Nevada

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Nevada

Summerlin South

Median home price: $314,900
Cost-of-living index: 14%
Nonretail spending index: 14%
Location: on the western edge of Las Vegas
Population: 27,480

The master-planned community is on the western edge of Las Vegas and next to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. The community has golf courses, tennis courts, and swimming pools, and its share of multimillion-dollar homes.