CNNMoney.com
Companies Economy International Corrections Pre-market trading After-hours trading Winners/losers/actives Bonds Currencies Commodities Money Magazine Retirement Mutual Funds Taxes Ask the Expert Money 101 Autos Loan Center Best Places to Live Calculators Mortgage Rates Personal tech Big Tech blog Techland blog Sectors and stocks Fortune 500 techs Tech Talk 100 best places to launch Ultimate resource guide Small biz makeovers FSB 100 Ask & Answer Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Main Create portfolio Edit portfolio Create Alerts Edit Alerts
WINNERS MAP
Click map to enlarge
Show best places to live:
Top 25 lists
Find homes for sale

PRICE RANGE

  to  

TYPE

BEDROOMS

BATHS

SQ. FT.

CITY AND STATE
(or ZIP code)

Homes for sale
EMAIL Feedback on the Best Places to Live list?
E-mail the editors
On Board LLC
Information powered by OnBoard LLC
Some data may be provided courtesy of its partners.
Sperling's Best Places
Additional data and consulting services provided by Bert Sperling's bestplaces.net.
Homes For Sale
Homes for sale provided by Trulia Real Estate Search.
 
Cleanest air
In these cities, the air quality is rated highly, and pollution levels are below the U.S. average.
Rank Town Air quality index
(% days AQI
ranked good)		 Air Pollution Index
(100 is nat'l avg;
lower is better)
1 Troy, AL 100 70
2 Milledgeville, GA 100 75
3 Brattleboro, VT 100 79
4 Fort Madison, IA 100 85
5 Charlottesville, VA 100 91
6 Los Lunas, NM 100 92
7 Richmond, VA 100 94
8 Evesham, NJ 100 95
8 Medford, NJ 100 95
10 Marlton, NJ 100 96
11 Mount Laurel, NJ 100 97
12 Cinnaminson, NJ 100 98
12 Moorestown, NJ 100 98
12 Palmyra, NJ 100 98
12 Cheyenne, WY 100 98
16 Delran, NJ 100 99
16 Florence-Roebling, NJ 100 99
16 Lumberton, NJ 100 99
19 San Anselmo, CA 99.7 83
20 Mill Valley, CA 99.7 84
20 Novato, CA 99.7 84
20 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA 99.7 84
23 Corte Madera, CA 99.7 85
23 Larkspur, CA 99.7 85
23 San Rafael, CA 99.7 85
Source: AQI numbers from Environmental Protection Agency. Air Pollution Index is based on the incidence of airborne lead, NO2, particulate matter, carbon monoxide and ozone depletion.
Find your best places
Criteria Not
important		     Very
important
Affordable housing
Plentiful leisure activities
Plentiful cultural options
Job growth
Sunny weather
Short commute time
Good health care access
Find best places by
City:
State:
Top-earning towns
  Median household income
Hillsborough $263,456
Scarsdale $219,317
Los Altos Hills $199,370
See the rest
Hottest
  Avg. high temp
in July (°F)
Rancho Mirage, CA 108.2°F
Avondale, AZ 107.6°F
Glendale, AZ 107.6°F
See the rest
Priciest homes
  Median price
Montecito $3,157,233
Hillsborough $2,606,764
Paradise Valley $2,075,930
See the rest
Most singles
  % single residents
State College 76.5%
Durham 74.5%
Amherst Center 73.7%
See the rest
Youngest
  Median age
Storrs 20.65
Durham 21.19
Oxford 21.56
See the rest
© 2008 Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. Privacy Policy
Live Quotes automatically refresh, but individual equities are delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Market indexes are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET.
* : Time reflects local markets trading time. † - Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Disclaimer
Copyright © 2008 BigCharts.com Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use.
MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc.
Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. All Times are ET.
Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real-Time Services and subject to the Terms of Use.
Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data.
Fundamental data provided by Hemscott.
SEC Filings data provided by Edgar Online Inc..
Earnings data provided by FactSet CallStreet, LLC.
Home | Contact Us | Advertise with Us | Corrections | Career Opportunities | Press Center | Site Map
RSS | Email Delivery | Portfolio | Podcasts | Mobile | Widgets | User Preferences | Special Sections
| Magazine Customer Service | Download Fortune Lists | Reprints | Conferences | Business Leader Council