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Small Towns, Big Money No. 50 Most Expensive Small Town: Lake Success, N.Y. No. 49 Most Expensive Small Town: Gulf Stream, Fla. No. 48 Most Expensive Small Town: Belle Meade, Tenn. No. 47 Most Expensive Small Town: Avalon, N.J. No. 46 Most Expensive Small Town: Cherry Hills Village, Colo. No. 45 Most Expensive Small Town: North Haven, N.Y. No. 44 Most Expensive Small Town: Travilah, Md. No. 43 Most Expensive Small Town: Hewlett Harbor, N.Y. No. 42 Most Expensive Small Town: Emerald Lake Hills, Calif. No. 41 Most Expensive Small Town: Lattingtown, N.Y. No. 40 Most Expensive Small Town: Del Mar, Calif. No. 39 Most Expensive Small Town: Clyde Hill, Wash. No. 38 Most Expensive Small Town: Great Neck Estates, N.Y. No. 37 Most Expensive Small Town: Munsey Park, N.Y. No. 36 Most Expensive Small Town: Chevy Chase Village, Md. No. 35 Most Expensive Small Town: Bridgehampton, N.Y. No. 34 Most Expensive Small Town: Medina, Wash. No. 33 Most Expensive Small Town: Spring Lake, N.J. No. 32 Most Expensive Small Town: Kentfield, Calif. No. 31 Most Expensive Small Town: Sea Girt, N.J. No. 30 Most Expensive Small Town: Saddle River, N.J. No. 29 Most Expensive Small Town: Yarrow Point, Wash. No. 28 Most Expensive Small Town: Chilmark, Mass. No. 27 Most Expensive Small Town: Stinson Beach, Calif. No. 26 Most Expensive Small Town: Lloyd Harbor, N.Y. No. 25 Most Expensive Small Town: Tiburon, Calif. No. 24 Most Expensive Small Town: Laurel Hollow, N.Y. No. 23 Most Expensive Small Town: Amagansett, N.Y. No. 22 Most Expensive Small Town: Muttontown, N.Y. No. 21 Most Expensive Small Town: Plandome, N.Y. No. 20 Most Expensive Small Town: Oyster Bay Cove, N.Y. No. 19 Most Expensive Small Town: Upper Brookville, N.Y. No. 18 Most Expensive Small Town: Monte Sereno, Calif. No. 17 Most Expensive Small Town: Loyola, Calif. No. 16 Most Expensive Small Town: Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. No. 15 Most Expensive Small Town: Old Westbury, N.Y. No. 14 Most Expensive Small Town: Old Brookville, N.Y. No. 13 Most Expensive Small Town: Quogue, N.Y. No. 12 Most Expensive Small Town: Brookville, N.Y. No. 11 Most Expensive Small Town: Fisher Island, Fla. No. 10 Most Expensive Small Town: Woodside, Calif. No. 9 Most Expensive Small Town: Sands Point, N.Y. No. 8 Most Expensive Small Town: Hidden Hills, Calif. No. 7 Most Expensive Small Town: Rolling Hills, Calif. No. 6 Most Expensive Small Town: Belvedere, Calif. No. 5 Most Expensive Small Town: Water Mill, N.Y. No. 4 Most Expensive Small Town: Los Altos Hills, Calif. No. 3 Most Expensive Small Town: Kings Point, N.Y. No. 2 Most Expensive Small Town: Jupiter Island, Fla. No. 1 Most Expensive Small Town: Sagaponack, N.Y.

No. 50 Most Expensive Small Town: Lake Success, N.Y.

Median home value: $1,030,048*
YOY price change: +0.6%*
Population: 2,810*
2010 Rank: NA

The village of Lake Success, 16 miles east of Manhattan, was the temporary headquarters for the U.N. from 1946 to 1951. One of nine villages that make up the Great Neck area in Nassau County, Lake Success covers about two square miles and has two golf courses and a Great Neck Public School Complex, according to the village website.

See the Zillow Home Value Index for Lake Success, N.Y.

*November 2010 median home value, year-over-year price change, and population source: Zillow.com. Some expensive towns in the 2010 ranking were not included this year because of incomplete data.