WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a roughly $1.2 trillion government funding bill Tuesday that ends the partial federal shutdown that began over the weekend and sets the stage for an intense debate in Congress over Homeland Security funding.
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President Donald Trump speaks Tuesday in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined from left by Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich., chair of the House Republican Conference, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., meets Tuesday with reporters ahead of a key procedural vote to end the partial government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington.
J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press
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Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., chair of the House Democratic Caucus, meet with reporters Tuesday ahead of a key procedural vote to end the partial government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington.
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Some criteria considered in ranking the best 100 cities included crime rates, public school rankings, college graduation rates, cost of living, family amenities, outdoor recreation, transportation, diversity, and walkability. While Niche primarily sourced data from the U.S. Census Bureau data, other city details came from the U.S. Department of Education, the FBI, and other specific programs and demographics links.
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- Population: 198,401
- Median home value: $143,400 (55% own)
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- Population: 141,258
- Median home value: $785,700 (42% own)
- Idealphotographer // Shutterstock
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- Median home value: $140,800 (51% own)
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- Median home value: $155,200 (75% own)
- Noah Densmore // Shutterstock
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- ESB Professional // Shutterstock
- Population: 197,756
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- Andrew Zarivny // Shutterstock
- Population: 244,115
- Median home value: $147,900 (53% own)
- Sean Pavone // Shutterstock
- Population: 261,338
- Median home value: $205,000 (60% own)
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- f11photo // Shutterstock
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- IM_photo // Shutterstock
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- Median home value: $189,800 (61% own)
- Steven Frame // Shutterstock
- Population: 239,783
- Median home value: $177,500 (37% own)
- Trong Nguyen // Shutterstock
- Population: 387,916
- Median home value: $238,900 (49% own)
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- Population: 103,703
- Median home value: $730,100 (42% own)
- Lux Blue // Shutterstock
- Population: 129,309
- Median home value: $532,700 (52% own)
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- Median home value: $238,000 (52% own)
- Zack Frank // Shutterstock
- Population: 420,324
- Median home value: $251,600 (47% own)
- Checubus // Shutterstock
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- Median home value: $475,300 (66% own)
- Cre8 design // Shutterstock
- Population: 320,601
- Median home value: $189,800 (54% own)
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- Median home value: $367,900 (53% own)
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- Median home value: $280,800 (64% own)
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- Population: 127,873
- Median home value: $726,100 (70% own)
- Steven Guo // Shutterstock
- Population: 475,862
- Median home value: $159,700 (59% own)
- EQRoy // Shutterstock
- Population: 107,072
- Median home value: $471,800 (48% own)
- Rob Hainer // Shutterstock
- Population: 874,961
- Median home value: $1,097,800 (38% own)
- javarman // Shutterstock
- Population: 113,686
- Median home value: $241,600 (38% own)
- Tricia Daniel // Shutterstock
- Population: 115,557
- Median home value: $200,100 (68% own)
- IMG_191 // Shutterstock
- Population: 121,230
- Median home value: $191,800 (47% own)
- Ken Wolter // Shutterstock
- Population: 157,613
- Median home value: $572,900 (43% own)
- Bob Pool // Shutterstock
- Population: 127,721
- Median home value: $1,034,000 (43% own)
- Mariusz S. Jurgielewicz // Shutterstock
- Population: 145,492
- Median home value: $762,700 (56% own)
- trekandshoot // Shutterstock
- Population: 724,305
- Median home value: $663,100 (46% own)
- Anthony Ricci // Shutterstock
- Population: 124,434
- Median home value: $244,300 (60% own)
- Roschetzky Photography // Shutterstock
- Population: 114,253
- Median home value: $814,700 (65% own)
- Lester Balajadia // Shutterstock
- Population: 106,392
- Median home value: $700,000 (48% own)
- Arina P Habich // Shutterstock
- Population: 254,977
- Median home value: $246,300 (47% own)
- Paul Brady Photography // Shutterstock
- Population: 152,770
- Median home value: $1,223,600 (45% own)
- Sundry Photography // Shutterstock
- Population: 116,432
- Median home value: $274,200 (59% own)
- Trong Nguyen // Shutterstock
- Population: 464,485
- Median home value: $248,300 (52% own)
- ESB Professional // Shutterstock
- Population: 116,632
- Median home value: $768,300 (35% own)
- Joseph Sohm // Shutterstock
- Population: 273,157
- Median home value: $838,000 (47% own)
- LunaseeStudios // Shutterstock
- Population: 287,064
- Median home value: $320,100 (59% own)
- ulkare // Shutterstock
- Population: 120,735
- Median home value: $323,400 (45% own)
- Paul Brady Photography // Shutterstock
- Population: 191,011
- Median home value: $276,100 (63% own)
- City of Overland Park // Wikimedia Commons
- Population: 103,991
- Median home value: $378,300 (65% own)
- Andrea Izzotti // Shutterstock
- Population: 144,403
- Median home value: $809,200 (54% own)
- Russ Heinl // Shutterstock
- Population: 233,464
- Median home value: $705,400 (43% own)
- Jon Bilous // Shutterstock
- Population: 113,819
- Median home value: $374,200 (71% own)
- thierry dehove // Shutterstock
- Population: 147,501
- Median home value: $416,700 (76% own)
- James Andrews1 // Shutterstock
How do you find a good city to raise a family? The most ideal spots provide safe neighborhoods, quality education, recreation opportunities, and affordability. Weighing all those factors and more and finding the right locale among nearly 20,000 incorporated cities, towns, and villages across America can be daunting, so Stacker collected 2020 data from the national review and ranking site Niche to compile a list of the top 100 locations to raise a family.
Some criteria considered in ranking the best 100 cities included crime rates, public school rankings, college graduation rates, cost of living, family amenities, outdoor recreation, transportation, diversity, and walkability. While Niche primarily sourced data from the U.S. Census Bureau data, other city details came from the U.S. Department of Education, the FBI, and other specific programs and demographics links.
- TravnikovStudio // Shutterstock
- Population: 191,279
- Median home value: $203,800 (40% own)
- Todd Taulman Photography // Shutterstock
- Population: 857,425
- Median home value: $220,300 (53% own)
- digidreamgrafix // Shutterstock

