--- title: The Best Places to Live in Every Region description: Looking for a grand new place to call home? Check out Money's Best Places to Live in Every Region list. authors: - name: Adam Hardy role: Lead Data Reporter url: https://money.com/author/adam-hardy/ bio: Adam Hardy is a lead data journalist at Money, where he frequently reports on financial barriers that affect low-income Americans. Adam’s work has also appeared in Business Insider, Forbes, Nasdaq, The Penny Hoarder, Yahoo! Finance and more than a dozen local and regional newspapers. education: University of South Florida, BA, Magazine Journalism at_money_since: 2021 articles: 501 covers: - Housing - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Economy and Politics - Education - Health and Wellness - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology also_seen_in: - The Penny Hoarder - Forbes Advisor - Creative Loafing - The New York Times - The Washington Post - Bloomberg - Harvard Law School - The Federal Register - National Consumer Law Center - CBS News - Becker's Hospital Review - Business Insider - Mother Jones - The Week - Fortune - The Philadelphia Inquirer - National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NAFSAA) - Education Advisory Board (EAB) - The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) - This Morning with Gordon Deal - Empower - Reddit social: - https://www.x.com/hardyjournalism - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hardyjournalism/ editors: - name: Samantha Sharf role: Editor url: https://money.com/author/samantha-sharf/ bio: Samantha Sharf is Money's real estate editor. She previously wrote about amazing homes and billion-dollar real estate entrepreneurs for Forbes. at_money_since: 2020 articles: 34 covers: - Housing - Economy and Politics - Lifestyle - Mortgages - Personal Finance social: - https://twitter.com/samsharf - https://linkedin.com/in/samanthasharf/ former_staff: true published: '2023-01-09T18:35:50.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T13:02:41.000Z' section: Housing tags: - Best Places to Live word_count: 423 canonical: https://money.com/best-places-to-live-in-every-region/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Couple taking a selfie on a small boat in a park in Tempe, Arizona](https://img.money.com/2023/01/Best-Places-Live-Every-Region-Tempe-Landing-Page.jpg) *Tempe, Arizona* For Money's 36th annual [Best Places to Live](https://money.com/best-places-to-live/) rankings, we're striving to offer up an option or two for every type of person. That's a tall order. Oftentimes, nationwide rankings of places to live overlook certain geographic areas. Our main list of the top [50 Best Places to Live](https://money.com/best-places-to-live/) did factor in location. But as a national list, it nonetheless pairs up small Georgia towns, for example, against big California cities. The result is that some amazing cities and towns in certain areas of the country didn't make the cut. So we are revisiting our rankings with a hard focus on representing the four different regions, as defined by the U.S. Census. Those regions are: Midwest, Northeast, South and West. To unearth cities that truly stand out, we ranked places with at least 50,000 residents in each of the four regions on factors such as cost of living, quality of life, diversity, economic opportunity and more. (See our [full Best Places methodology](https://money.com/best-places-to-live/methodology/) for more details.) If you're looking to find the perfect place in a certain area of the country — for weather, proximity to family, or whatever the reason — you'll have plenty of options to choose from. 10\. St. Peters, Missouri 9\. Troy, Michigan 8\. Eagan, Minnesota 7\. Woodbury, Minnesota 6\. Madison, Wisconsin 5\. Overland Park, Kansas 4\. Carmel, Indiana 3\. Naperville, Illinois 2\. Ann Arbor, Michigan **Read our [Best Places to live in the Midwest list](https://money.com/best-places-to-live-in-the-midwest/) to learn which city is No. 1.** ## The best places to live in the Northeast 10\. Portland, Maine 9\. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8\. Greenburgh, New York 7\. Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey 6\. North Hampstead, New York 5\. Brookline, Massachusetts 4\. Nashua, New Hampshire 3\. Abington, Pennsylvania 2\. Jersey City, New Jersey **Read our [Best Places to Live in the Northeast list](https://money.com/best-places-to-live-in-the-northeast/) to learn which city is No. 1.** 10\. Bentonville, Arkansas 9\. Marietta, Georgia 8\. Alexandria, Virginia 7\. Franklin, Tennessee 6\. Rockville, Maryland 5\. Arlington, Virginia 4\. Chapel Hill, North Carolina 3\. Tampa, Florida 2\. Columbia, Maryland **Read our [Best Places to Live in the South list](https://money.com/best-places-to-live-in-the-south/) to learn which city is No. 1.** ## The best places to live in the West 10\. Orem, Utah 9\. Westminster, Colorado 8\. Salt Lake City, Utah 7\. Denver, Colorado 6\. Hillsboro, Oregon 5\. Fremont, California 4\. Irvine, California 3\. Boise City, Idaho 2\. 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