To determine which of the Midwest's small towns are the best places to live, Stacker used data from Niche's 2025 Best Places to Live and narrowed the results to places in the Midwest (Illinois, ...

When you look at 2025 and 2026 rankings of the best places to live in America, the best suburbs in America, or the best small cities in America, you'll notice a recurring theme: the desirability of ...