Duluth has been named one of America’s Best Small Cities by WalletHub. The personal finance company who regularly releases rankings and reviews for consumers compared more than 1,200 U.S. cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 based on 42 key indicators of livability. Cities were rated based factors ranging from housing costs to school-system quality to restaurants per capita. Duluth finished in the 76th percentile.

Other Georgia cities on the list that finished above the 50th percentile include Alpharetta (97), Peachtree City (86), Johns Creek (83), Kennesaw (80), Milton (79), Marietta (69), Smyrna (63).

Read the results: www.tinyurl.com/DuluthRanking.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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