Berkeley Ranked California’s Best Suburb

BERKELEY, CA — Berkeley was named as one of the best places to live in America for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. Berkeley earned an overall grade of A+ in the category Best Suburbs to Live in California, landing it in the top spot.

The “Best Places to Live” rankings include cities, city neighborhoods and suburbs. Niche defines a place as a “non-rural town” with a population of 1,000 or more, including neighborhoods, suburbs and cities. Niche also separately ranked the best cities, neighborhoods and suburbs to live in.

Berkeley received an overall Niche grade of A+. Here’s how Niche graded Berkeley in the following categories:

Public Schools: A+
Crime & Safety: C
Housing: C
Nightlife: A+
Good for Families: A+
Diversity: A+
Health & Fitness: A+
Commute: A+
Cost of Living: D
Outdoor Activities: A+
Weather: A+
Jobs: B

Berkeley also ranked as the No. 1 on the list of Healthiest Cities in America "based on rigorous analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of reviews." Based on the rankings, Berkeley came out No. 3 on the list of Best Cities to Live in America.

The top 10 Best Suburbs to Live in California are:

1. Berkeley
2. Santa Monica
3. Albany
4. Mountain View
5. Manhattan Beach
6. Palo Alto
7. Solana Beach
8. Irvine
9. Los Altos Hills
10. Hermosa Beach

The top 10 best places to live in America are:

1. Bluemont, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
2. Carmel, Indiana
3. Overlake, neighborhood in Redmond, Washington
4. College Terrace, neighborhood in Palo Alto, California
5. Davis Island, neighborhood in Tampa, Florida
6. Rose Isle, neighborhood in Orlando, Florida
7. Colonial Village, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
8. Okemos, Michigan
9. Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania
10. Radnor/Fort Myer Heights, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia

Niche released its “Best Places to Live” rankings on Monday. The publication says its goal is to “provide accurate, comparable and thorough evaluations of places.” Using data from government and private sources, Niche grades the places evaluated for the rankings on factors like public schools, crime and safety and housing.

You can see the full Niche “Best Place to Live” rankings for 2019 here.

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— Patch editors Bea Karnes and Feroze Dhanoa contributed to this story