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
Educational Attainment by Race
Click on a column header to re-sort the tableCity | State | Region | High School: Total |
High School: White % |
High School: Black % |
High School: Asian % |
High School: Hispanic1 % |
Bach. Degree: Total |
Bach. Degree: White % |
Bach. Degree: Black % |
Bach. Degree: Asian % |
Bach. Degree: Hispanic1 % |
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Aliso Viejo | CA | West | 95.4 | 97 | 96.8 | 96.7 | 80.6 | 56.9 | 57 | 64.4 | 67.7 | 28.8 |
Allen | TX | South | 95.8 | 96.3 | 98.6 | 93.8 | 79.9 | 52.6 | 52.2 | 42.8 | 69.1 | 35.2 |
Alpharetta | GA | South | 96.8 | 97 | 96.1 | 98 | 80.6 | 62.4 | 62.3 | 39.6 | 81.7 | 45.2 |
Ankeny | IA | Central | 97.5 | 97.6 | 99.5 | 97.7 | 89.5 | 45.2 | 45.4 | 28.8 | 46.4 | 41.1 |
Apex | NC | East | 97.1 | 97.2 | 96.5 | 95.5 | 79 | 60.9 | 61 | 37.8 | 86.2 | 36.9 |
Ballwin | MO | Central | 97 | 97.2 | 100 | 91.7 | 100 | 53.6 | 52.6 | 28.5 | 80.7 | 28.8 |
Beavercreek | OH | East | 96.5 | 96.6 | 96.9 | 93.6 | 96.5 | 50 | 48.6 | 66.4 | 67.5 | 55.1 |
Bella Vista | AR | South | 94.5 | 94.7 | 65.8 | 91.9 | 55.8 | 34.5 | 34.7 | 16.8 | 45.5 | 15.1 |
Bernards | NJ | East | 97.4 | 97.7 | 89.2 | 97 | 96.3 | 70.6 | 68.9 | 40.6 | 84.1 | 77.9 |
Bethlehem | NY | East | 97.2 | 97.4 | 88.5 | 97.1 | 99.3 | 56.7 | 56.5 | 29.6 | 80.3 | 48.5 |
Bloomfield | MI | Central | 97.2 | 97.8 | 96.1 | 92.9 | 97.6 | 69.4 | 70.4 | 43.5 | 80.8 | 75.6 |
Bowie | MD | East | 95.3 | 94.5 | 97.1 | 91.6 | 80.8 | 48 | 45.9 | 50 | 68.9 | 24.9 |
Bozeman | MT | West | 97.5 | 97.5 | 100 | 100 | 94.1 | 54.4 | 55.1 | 74.1 | 61.3 | 33.5 |
Brentwood | TN | Central | 97.7 | 97.8 | 97.8 | 96.5 | 87.5 | 67.9 | 67.9 | 55.1 | 81.4 | 45.8 |
Broomfield | CO | West | 94.8 | 95.9 | 94.8 | 89 | 79.4 | 49.5 | 50.2 | 38.4 | 57.2 | 20.3 |
Carmel | IN | Central | 98.1 | 98.6 | 98.8 | 94.8 | 89.7 | 68.8 | 68.4 | 61.6 | 77.8 | 52.5 |
Cedar Park | TX | South | 95.3 | 95.2 | 96.7 | 95 | 84.9 | 44.1 | 42.7 | 33.7 | 67.2 | 29.9 |
Cheshire | CT | East | 94.4 | 96.4 | 79.5 | 89.8 | 84.6 | 51.7 | 53.2 | 8.8 | 75.4 | 24.6 |
Chesterfield | MO | Central | 97.7 | 98.1 | 91.4 | 97.1 | 93.3 | 64 | 64.1 | 34.4 | 76.4 | 48.7 |
Collierville | TN | Central | 96.6 | 97.8 | 89.5 | 95.3 | 92.6 | 52.7 | 52.1 | 46.4 | 72.9 | 43.8 |
Coppell | TX | South | 96.5 | 96.6 | 99.9 | 95.3 | 86.1 | 63.2 | 62.1 | 53.4 | 72 | 51 |
Cornelius | NC | East | 94.6 | 95.2 | 93.6 | 74.3 | 74.7 | 52.2 | 52.7 | 47 | 52.6 | 31.2 |
Cranberry | PA | East | 97.6 | 97.8 | 100 | 82.8 | 100 | 57.9 | 57.8 | 57.6 | 59.5 | 62.8 |
Cupertino | CA | West | 96.5 | 95.9 | 97.9 | 97.3 | 85.7 | 75.6 | 60.2 | 30.9 | 85.5 | 41 |
Danville | CA | West | 97.7 | 98.2 | 97.5 | 94.9 | 91.7 | 64.2 | 63.9 | 39.2 | 70.4 | 53.4 |
Draper | UT | West | 96.3 | 96.9 | 79.7 | 97.6 | 85.8 | 39.8 | 40.6 | 0 | 71.9 | 15.4 |
Dublin | OH | East | 98.3 | 98.8 | 99.5 | 96.7 | 89.1 | 73.7 | 72.3 | 44.6 | 85.9 | 71.6 |
Eastchester | NY | East | 94 | 94.1 | 89.4 | 99.4 | 84.8 | 58.1 | 58.7 | 35.8 | 71.3 | 42.1 |
Eden Prairie | MN | Central | 97.3 | 98.8 | 83 | 92.6 | 82.2 | 60.7 | 60.9 | 28.9 | 76.5 | 45.4 |
Edmond | OK | Central | 95.9 | 96.4 | 94.7 | 94.2 | 78.6 | 51.9 | 52.7 | 38.2 | 74.8 | 33.5 |
Evesham | NJ | East | 95.1 | 95.6 | 95.9 | 88.2 | 85.7 | 47.1 | 46 | 53.8 | 61.7 | 29 |
Fishers | IN | Central | 97.7 | 98.3 | 93.5 | 94.1 | 78.5 | 61.1 | 61.1 | 48.2 | 74.8 | 35.7 |
Flower Mound | TX | South | 97.3 | 98 | 97.9 | 96 | 88.8 | 57.6 | 56 | 54.3 | 82.5 | 45.8 |
Folsom | CA | West | 92 | 95.2 | 68.3 | 94.8 | 80 | 45.7 | 45.8 | 9.1 | 73.5 | 31.7 |
Foster City | CA | West | 95.9 | 96.4 | 90.8 | 96.1 | 95.2 | 63 | 58.8 | 40 | 70.7 | 30.8 |
Franklin | TN | Central | 94.3 | 95.4 | 81 | 98.9 | 58.5 | 56.1 | 58.3 | 19.2 | 69.5 | 19.2 |
Friendswood | TX | South | 95.2 | 95.7 | 95.6 | 88.8 | 88.4 | 48.3 | 47.5 | 50.1 | 65.9 | 41.5 |
Germantown | TN | Central | 98.1 | 98.2 | 97.3 | 96.6 | 92.9 | 65.1 | 64.2 | 61.1 | 82.4 | 57.4 |
Glastonbury | CT | East | 96.2 | 97 | 89.8 | 89.3 | 90.3 | 61.2 | 61.5 | 43.4 | 64.5 | 57.4 |
Grand Blanc | MI | Central | 95 | 95.1 | 94.7 | 96.2 | 88.9 | 35 | 34.4 | 28.7 | 64.7 | 30.9 |
Guilderland | NY | East | 96.5 | 96.6 | 90.7 | 97 | 83.5 | 50.8 | 48.2 | 35.9 | 83.9 | 49.1 |
Hampden | PA | East | 94.9 | 95.4 | 89.7 | 89.2 | 90.4 | 48.9 | 47.9 | 36.4 | 63.6 | 28.2 |
Holly Springs | NC | East | 96.4 | 98.5 | 86.1 | 97.5 | 89.9 | 54.9 | 56.3 | 43.6 | 75.2 | 25.5 |
Huntersville | NC | East | 95 | 95.3 | 94.8 | 94.4 | 56.1 | 53.7 | 53.5 | 49.6 | 81.8 | 24.2 |
Independence | KY | East | 90 | 90.1 | 88.1 | 100 | 88 | 29.1 | 29 | 43.3 | 36.4 | 5.9 |
Johns Creek | GA | South | 95.9 | 97.3 | 96.5 | 92 | 84.3 | 63.8 | 63.5 | 47.2 | 72.8 | 37 |
Keller | TX | South | 96.9 | 97.8 | 93.9 | 97.4 | 79 | 56.8 | 56.7 | 53.4 | 83.1 | 34.4 |
Kirkland | WA | West | 96.5 | 97.4 | 98.5 | 93.7 | 76.8 | 55.6 | 54.7 | 48.6 | 65.9 | 33.9 |
Lafayette | CO | West | 94.7 | 95.8 | 100 | 90.2 | 75.6 | 55.6 | 57.7 | 61.5 | 54.5 | 23.5 |
Lake Oswego | OR | West | 97.8 | 98.4 | 100 | 100 | 72.9 | 65.2 | 66.4 | 50 | 60.1 | 42.4 |
League City | TX | South | 94.6 | 95.2 | 97.1 | 90.5 | 83.3 | 41.2 | 41 | 36.1 | 55.5 | 28.7 |
Leawood | KS | Central | 99.2 | 99.3 | 96.7 | 98.6 | 100 | 74.3 | 74.4 | 60.8 | 91.8 | 82.9 |
Lee's Summit | MO | Central | 96.4 | 96.7 | 94.7 | 96.2 | 80.1 | 42.6 | 43.8 | 34.5 | 40.2 | 36.3 |
Leesburg | VA | East | 88.6 | 91 | 87.5 | 86.8 | 59.2 | 49.4 | 53.2 | 31.4 | 54.3 | 14.6 |
Lehi | UT | West | 96.1 | 96 | 100 | 96.9 | 81.5 | 39.1 | 38.9 | 0 | 65.2 | 19.7 |
Lenexa | KS | Central | 96 | 96.4 | 96.4 | 94.3 | 74.6 | 54.3 | 54.7 | 43.1 | 69.6 | 21.1 |
Lexington | MA | East | 96.8 | 97.3 | 76.3 | 97.4 | 95.8 | 76.7 | 76.2 | 37.5 | 82.2 | 87.8 |
Los Altos | CA | West | 98.7 | 98.9 | 100 | 98.5 | 94.2 | 79 | 77.4 | 64.7 | 83.8 | 48.6 |
Lower Makefield | PA | East | 97.9 | 98.1 | 87.9 | 97.2 | 100 | 66.6 | 65.3 | 43.2 | 86.3 | 64.5 |
Madison | AL | South | 95.7 | 96.9 | 96.6 | 85.1 | 83.8 | 55.2 | 58.3 | 40.9 | 60.1 | 51.5 |
Mamaroneck | NY | East | 93.6 | 95.2 | 96.8 | 87.9 | 79.1 | 68.1 | 72.1 | 50.9 | 76.4 | 28.3 |
Manheim | PA | East | 91.3 | 93.4 | 95.7 | 67.9 | 72.8 | 42.5 | 43.8 | 36.9 | 35 | 14.3 |
Manlius | NY | East | 97 | 97.5 | 90.6 | 87.4 | 98.8 | 52.1 | 51.4 | 64 | 68.3 | 39.9 |
Maple Grove | MN | Central | 97.3 | 98 | 84.3 | 93.2 | 87.7 | 49.4 | 48.6 | 42.1 | 61.9 | 42.4 |
Marion | IA | Central | 95.7 | 96.2 | 89.4 | 87.9 | 78.1 | 33.7 | 33.6 | 17 | 61.9 | 32.4 |
Marlboro | NJ | East | 96.3 | 96.5 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.4 | 59.1 | 54.3 | 50.5 | 83.2 | 30.4 |
Mason | OH | East | 96.4 | 96.5 | 91.2 | 97.6 | 89.4 | 54.5 | 51.8 | 49 | 79.7 | 49.3 |
McCandless | PA | East | 97.1 | 97 | 90.4 | 100 | 100 | 54.8 | 52.9 | 62.4 | 84.9 | 57.6 |
Menomonee Falls | WI | Central | 94.6 | 94.7 | 95.2 | 92.8 | 93.5 | 40.8 | 39.3 | 45.2 | 76.6 | 25.3 |
Meridian | ID | West | 94.9 | 95.5 | 80.4 | 87.5 | 81.1 | 33.3 | 33 | 33.9 | 59.1 | 16.1 |
Merrimack | NH | East | 96.2 | 96.2 | 47.4 | 96.8 | 97.9 | 42.9 | 41.9 | 0 | 73.5 | 63.6 |
Mount Lebanon | PA | East | 97.6 | 97.9 | 86.1 | 93.3 | 99.7 | 63.8 | 63.6 | 12 | 84.2 | 64.9 |
Mount Pleasant | SC | South | 97.6 | 98.7 | 84.3 | 75.2 | 99.9 | 58.4 | 60.5 | 19.6 | 43.9 | 57.5 |
Needham | MA | East | 97.9 | 98.3 | 91.8 | 96.7 | 94 | 74.1 | 74.9 | 26.5 | 79.1 | 65.5 |
Newtown | CT | East | 94.5 | 95.6 | 78.8 | 78.9 | 89.5 | 54.4 | 55.5 | 26.7 | 63.9 | 41 |
Northbrook | IL | Central | 96.9 | 97.2 | 89.8 | 98.9 | 84.4 | 68.9 | 69.1 | 1.6 | 74.4 | 58.8 |
Northville | MI | Central | 96.9 | 98 | 90.3 | 93.2 | 95.9 | 60.5 | 58.3 | 53.8 | 77.1 | 51.8 |
Novi | MI | Central | 94.9 | 95 | 93 | 96.2 | 85 | 55.9 | 52.2 | 35.4 | 81.7 | 38.9 |
O'Fallon | IL | Central | 96.2 | 96.7 | 93.2 | 91.2 | 95.9 | 48.8 | 49.7 | 40.8 | 54.9 | 42.8 |
O'Fallon | MO | Central | 94.4 | 94.4 | 96.9 | 95.4 | 83.4 | 37.5 | 35.9 | 42.3 | 74.6 | 29.4 |
Orchard Park | NY | East | 96.3 | 96.3 | 91.1 | 96.7 | 100 | 45.3 | 45.2 | 43.3 | 67.5 | 63.3 |
Oviedo | FL | South | 94.8 | 95.7 | 90.1 | 88.4 | 91 | 42.6 | 43.9 | 33.6 | 46.8 | 33.1 |
Parker | CO | West | 97.6 | 97.9 | 77.5 | 98 | 90.7 | 51.6 | 52.2 | 34.5 | 62.9 | 33.4 |
Parkland | FL | South | 97.2 | 98 | 97.3 | 88.5 | 96.7 | 61.8 | 61.1 | 71.6 | 65.7 | 50.3 |
Peachtree City | GA | South | 94.8 | 95.4 | 95 | 93.1 | 70.2 | 53.5 | 53.9 | 49.2 | 69.1 | 33.8 |
Pflugerville | TX | South | 93.3 | 94.2 | 95.8 | 80.5 | 85.2 | 36.2 | 36.9 | 34.6 | 44.5 | 23.5 |
Plainfield | IL | Central | 95.9 | 97.3 | 94.7 | 87.8 | 84.2 | 48.8 | 49.5 | 52.8 | 58.4 | 27.4 |
Princeton | NJ | East | 96.2 | 96.5 | 91.7 | 97.9 | 77 | 80.9 | 83.2 | 43.2 | 91.6 | 44 |
Queen Creek | AZ | South | 96 | 97 | 90.2 | 96.1 | 90.1 | 37.7 | 38.5 | 38.8 | 66.1 | 24.3 |
Rancho Palos Verdes | CA | West | 97.5 | 98 | 99.1 | 97.2 | 93.2 | 64.8 | 62.9 | 49.6 | 74.4 | 41.6 |
Redmond | WA | West | 95.5 | 95.7 | 99.8 | 97 | 72.9 | 62.4 | 53.9 | 50.5 | 84 | 28.4 |
Richland | WA | West | 95.5 | 96.4 | 91.7 | 88.8 | 88.5 | 43.7 | 44.1 | 19 | 63 | 19.5 |
Ridgefield | CT | East | 98.2 | 98.2 | 94 | 100 | 92.7 | 72.6 | 72.1 | 66.4 | 94.5 | 66.3 |
Ridgewood | NJ | East | 97.6 | 97.8 | 92.9 | 96.9 | 96.7 | 74.9 | 75.2 | 47.6 | 81.1 | 58.5 |
Rio Rancho | NM | West | 93.7 | 93.8 | 97.2 | 91.8 | 89.2 | 28.6 | 28.2 | 45.3 | 53.8 | 20.8 |
Sahuarita | AZ | South | 95.1 | 95.4 | 97.8 | 96.7 | 90.8 | 35.2 | 36.6 | 43.8 | 15.1 | 23.1 |
Sammamish | WA | West | 98.4 | 98.8 | 91.4 | 97.5 | 94.9 | 72.5 | 69.6 | 70.1 | 83.7 | 71.6 |
San Ramon | CA | West | 97.5 | 98 | 99.3 | 97.7 | 93.3 | 65 | 56.4 | 62.4 | 78.6 | 39.8 |
Saratoga | CA | West | 98.2 | 98.4 | 91.1 | 98.1 | 82.5 | 77.6 | 70.5 | 23.6 | 88.1 | 30.3 |
Schertz | TX | South | 92.8 | 93.1 | 97.3 | 72.8 | 88.8 | 31.4 | 30.4 | 43.2 | 41.6 | 19.5 |
Shrewsbury | MA | East | 94.8 | 95.4 | 97.9 | 93 | 80.9 | 55.2 | 51.6 | 53.1 | 76.3 | 33.2 |
South Brunswick | NJ | East | 94.3 | 94.9 | 91.9 | 94.7 | 92.1 | 59.5 | 47.4 | 50.1 | 80.3 | 38.9 |
South Jordan | UT | West | 96.4 | 97 | 68.8 | 94.2 | 84.9 | 38.7 | 38.5 | 6.3 | 62.7 | 28.6 |
South Kingstown | RI | East | 93.8 | 94.2 | 85 | 100 | 100 | 52.8 | 53.4 | 45.7 | 85.4 | 77.9 |
South Windsor | CT | East | 94.3 | 95 | 88.2 | 92 | 90.8 | 50.9 | 49.6 | 46 | 69.7 | 36 |
Southlake | TX | South | 98.5 | 98.9 | 94 | 97.2 | 94.6 | 68.5 | 67.1 | 64.8 | 87.9 | 54.6 |
Spring Hill | TN | Central | 96.3 | 96.4 | 99.5 | 81.1 | 81.9 | 42.8 | 43.1 | 51.2 | 44.7 | 12.4 |
Stow | OH | East | 93.7 | 94.3 | 84.9 | 76.4 | 95.8 | 40.5 | 40.1 | 46 | 56.1 | 58.3 |
Sugar Land | TX | South | 92.7 | 95.1 | 95.5 | 89.8 | 81.3 | 54.2 | 49.9 | 54.7 | 62.1 | 36 |
Sun Prairie | WI | Central | 95.2 | 95.7 | 93.4 | 92.4 | 61.6 | 42.5 | 43.3 | 24.1 | 61.2 | 20.3 |
Syracuse | UT | West | 98.2 | 98.5 | 100 | 91.1 | 90.2 | 36.6 | 37.4 | 30.9 | 19.4 | 18.6 |
Tredyffrin | PA | East | 97.7 | 98.5 | 86.3 | 93.9 | 88.4 | 76.2 | 75.1 | 56.9 | 86.2 | 67.5 |
Upper Arlington | OH | East | 98.5 | 98.9 | 75.3 | 98.7 | 91.1 | 74.2 | 73.9 | 46.7 | 90.1 | 63.1 |
Upper Dublin | PA | East | 96.7 | 97.4 | 90.2 | 94.2 | 81.2 | 64.3 | 65.6 | 31.7 | 72.4 | 48.6 |
Vestavia Hills | AL | South | 97.8 | 98.1 | 89 | 99.3 | 90.9 | 67.1 | 67.5 | 40.1 | 85.9 | 40.8 |
Webster | NY | East | 94.8 | 95.5 | 87.5 | 84.2 | 86.5 | 42.3 | 41.7 | 46.4 | 64.3 | 35.4 |
Wellesley | MA | East | 98.1 | 98.5 | 94.3 | 97.2 | 95.9 | 82.2 | 83 | 39 | 80.8 | 70.2 |
West Fargo | ND | Central | 94.6 | 96.1 | 57.5 | 68.1 | 67.8 | 35.7 | 36.5 | 32 | 19 | 28.7 |
West Linn | OR | West | 98.2 | 98.9 | 67.8 | 98.2 | 87.3 | 54.1 | 54.7 | 34.5 | 58.7 | 19.9 |
West Windsor | NJ | East | 97.1 | 96.8 | 97.4 | 97.3 | 93.3 | 79.8 | 75.3 | 51.5 | 88.7 | 51.3 |
Westlake | OH | East | 95.5 | 96 | 72 | 99.1 | 87.8 | 53.6 | 52.3 | 41.3 | 79 | 51.7 |
Weston | FL | South | 97 | 97 | 97.3 | 94.9 | 96.7 | 57.9 | 57.9 | 64.3 | 64.3 | 54.4 |
Westport | CT | East | 98 | 98.4 | 85.6 | 93 | 100 | 75.7 | 76.7 | 25.3 | 72.6 | 64 |
Wilmette | IL | Central | 98.8 | 99.1 | 97 | 97.8 | 100 | 81.1 | 81.9 | 56.2 | 79.6 | 81.1 |
Woodbury | MN | Central | 97.3 | 97.9 | 90.2 | 97.2 | 87.1 | 57.2 | 55.9 | 44.1 | 77.2 | 33.2 |
Yorba Linda | CA | West | 95.5 | 95.8 | 100 | 94.6 | 89.3 | 49.4 | 44.9 | 45.1 | 71 | 36.7 |
U.S. | 86.3 | 88.4 | 83.2 | 85.8 | 64.1 | 29.3 | 30.6 | 19 | 50.9 | 13.9 |
Mote: Figures shown cover person 25 years old and over; (1) People of Hispanic origin can be of any race
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2010-2012 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates