Richland is rated among the top 100 best small towns to live in in America in the latest issue of Money magazine.

The magazine ranked Richland 51st in the country. The other Washington communities on the 2009 list are Mukilteo at 10, Sammamish, 12; Newcastle, 17; and Silverdale, 92. Louisville, Colo., was ranked first.

Money magazine researchers compiled the rankings of communities between 5,000 and 50,000 residents on factors including unemployment levels, crime rates, schools, housing costs, median income and quality of life factors.