Carlsbad Named Among America’s Best Cities To Live

CARLSBAD, CA – Carlsbad was named as one of the best cities to live in America for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche, that ranked the city as No. 21.

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 in which to live.

Carlsbad received an overall Niche grade of A+, with the following Niche scores by category:

Public Schools: A+
Crime & Safety: B
Housing: C
Nightlife: A-
Good for Families: A+
Diversity: A-

Carlsbad also ranked as No. 7 for Cities with the Best Public Schools in America, No. 11 for Best Cities to Retire and No.13 for Healthiest Cities 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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