A recent review by the website WalletHub has ranked Reading high on their list of “Best Small Cities in America”
Given the large sample of cities ranked in this study, we grouped cities by percentile. The 99th percentile represents the top 1 percent of small cities in America.
WalletHub compared more than 1,300 U.S. cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 across 43 key indicators of livability and named the following as the 20 best:
| Rank | City/Town | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sammamish, WA | 72.55 |
| 2 | Carmel, IN | 71.79 |
| 3 | Brentwood, TN | 71.57 |
| 4 | Lexington, MA | 71.54 |
| 5 | Reading, MA | 71.13 |
| 6 | Zionsville, IN | 70.92 |
| 7 | Portland, ME | 70.88 |
| 8 | Milton, MA | 70.66 |
| 9 | Melrose, MA | 70.65 |
| 10 | Dublin, OH | 70.44 |
| 11 | Westfield, IN | 70.18 |
| 12 | Redmond, WA | 70.12 |
| 13 | Brookfield, W | 70.07 |
| 14 | Arlington, MA | 69.92 |
| 15 | Princeton, NJ | 69.87 |
| 16 | Newton, MA | 69.82 |
| 17 | Needham, MA | 69.82 |
| 18 | Burlington, MA | 69.82 |
| 19 | Leawood, KS | 69.78 |
| 20 | Southlake, TX | 69.77 |
Source: WalletHub