Ankeny — Iowa’s 10th-largest city in 2010 and 8th-largest school district in 2012 — is #37 on Money magazine’s list of “America’s Best Small Towns”. Waukee — Iowa’s 29th-largest city in 2010 and 11th-largest school district in 2012 — is #22 on the list.
Money classifies places of 10,000 to 50,000 people, regardless of suburb status, as “small towns”. (Full list)