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

Click on a column header to re-sort the table

City	State	Region	Less Than H.S.	H.S. Diploma	Some College	Associates Degree	Bachelors Degree	Masters Degree	Profess. Degree	Doctorate Degree
Sahuarita	AZ	South	4.9	20	29.7	10.2	23.4	9.6	0.9	1.2
Queen Creek	AZ	South	4	16.2	29.4	12.7	25.7	8.6	2	1.4
South Jordan	UT	West	3.6	17	29.2	11.4	25.3	10.7	1.4	1.4
Draper	UT	West	3.7	18.3	28.7	9.4	24.7	10.2	3.5	1.4
Meridian	ID	West	5.1	23.9	28.7	8.9	24.3	6.3	1.8	0.8
Rio Rancho	NM	West	6.3	25.8	28.2	11	18.1	7.9	1.4	1.3
Syracuse	UT	West	1.8	21	28.1	12.5	25.6	8.9	1.2	0.9
Lehi	UT	West	3.9	17.1	27.5	12.5	29.5	7	1.5	1
Cedar Park	TX	South	4.7	17	26.2	7.9	30.3	10.5	2	1.4
Pflugerville	TX	South	6.7	20.6	25.7	10.7	24.8	9.4	0.5	1.5
Schertz	TX	South	7.2	25	25.4	11	19.3	10.3	1.3	0.5
Bozeman	MT	West	2.5	11.8	24.6	6.6	35.6	12.4	2.1	4.3
Bella Vista	AR	South	5.5	26.3	24.2	9.5	22.1	10.2	1.3	1
Grand Blanc	MI	Central	5	23.7	24.2	12.1	20.5	10.4	2.8	1.3
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
O'Fallon	MO	Central	5.6	24.9	23.7	8.3	24.9	10.8	0.9	0.8
Lee's Summit	MO	Central	3.6	21.2	23.6	9	27.6	11	2.4	1.6
Edmond	OK	Central	4.1	15.8	23.1	5.1	31.6	13.5	4.2	2.6
Bowie	MD	East	4.7	18.5	23	5.8	27.5	15.6	2.3	2.6
Spring Hill	TN	Central	3.7	21.9	23	8.5	31.2	10.4	0.5	0.7
West Fargo	ND	Central	5.4	19.7	22.9	16.3	26.3	6.7	0.9	1.7
League City	TX	South	5.4	20	22.7	10.8	27.7	9	2.7	1.8
Parker	CO	West	2.4	14.1	22.5	9.3	37	11.2	2.1	1.3
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
Broomfield	CO	West	5.2	15.2	22.1	8	31.9	13.6	2	2
Independence	KY	East	10	30.9	22.1	7.9	20.1	6.3	2.2	0.5
Richland	WA	West	4.5	18.2	22.1	11.4	25.2	12.2	2	4.3
Keller	TX	South	3.1	12.4	21.8	5.8	38.6	13.6	2.8	1.9
Friendswood	TX	South	4.8	15.8	21.7	9.4	33.3	10.8	2.1	2
Ballwin	MO	Central	3	15.8	21.4	6.1	33.9	14.7	3.5	1.5
Oviedo	FL	South	5.2	18.6	21.3	12.3	28.1	11.1	1.8	1.6
Lenexa	KS	Central	4	13.8	20.9	6.9	34.2	14.4	3.8	2
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
Flower Mound	TX	South	2.7	11.7	20.5	7.6	40.3	14	2.2	1
Madison	AL	South	4.3	13.3	20.4	6.8	33.1	17.5	2	2.5
Sun Prairie	WI	Central	4.8	20.2	20.4	12.1	28.7	11	2.1	0.7
Sugar Land	TX	South	7.3	12.4	20.3	5.8	32.1	15.5	2.9	3.7
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
Kirkland	WA	West	3.5	12.2	20.1	8.6	35.9	15.2	2.7	1.6
Folsom	CA	West	8	17.2	19.9	9.2	28.5	12.3	3.1	1.9
Stow	OH	East	6.3	24.4	19.7	9.2	26.6	10.1	2.2	1.6
Mount Pleasant	SC	South	2.4	12.8	19.1	7.3	37.8	13.9	4.3	2.4
Plainfield	IL	Central	4.1	17.2	19.1	10.8	30.1	16.2	1.4	1.1
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
Beavercreek	OH	East	3.5	18.9	18.4	9.1	24.5	19.2	2.9	3.4
Cornelius	NC	East	5.4	16.6	18.1	7.8	34.2	12.8	2.8	2.4
Evesham	NJ	East	4.9	22.4	18.1	7.4	29.8	12.1	3.3	1.9
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
Aliso Viejo	CA	West	4.6	11.3	18	9.2	38.8	13.2	2.9	1.9
Menomonee Falls	WI	Central	5.4	26.3	17.9	9.7	27.5	10.6	1.7	1
Westlake	OH	East	4.5	17.1	17.9	6.9	33	13.5	5.1	2
Apex	NC	East	2.9	8.6	17.6	9.9	40.7	15.8	2.4	2
Lake Oswego	OR	West	2.2	9.9	17.4	5.4	37.5	16.9	7.7	3
Novi	MI	Central	5.1	14.7	17.4	6.8	31.2	18.9	3.8	1.9
Eden Prairie	MN	Central	2.7	10.6	17.3	8.7	39.1	15.6	3.5	2.4
Weston	FL	South	3	13	17.3	8.8	33.5	16.3	6	2.1
Danville	CA	West	2.3	9	17	7.5	41	16.6	3.8	2.8
South Kingstown	RI	East	6.2	18.8	16.9	5.3	29.7	14.4	3.4	5.3
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
Chesterfield	MO	Central	2.3	11.6	16.7	5.4	35.2	19.2	6.4	3.2
Lafayette	CO	West	5.3	14.9	16.7	7.4	33.7	16.3	2.2	3.4
Coppell	TX	South	3.5	11	16.4	5.9	38.5	18.5	4.3	1.9
Merrimack	NH	East	3.8	26.8	16.4	10.1	28.5	12	0.9	1.5
Southlake	TX	South	1.5	8.2	16.4	5.4	43.5	17.6	5.6	1.9
Parkland	FL	South	2.8	11.6	16.3	7.5	38.1	14.8	5.8	3.1
Redmond	WA	West	4.5	9.2	16.3	7.6	34.9	22.6	1.6	3.3
Vestavia Hills	AL	South	2.2	10	16.3	4.4	37.3	17.4	8.1	4.4
Webster	NY	East	5.2	22.7	16.3	13.4	23.3	15.3	1.7	2.1
Foster City	CA	West	4.1	10.2	16.2	6.5	33.4	20.1	4.4	5.1
Rancho Palos Verdes	CA	West	2.5	9.4	16.1	7.2	33.7	17.7	8.5	4.9
Holly Springs	NC	East	3.6	14.2	16	11.4	36.4	14.5	1.8	2.1
Leesburg	VA	East	11.4	16.7	15.9	6.6	31.1	14.8	1.7	1.8
San Ramon	CA	West	2.5	8.7	15.7	8.1	39.5	18.4	3.9	3.2
Northville	MI	Central	3.1	13.3	15.6	7.5	29.4	22.9	5.6	2.6
Johns Creek	GA	South	4.1	10.1	15.3	6.6	39.1	19	3.1	2.6
Newtown	CT	East	5.5	18.1	15.3	6.7	29.8	18.6	4.2	1.8
Mason	OH	East	3.6	20	15.2	6.7	31.2	17.4	3.4	2.4
Manlius	NY	East	3	18.9	15	10.9	25.3	17.6	5.5	3.8
McCandless	PA	East	2.9	19.4	15	7.9	31.4	16.8	3.4	3.2
Orchard Park	NY	East	3.7	22.8	15	13.2	24.7	14.7	4.5	1.4
Hampden	PA	East	5.1	23.1	14.9	8.1	29.2	14.4	3.7	1.7
Manheim	PA	East	8.7	28	14.5	6.3	24.4	12.7	3.8	1.6
Carmel	IN	Central	1.9	10.2	14.4	4.7	38.6	18.9	6.8	4.6
Leawood	KS	Central	0.8	6.5	14.4	4	41.7	18.1	11.6	3
Brentwood	TN	Central	2.3	10.4	14.3	5.1	42.6	16.2	5.7	3.4
Guilderland	NY	East	3.5	20.6	14.3	10.8	24.7	18.2	3.8	4.1
South Windsor	CT	East	5.7	21.3	14.1	8.1	28.1	16.7	4.4	1.7
Cranberry	PA	East	2.4	19.3	14	6.4	37.4	15.9	2.7	1.9
Northbrook	IL	Central	3.1	10	13.9	4.2	37.5	17.9	10.1	3.3
Cheshire	CT	East	5.6	22.5	13.8	6.3	26.1	17	5	3.6
Eastchester	NY	East	6	16.7	13.8	5.4	29.8	19.5	6.5	2.3
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
Glastonbury	CT	East	3.8	14.9	12.9	7.2	28.9	21.9	7.6	2.8
Shrewsbury	MA	East	5.2	18.4	12.8	8.4	28.2	18.5	4.1	4.3
Sammamish	WA	West	1.6	6.3	12.7	6.8	44.4	21	3.3	3.9
Marlboro	NJ	East	3.7	17.9	12.6	6.7	34.8	16.8	4.9	2.6
Mount Lebanon	PA	East	2.4	15.9	12.2	5.7	33	18.8	7.4	4.6
Upper Dublin	PA	East	3.3	15.5	12.1	4.8	34.5	18.5	7.5	3.8
Dublin	OH	East	1.7	7.4	12	5.3	43.7	20.3	5.4	4.2
Ridgefield	CT	East	1.8	9.4	12	4.3	38	25	6.9	2.7
Lower Makefield	PA	East	2.1	14.1	11.8	5.4	33.7	22.2	6.7	4.1
Upper Arlington	OH	East	1.5	8.9	11.5	3.9	39.6	17.6	10.2	6.8
South Brunswick	NJ	East	5.7	16.3	11.2	7.2	35.1	17.9	3.2	3.3
Bernards	NJ	East	2.6	11.2	10.5	5.2	36	24.4	6.4	3.8
Ridgewood	NJ	East	2.4	8.2	10.5	4	42.4	21	8	3.4
Saratoga	CA	West	1.8	5.1	10.4	5.1	35.7	30.1	6.4	5.4
Mamaroneck	NY	East	6.4	12	10.3	3.3	34	21.8	9.1	3.1
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
Tredyffrin	PA	East	2.3	8.3	9.3	4	41.5	23.6	6.5	4.6
Wilmette	IL	Central	1.2	5.7	8.9	3	35.1	25.6	14.3	6.2
Needham	MA	East	2.1	9.9	8.8	5.1	32.4	26.4	10	5.3
West Windsor	NJ	East	2.9	6.6	8.1	2.6	32.4	28.8	8.2	10.4
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
Princeton	NJ	East	3.8	6.5	6.9	1.9	26.1	29.1	8.7	17
Wellesley	MA	East	1.9	6.7	5.6	3.6	33.6	29.5	11.2	7.9
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