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
Madison	AL	South	4.3	13.3	20.4	6.8	33.1	17.5	2	2.5
Vestavia Hills	AL	South	2.2	10	16.3	4.4	37.3	17.4	8.1	4.4
Bella Vista	AR	South	5.5	26.3	24.2	9.5	22.1	10.2	1.3	1
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
Aliso Viejo	CA	West	4.6	11.3	18	9.2	38.8	13.2	2.9	1.9
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
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
Los Altos	CA	West	1.3	4.9	10.1	4.8	32.2	30.9	8.1	7.8
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
Saratoga	CA	West	1.8	5.1	10.4	5.1	35.7	30.1	6.4	5.4
Yorba Linda	CA	West	4.5	12.7	23.8	9.6	30.8	13	3.8	1.8
Broomfield	CO	West	5.2	15.2	22.1	8	31.9	13.6	2	2
Lafayette	CO	West	5.3	14.9	16.7	7.4	33.7	16.3	2.2	3.4
Parker	CO	West	2.4	14.1	22.5	9.3	37	11.2	2.1	1.3
Cheshire	CT	East	5.6	22.5	13.8	6.3	26.1	17	5	3.6
Glastonbury	CT	East	3.8	14.9	12.9	7.2	28.9	21.9	7.6	2.8
Newtown	CT	East	5.5	18.1	15.3	6.7	29.8	18.6	4.2	1.8
Ridgefield	CT	East	1.8	9.4	12	4.3	38	25	6.9	2.7
South Windsor	CT	East	5.7	21.3	14.1	8.1	28.1	16.7	4.4	1.7
Westport	CT	East	2	11.6	8.1	2.6	38	26.6	8.1	3
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
Weston	FL	South	3	13	17.3	8.8	33.5	16.3	6	2.1
Alpharetta	GA	South	3.2	10.8	16.8	6.8	39.4	17.8	3.1	2.1
Johns Creek	GA	South	4.1	10.1	15.3	6.6	39.1	19	3.1	2.6
Peachtree City	GA	South	5.2	14.5	18.8	8	35	13.7	2.8	2
Ankeny	IA	Central	2.5	17.4	20.2	14.7	32.7	9.6	1.6	1.3
Marion	IA	Central	4.3	25.9	22.4	13.8	23.9	7.6	1.7	0.5
Meridian	ID	West	5.1	23.9	28.7	8.9	24.3	6.3	1.8	0.8
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
Plainfield	IL	Central	4.1	17.2	19.1	10.8	30.1	16.2	1.4	1.1
Wilmette	IL	Central	1.2	5.7	8.9	3	35.1	25.6	14.3	6.2
Carmel	IN	Central	1.9	10.2	14.4	4.7	38.6	18.9	6.8	4.6
Fishers	IN	Central	2.3	11.7	18.1	6.8	40.4	14.8	3.9	2.1
Leawood	KS	Central	0.8	6.5	14.4	4	41.7	18.1	11.6	3
Lenexa	KS	Central	4	13.8	20.9	6.9	34.2	14.4	3.8	2
Independence	KY	East	10	30.9	22.1	7.9	20.1	6.3	2.2	0.5
Lexington	MA	East	3.2	8.6	7.3	4.2	27	28.7	8	13.1
Needham	MA	East	2.1	9.9	8.8	5.1	32.4	26.4	10	5.3
Shrewsbury	MA	East	5.2	18.4	12.8	8.4	28.2	18.5	4.1	4.3
Wellesley	MA	East	1.9	6.7	5.6	3.6	33.6	29.5	11.2	7.9
Bowie	MD	East	4.7	18.5	23	5.8	27.5	15.6	2.3	2.6
Bloomfield	MI	Central	2.8	9.5	13.2	5.1	34.8	20.7	11.1	2.9
Grand Blanc	MI	Central	5	23.7	24.2	12.1	20.5	10.4	2.8	1.3
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
Eden Prairie	MN	Central	2.7	10.6	17.3	8.7	39.1	15.6	3.5	2.4
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
Ballwin	MO	Central	3	15.8	21.4	6.1	33.9	14.7	3.5	1.5
Chesterfield	MO	Central	2.3	11.6	16.7	5.4	35.2	19.2	6.4	3.2
Lee's Summit	MO	Central	3.6	21.2	23.6	9	27.6	11	2.4	1.6
O'Fallon	MO	Central	5.6	24.9	23.7	8.3	24.9	10.8	0.9	0.8
Bozeman	MT	West	2.5	11.8	24.6	6.6	35.6	12.4	2.1	4.3
Apex	NC	East	2.9	8.6	17.6	9.9	40.7	15.8	2.4	2
Cornelius	NC	East	5.4	16.6	18.1	7.8	34.2	12.8	2.8	2.4
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
West Fargo	ND	Central	5.4	19.7	22.9	16.3	26.3	6.7	0.9	1.7
Merrimack	NH	East	3.8	26.8	16.4	10.1	28.5	12	0.9	1.5
Bernards	NJ	East	2.6	11.2	10.5	5.2	36	24.4	6.4	3.8
Evesham	NJ	East	4.9	22.4	18.1	7.4	29.8	12.1	3.3	1.9
Marlboro	NJ	East	3.7	17.9	12.6	6.7	34.8	16.8	4.9	2.6
Princeton	NJ	East	3.8	6.5	6.9	1.9	26.1	29.1	8.7	17
Ridgewood	NJ	East	2.4	8.2	10.5	4	42.4	21	8	3.4
South Brunswick	NJ	East	5.7	16.3	11.2	7.2	35.1	17.9	3.2	3.3
West Windsor	NJ	East	2.9	6.6	8.1	2.6	32.4	28.8	8.2	10.4
Rio Rancho	NM	West	6.3	25.8	28.2	11	18.1	7.9	1.4	1.3
Bethlehem	NY	East	2.8	16	13.4	11.1	23	22.3	7.9	3.5
Eastchester	NY	East	6	16.7	13.8	5.4	29.8	19.5	6.5	2.3
Guilderland	NY	East	3.5	20.6	14.3	10.8	24.7	18.2	3.8	4.1
Mamaroneck	NY	East	6.4	12	10.3	3.3	34	21.8	9.1	3.1
Manlius	NY	East	3	18.9	15	10.9	25.3	17.6	5.5	3.8
Orchard Park	NY	East	3.7	22.8	15	13.2	24.7	14.7	4.5	1.4
Webster	NY	East	5.2	22.7	16.3	13.4	23.3	15.3	1.7	2.1
Beavercreek	OH	East	3.5	18.9	18.4	9.1	24.5	19.2	2.9	3.4
Dublin	OH	East	1.7	7.4	12	5.3	43.7	20.3	5.4	4.2
Mason	OH	East	3.6	20	15.2	6.7	31.2	17.4	3.4	2.4
Stow	OH	East	6.3	24.4	19.7	9.2	26.6	10.1	2.2	1.6
Upper Arlington	OH	East	1.5	8.9	11.5	3.9	39.6	17.6	10.2	6.8
Westlake	OH	East	4.5	17.1	17.9	6.9	33	13.5	5.1	2
Edmond	OK	Central	4.1	15.8	23.1	5.1	31.6	13.5	4.2	2.6
Lake Oswego	OR	West	2.2	9.9	17.4	5.4	37.5	16.9	7.7	3
West Linn	OR	West	1.8	12.8	24.1	7.3	33.9	13.5	4.6	2.1
Cranberry	PA	East	2.4	19.3	14	6.4	37.4	15.9	2.7	1.9
Hampden	PA	East	5.1	23.1	14.9	8.1	29.2	14.4	3.7	1.7
Lower Makefield	PA	East	2.1	14.1	11.8	5.4	33.7	22.2	6.7	4.1
Manheim	PA	East	8.7	28	14.5	6.3	24.4	12.7	3.8	1.6
McCandless	PA	East	2.9	19.4	15	7.9	31.4	16.8	3.4	3.2
Mount Lebanon	PA	East	2.4	15.9	12.2	5.7	33	18.8	7.4	4.6
Tredyffrin	PA	East	2.3	8.3	9.3	4	41.5	23.6	6.5	4.6
Upper Dublin	PA	East	3.3	15.5	12.1	4.8	34.5	18.5	7.5	3.8
South Kingstown	RI	East	6.2	18.8	16.9	5.3	29.7	14.4	3.4	5.3
Mount Pleasant	SC	South	2.4	12.8	19.1	7.3	37.8	13.9	4.3	2.4
Brentwood	TN	Central	2.3	10.4	14.3	5.1	42.6	16.2	5.7	3.4
Collierville	TN	Central	3.4	16.4	20.8	6.7	33.8	14.6	2.8	1.5
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
Spring Hill	TN	Central	3.7	21.9	23	8.5	31.2	10.4	0.5	0.7
Allen	TX	South	4.2	13.2	22.2	7.8	34.2	14.7	2	1.8
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
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
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
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
Draper	UT	West	3.7	18.3	28.7	9.4	24.7	10.2	3.5	1.4
Lehi	UT	West	3.9	17.1	27.5	12.5	29.5	7	1.5	1
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
Leesburg	VA	East	11.4	16.7	15.9	6.6	31.1	14.8	1.7	1.8
Kirkland	WA	West	3.5	12.2	20.1	8.6	35.9	15.2	2.7	1.6
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
Sammamish	WA	West	1.6	6.3	12.7	6.8	44.4	21	3.3	3.9
Menomonee Falls	WI	Central	5.4	26.3	17.9	9.7	27.5	10.6	1.7	1
Sun Prairie	WI	Central	4.8	20.2	20.4	12.1	28.7	11	2.1	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