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Most Educated Towns Per State
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:44 am
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:44 am
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Using the 2008-2012 ACS estimates for places with at least 1,000 population, Business Insider made a map showing, for each state, the town with the highest percentage of adults over 25 who have at least a bachelor's degree
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Some are college towns, like University Heights, Iowa, and Wellesley, Massachusetts. Indeed, for four states — California, Mississippi, New York, and Pennsylvania — the highest-ranking place was actually a college campus. Since we're focusing on towns, we removed the college campuses from our list.
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Populations ranged from a little over 1,000 (our chosen lower cutoff) to .... city of 106,000
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:46 am to NYCAuburn
How about the numbers per state?
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:48 am to tamctshirt
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:53 am to NYCAuburn
Uhhh Madison isn't a college town.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:04 am to NYCAuburn
Druid hills? Never would have thought...
Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:12 am to UMRealist
They removed degree holders on college campuses from consideration. That cuts college town numbers significantly.
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:18 am to NYCAuburn
Druid Hills isn't a town, it's a neighborhood.
And I would guess the only reason it is that high is because a lot of Emory profs and graduate/doctorate students live in the area.
And I would guess the only reason it is that high is because a lot of Emory profs and graduate/doctorate students live in the area.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:55 am to SaltyMcKracker
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Uhhh Madison isn't a college town.
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They removed degree holders on college campuses from consideration. That cuts college town numbers significantly.
Im guessing you guys fall under the least educated portion of your perspective towns.
This is not a list of just college towns, they removed college towns from the list. They did not remove degree holders from college towns .
Posted on 9/17/14 at 6:47 pm to NYCAuburn
Indian Hills, KY isn't a town. It's a subdivision in Louisville. No, not even a "neighborhood" that was incorporated in the merger. Literally a subdivision and a pretty small one at that.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 6:48 pm to NYCAuburn
ah yeah, my hometown making the rankings.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 6:51 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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Indian Hills, KY isn't a town. It's a subdivision in Louisville.
Granted it is an old subdivision, but they have private cops and they would not let Rick Pitino move there. Had to move into the "new" subdivision across the street.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:22 pm to Cheese Grits
True, but just saying. It isn't a "town" and you can't even make the argument that it is.
It makes sense when Anchorage makes these lists because it technically is a town.
It makes sense when Anchorage makes these lists because it technically is a town.
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:27 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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Indian Hills is a 4th-class city along the Ohio River in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,882 as of the 2000 U.S. census. Wikipedia
Posted on 9/17/14 at 7:31 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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Indian Hills, KY isn't a town. It's a subdivision in Louisville. No, not even a "neighborhood" that was incorporated in the merger. Literally a subdivision and a pretty small one at that.
It's a town in the same way that Jeffersontown is. We all know it's in Louisville but it has a rather large inflated self-worth.
ETA: I think they fought with the state to be named a separate city but are still part of "Louisville Metro".
This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:01 pm to NYCAuburn
frickin Chevy Chase Maryland 

Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:26 pm to thesoccerfanjax
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Indian Hills, KY isn't a town. It's a subdivision in Louisville.
Yeah, Oak Hills Place is a census designated place in unincorporated East Baton Rouge. About to be the city of St. George though if secession goes through.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:28 pm to NYCAuburn
Anyone else notice how many of these towns have Hills in the name??
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:46 pm to NYCAuburn
Madison has over 50% with at least a bachelor's, then Huntsville has highest concentration of engineers per capita in the country.
Alabama has a few bright spots.
Alabama has a few bright spots.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 9:54 pm to NYCAuburn
Goldstream AK, borders the UofA Fairbanks campus and is an "affluent" section of the Fairbanks "Metroplex"
affluent and metroplex were used while I
affluent and metroplex were used while I

This post was edited on 9/17/14 at 9:56 pm
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