Residents who buy real estate in these growing towns from the Best Places database see their incomes go the furthest.
Rank |
City |
Median home sale price 2007 |
1 |
Nicholasville, KY |
$70,000 |
2 |
Watauga, TX |
$117,040 |
3 |
Redan, GA |
$115,000 |
4 |
Franklin, IN |
$103,000 |
5 |
Clay, NY |
$124,000 |
6 |
Plainfield, IN |
$124,000 |
7 |
Marion, IA |
$131,500 |
8 |
Omaha, NE |
$113,000 |
9 |
Bellevue, NE |
$120,000 |
10 |
Russellville, AR |
$85,000 |
11 |
Mission Bend, TX |
$133,000 |
12 |
Arnold, MO* |
$119,600 |
13 |
Des Moines, IA |
$105,000 |
14 |
Spring, TX |
$131,005 |
15 |
Lake Jackson, TX |
$149,426 |
16 |
Janesville, WI |
$124,700 |
17 |
Beavercreek, OH |
$168,000 |
18 |
Atascocita, TX |
$171,462 |
19 |
West Des Moines, IA |
$161,500 |
20 |
Pearl, MS |
$100,000 |
21 |
La Porte, TX |
$136,990 |
22 |
Westerville, OH |
$184,950 |
23 |
La Vergne, TN |
$127,000 |
24 |
Papillion, NE |
$169,000 |
25 |
Martinez, GA |
$145,000 |
From the August 2008 issue
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