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Eau Claire Named One Of America's 'Best Small Cities' In Data-Heavy Report
30 Jun 2026
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For some folks, seeing the city of Eau Claire in “Best Places to Live” and adjacent rankings is an immediate trigger for an eye roll. For others, it sparks a bit of civic pride, or is filed somewhere in a brain folder labeled “fun facts.”
Whichever pool you fall into, this newly-released report from Resonance Consultancy, the “2026 America’s Best Cities Report” – which puts Eau Claire at No. 68 in the top 100 “Best Small Cities” rankings – offers a lot more than some of those other “Best Place” roundups (which, while fun to see, sometimes don’t deliver deeper analysis or proof of wide-ranging data sourcing).
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