	2.9	3.4
Sugar Land	TX	South	7.3	12.4	20.3	5.8	32.1	15.5	2.9	3.7
Collierville	TN	Central	3.4	16.4	20.8	6.7	33.8	14.6	2.8	1.5
Cornelius	NC	East	5.4	16.6	18.1	7.8	34.2	12.8	2.8	2.4
Grand Blanc	MI	Central	5	23.7	24.2	12.1	20.5	10.4	2.8	1.3
Keller	TX	South	3.1	12.4	21.8	5.8	38.6	13.6	2.8	1.9
Peachtree City	GA	South	5.2	14.5	18.8	8	35	13.7	2.8	2
Cranberry	PA	East	2.4	19.3	14	6.4	37.4	15.9	2.7	1.9
Kirkland	WA	West	3.5	12.2	20.1	8.6	35.9	15.2	2.7	1.6
League City	TX	South	5.4	20	22.7	10.8	27.7	9	2.7	1.8
Huntersville	NC	East	5	14.6	18.8	7.8	38.2	11	2.5	2.1
Apex	NC	East	2.9	8.6	17.6	9.9	40.7	15.8	2.4	2
Lee's Summit	MO	Central	3.6	21.2	23.6	9	27.6	11	2.4	1.6
Bowie	MD	East	4.7	18.5	23	5.8	27.5	15.6	2.3	2.6
Flower Mound	TX	South	2.7	11.7	20.5	7.6	40.3	14	2.2	1
Independence	KY	East	10	30.9	22.1	7.9	20.1	6.3	2.2	0.5
Lafayette	CO	West	5.3	14.9	16.7	7.4	33.7	16.3	2.2	3.4
Maple Grove	MN	Central	2.7	17.3	20.2	10.4	33.8	12.2	2.2	1.2
Stow	OH	East	6.3	24.4	19.7	9.2	26.6	10.1	2.2	1.6
Bozeman	MT	West	2.5	11.8	24.6	6.6	35.6	12.4	2.1	4.3
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
Sun Prairie	WI	Central	4.8	20.2	20.4	12.1	28.7	11	2.1	0.7
Allen	TX	South	4.2	13.2	22.2	7.8	34.2	14.7	2	1.8
Broomfield	CO	West	5.2	15.2	22.1	8	31.9	13.6	2	2
Cedar Park	TX	South	4.7	17	26.2	7.9	30.3	10.5	2	1.4
Madison	AL	South	4.3	13.3	20.4	6.8	33.1	17.5	2	2.5
Queen Creek	AZ	South	4	16.2	29.4	12.7	25.7	8.6	2	1.4
Richland	WA	West	4.5	18.2	22.1	11.4	25.2	12.2	2	4.3
Holly Springs	NC	East	3.6	14.2	16	11.4	36.4	14.5	1.8	2.1
Meridian	ID	West	5.1	23.9	28.7	8.9	24.3	6.3	1.8	0.8
O'Fallon	IL	Central	3.8	16.3	20.8	10.3	27.6	17.9	1.8	1.4
Oviedo	FL	South	5.2	18.6	21.3	12.3	28.1	11.1	1.8	1.6
Leesburg	VA	East	11.4	16.7	15.9	6.6	31.1	14.8	1.7	1.8
Marion	IA	Central	4.3	25.9	22.4	13.8	23.9	7.6	1.7	0.5
Menomonee Falls	WI	Central	5.4	26.3	17.9	9.7	27.5	10.6	1.7	1
Webster	NY	East	5.2	22.7	16.3	13.4	23.3	15.3	1.7	2.1
Ankeny	IA	Central	2.5	17.4	20.2	14.7	32.7	9.6	1.6	1.3
Redmond	WA	West	4.5	9.2	16.3	7.6	34.9	22.6	1.6	3.3
Lehi	UT	West	3.9	17.1	27.5	12.5	29.5	7	1.5	1
Plainfield	IL	Central	4.1	17.2	19.1	10.8	30.1	16.2	1.4	1.1
Rio Rancho	NM	West	6.3	25.8	28.2	11	18.1	7.9	1.4	1.3
South Jordan	UT	West	3.6	17	29.2	11.4	25.3	10.7	1.4	1.4
Bella Vista	AR	South	5.5	26.3	24.2	9.5	22.1	10.2	1.3	1
Schertz	TX	South	7.2	25	25.4	11	19.3	10.3	1.3	0.5
Syracuse	UT	West	1.8	21	28.1	12.5	25.6	8.9	1.2	0.9
Merrimack	NH	East	3.8	26.8	16.4	10.1	28.5	12	0.9	1.5
O'Fallon	MO	Central	5.6	24.9	23.7	8.3	24.9	10.8	0.9	0.8
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
Pflugerville	TX	South	6.7	20.6	25.7	10.7	24.8	9.4	0.5	1.5
Spring Hill	TN	Central	3.7	21.9	23	8.5	31.2	10.4	0.5	0.7
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