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

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
Ankeny	IA	Central	2.5	17.4	20.2	14.7	32.7	9.6	1.6	1.3
Ballwin	MO	Central	3	15.8	21.4	6.1	33.9	14.7	3.5	1.5
Bloomfield	MI	Central	2.8	9.5	13.2	5.1	34.8	20.7	11.1	2.9
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
Chesterfield	MO	Central	2.3	11.6	16.7	5.4	35.2	19.2	6.4	3.2
Collierville	TN	Central	3.4	16.4	20.8	6.7	33.8	14.6	2.8	1.5
Eden Prairie	MN	Central	2.7	10.6	17.3	8.7	39.1	15.6	3.5	2.4
Edmond	OK	Central	4.1	15.8	23.1	5.1	31.6	13.5	4.2	2.6
Fishers	IN	Central	2.3	11.7	18.1	6.8	40.4	14.8	3.9	2.1
Franklin	TN	Central	5.7	13.8	18.1	6.2	36.3	14.4	3.4	1.9
Germantown	TN	Central	1.9	10	18.1	5	38.4	16.9	7	2.8
Grand Blanc	MI	Central	5	23.7	24.2	12.1	20.5	10.4	2.8	1.3
Leawood	KS	Central	0.8	6.5	14.4	4	41.7	18.1	11.6	3
Lee's Summit	MO	Central	3.6	21.2	23.6	9	27.6	11	2.4	1.6
Lenexa	KS	Central	4	13.8	20.9	6.9	34.2	14.4	3.8	2
Maple Grove	MN	Central	2.7	17.3	20.2	10.4	33.8	12.2	2.2	1.2
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
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
Novi	MI	Central	5.1	14.7	17.4	6.8	31.2	18.9	3.8	1.9
O'Fallon	IL	Central	3.8	16.3	20.8	10.3	27.6	17.9	1.8	1.4
O'Fallon	MO	Central	5.6	24.9	23.7	8.3	24.9	10.8	0.9	0.8
Plainfield	IL	Central	4.1	17.2	19.1	10.8	30.1	16.2	1.4	1.1
Spring Hill	TN	Central	3.7	21.9	23	8.5	31.2	10.4	0.5	0.7
Sun Prairie	WI	Central	4.8	20.2	20.4	12.1	28.7	11	2.1	0.7
West Fargo	ND	Central	5.4	19.7	22.9	16.3	26.3	6.7	0.9	1.7
Wilmette	IL	Central	1.2	5.7	8.9	3	35.1	25.6	14.3	6.2
Woodbury	MN	Central	2.7	14.2	16.9	9	36.1	14.8	3.2	3
Apex	NC	East	2.9	8.6	17.6	9.9	40.7	15.8	2.4	2
Beavercreek	OH	East	3.5	18.9	18.4	9.1	24.5	19.2	2.9	3.4
Bernards	NJ	East	2.6	11.2	10.5	5.2	36	24.4	6.4	3.8
Bethlehem	NY	East	2.8	16	13.4	11.1	23	22.3	7.9	3.5
Bowie	MD	East	4.7	18.5	23	5.8	27.5	15.6	2.3	2.6
Cheshire	CT	East	5.6	22.5	13.8	6.3	26.1	17	5	3.6
Cornelius	NC	East	5.4	16.6	18.1	7.8	34.2	12.8	2.8	2.4
Cranberry	PA	East	2.4	19.3	14	6.4	37.4	15.9	2.7	1.9
Dublin	OH	East	1.7	7.4	12	5.3	43.7	20.3	5.4	4.2
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
Glastonbury	CT	East	3.8	14.9	12.9	7.2	28.9	21.9	7.6	2.8
Guilderland	NY	East	3.5	20.6	14.3	10.8	24.7	18.2	3.8	4.1
Hampden	PA	East	5.1	23.1	14.9	8.1	29.2	14.4	3.7	1.7
Holly Springs	NC	East	3.6	14.2	16	11.4	36.4	14.5	1.8	2.1
Huntersville	NC	East	5	14.6	18.8	7.8	38.2	11	2.5	2.1
Independence	KY	East	10	30.9	22.1	7.9	20.1	6.3	2.2	0.5
Leesburg	VA	East	11.4	16.7	15.9	6.6	31.1	14.8	1.7	1.8
Lexington	MA	East	3.2	8.6	7.3	4.2	27	28.7	8	13.1
Lower Makefield	PA	East	2.1	14.1	11.8	5.4	33.7	22.2	6.7	4.1
Mamaroneck	NY	East	6.4	12	10.3	3.3	34	21.8	9.1	3.1
Manheim	PA	East	8.7	28	14.5	6.3	24.4	12.7	3.8	1.6
Manlius	NY	East	3	18.9	15	10.9	25.3	17.6	5.5	3.8
Marlboro	NJ	East	3.7	17.9	12.6	6.7	34.8	16.8	4.9	2.6
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
Merrimack	NH	East	3.8	26.8	16.4	10.1	28.5	12	0.9	1.5
Mount Lebanon	PA	East	2.4	15.9	12.2	5.7	33	18.8	7.4	4.6
Needham	MA	East	2.1	9.9	8.8	5.1	32.4	26.4	10	5.3
Newtown	CT	East	5.5	18.1	15.3	6.7	29.8	18.6	4.2	1.8
Orchard Park	NY	East	3.7	22.8	15	13.2	24.7	14.7	4.5	1.4
Princeton	NJ	East	3.8	6.5	6.9	1.9	26.1	29.1	8.7	17
Ridgefield	CT	East	1.8	9.4	12	4.3	38	25	6.9	2.7
Ridgewood	NJ	East	2.4	8.2	10.5	4	42.4	21	8	3.4
Shrewsbury	MA	East	5.2	18.4	12.8	8.4	28.2	18.5	4.1	4.3
South Brunswick	NJ	East	5.7	16.3	11.2	7.2	35.1	17.9	3.2	3.3
South Kingstown	RI	East	6.2	18.8	16.9	5.3	29.7	14.4	3.4	5.3
South Windsor	CT	East	5.7	21.3	14.1	8.1	28.1	16.7	4.4	1.7
Stow	OH	East	6.3	24.4	19.7	9.2	26.6	10.1	2.2	1.6
Tredyffrin	PA	East	2.3	8.3	9.3	4	41.5	23.6	6.5	4.6
Upper Arlington	OH	East	1.5	8.9	11.5	3.9	39.6	17.6	10.2	6.8
Upper Dublin	PA	East	3.3	15.5	12.1	4.8	34.5	18.5	7.5	3.8
Webster	NY	East	5.2	22.7	16.3	13.4	23.3	15.3	1.7	2.1
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
Westlake	OH	East	4.5	17.1	17.9	6.9	33	13.5	5.1	2
Westport	CT	East	2	11.6	8.1	2.6	38	26.6	8.1	3
Allen	TX	South	4.2	13.2	22.2	7.8	34.2	14.7	2	1.8
Alpharetta	GA	South	3.2	10.8	16.8	6.8	39.4	17.8	3.1	2.1
Bella Vista	AR	South	5.5	26.3	24.2	9.5	22.1	10.2	1.3	1
Cedar Park	TX	South	4.7	17	26.2	7.9	30.3	10.5	2	1.4
Coppell	TX	South	3.5	11	16.4	5.9	38.5	18.5	4.3	1.9
Flower Mound	TX	South	2.7	11.7	20.5	7.6	40.3	14	2.2	1
Friendswood	TX	South	4.8	15.8	21.7	9.4	33.3	10.8	2.1	2
Johns Creek	GA	South	4.1	10.1	15.3	6.6	39.1	19	3.1	2.6
Keller	TX	South	3.1	12.4	21.8	5.8	38.6	13.6	2.8	1.9
League City	TX	South	5.4	20	22.7	10.8	27.7	9	2.7	1.8
Madison	AL	South	4.3	13.3	20.4	6.8	33.1	17.5	2	2.5
Mount Pleasant	SC	South	2.4	12.8	19.1	7.3	37.8	13.9	4.3	2.4
Oviedo	FL	South	5.2	18.6	21.3	12.3	28.1	11.1	1.8	1.6
Parkland	FL	South	2.8	11.6	16.3	7.5	38.1	14.8	5.8	3.1
Peachtree City	GA	South	5.2	14.5	18.8	8	35	13.7	2.8	2
Pflugerville	TX	South	6.7	20.6	25.7	10.7	24.8	9.4	0.5	1.5
Queen Creek	AZ	South	4	16.2	29.4	12.7	25.7	8.6	2	1.4
Sahuarita	AZ	South	4.9	20	29.7	10.2	23.4	9.6	0.9	1.2
Schertz	TX	South	7.2	25	25.4	11	19.3	10.3	1.3	0.5
Southlake	TX	South	1.5	8.2	16.4	5.4	43.5	17.6	5.6	1.9
Sugar Land	TX	South	7.3	12.4	20.3	5.8	32.1	15.5	2.9	3.7
Vestavia Hills	AL	South	2.2	10	16.3	4.4	37.3	17.4	8.1	4.4
Weston	FL	South	3	13	17.3	8.8	33.5	16.3	6	2.1
Aliso Viejo	CA	West	4.6	11.3	18	9.2	38.8	13.2	2.9	1.9
Bozeman	MT	West	2.5	11.8	24.6	6.6	35.6	12.4	2.1	4.3
Broomfield	CO	West	5.2	15.2	22.1	8	31.9	13.6	2	2
Cupertino	CA	West	3.5	6.2	10.2	4.5	33.1	31.2	4.1	7.3
Danville	CA	West	2.3	9	17	7.5	41	16.6	3.8	2.8
Draper	UT	West	3.7	18.3	28.7	9.4	24.7	10.2	3.5	1.4
Folsom	CA	West	8	17.2	19.9	9.2	28.5	12.3	3.1	1.9
Foster City	CA	West	4.1	10.2	16.2	6.5	33.4	20.1	4.4	5.1
Kirkland	WA	West	3.5	12.2	20.1	8.6	35.9	15.2	2.7	1.6
Lafayette	CO	West	5.3	14.9	16.7	7.4	33.7	16.3	2.2	3.4
Lake Oswego	OR	West	2.2	9.9	17.4	5.4	37.5	16.9	7.7	3
Lehi	UT	West	3.9	17.1	27.5	12.5	29.5	7	1.5	1
Los Altos	CA	West	1.3	4.9	10.1	4.8	32.2	30.9	8.1	7.8
Meridian	ID	West	5.1	23.9	28.7	8.9	24.3	6.3	1.8	0.8
Parker	CO	West	2.4	14.1	22.5	9.3	37	11.2	2.1	1.3
Rancho Palos Verdes	CA	West	2.5	9.4	16.1	7.2	33.7	17.7	8.5	4.9
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
Rio Rancho	NM	West	6.3	25.8	28.2	11	18.1	7.9	1.4	1.3
Sammamish	WA	West	1.6	6.3	12.7	6.8	44.4	21	3.3	3.9
San Ramon	CA	West	2.5	8.7	15.7	8.1	39.5	18.4	3.9	3.2
Saratoga	CA	West	1.8	5.1	10.4	5.1	35.7	30.1	6.4	5.4
South Jordan	UT	West	3.6	17	29.2	11.4	25.3	10.7	1.4	1.4
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
Yorba Linda	CA	West	4.5	12.7	23.8	9.6	30.8	13	3.8	1.8
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