The 10 Best Small Towns

10 best small towns provides insight into what traits are important to a character town. “Livability.com explores what makes small-to-medium sized cities great places to live. Through proprietary research studies, engaging articles and original photography and video, we examine topics related to community amenities, education, sustainability, transportation, housing and the economy. We then leverage that expertise to develop city rankings for a range of topics including small towns, college towns and our annual Top 100 Best Places to Live.” The ranking criteria used by Livibility.com is very comprehensive and consists of: Income growth, income distribution, employment, population growth forecast, community involvement, health care, natural amenities, crime rate, pollution, educational attainment and cultural assets. This ranking system is very useful.