Small cities and towns are the best. You know everyone, getting places is easy, and you feel more safe. In the Midwest, there are a ton of small towns that you can lay roots down in, but which ones are the best to call home?

Wisconsin is home to two of the top 20 best small cities in the U.S. If you're looking to move to Wisconsin like Californians are, then start looking at the two cities to start placing some roots.

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Best Small Towns In The U.S.

How do we know which small towns are the best ones in the U.S.? WalletHub released its list Tuesday morning comparing over 1,300 small towns across the country across five key dimensions.

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The five key dimensions include affordability, economic health, education and health, quality of life, and safety. A small town in the eyes of WalletHub is any town with population sizes between 25,000 and 100,000.

These are the top five best small cities in the U.S.:

1. Carmel, IN 

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2. Lexington, MA

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3. Brentwood, TN

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4. Westfield, IN

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5. Fishers, IN

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Wisconsin Has Two Of The Best Small Cities In The U.S.

While Indiana may be home to the best small cities in the U.S., Wisconsin has a couple of the best small cities ranking in the top 20. One of those cities is actually in the top 10.

WalletHub found that Brookfield, WI is the 10th best small city in the U.S.

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The small city in Wisconsin making it in the top 20 is Appleton, WI. Appleton is the 17th-best small city in the U.S.:

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Does Iowa Or Illinois Have Some Of The Best Small Cities?

Sorting through over 1,300 towns. A lot of small towns in both Iowa and Illinois made this list, but many were at the bottom.

A few that made it in the 80th+ percentile included Urbandale, IA, West Des Moines, IA, and Bettendorf, IA. Nothing in Illinois that I could find. Sorry.

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