Hilo, Kahului, Pearl City, Kaneohe and Waipahu are Hawaii’s best small cities, but don’t shine brightly, according to a new ranking of 1,268 small cities in the U.S.

Being Hawaii’s best doesn’t mean much as the towns don’t appear on the list until No. 1,067, starting with Hilo. Kahului ranked 1,108; Pearl City at 1,151, Kaneohe at 1,205 and Waipahu, at 1,226.

The WalletHub analysis reviewed 22 measures including housing costs, school system quality, the number of restaurants per capita, and other factors.

The top three small cities in the U.S. are Princeton, N.J., which also earned the top rank for economic health; No. 2 is Littleton, Colo., and No. 3 is Dublin, Ohio.

Of the Hawaii towns, Hilo’s overall quality of life was ranked at No. 249 in the nation, while Kahului’s is at 369. Quality of life rankings for the other burgs are all further down the list, with scores greater than 1,000.

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