The Top Ten Cities in SoCal to Raise Kids; Find Out Where Rancho PV Ranks

Rancho Palos Verdes is one of the best cities in California to raise a family. (But you knew that, right?).

So says website CreditDonkey, a credit card comparison and financial education website. It took five important variables to come up with what it considers a good place to raise kids. Those were:

1. Education: The percentage of high school graduates
2. Work-life balance: Average commute time
3. Family-friendly: The percentage of households with children under 18
4. Stable community: The percentage of people residing in the same house last year
5. Cost of living: The percentage of income spent on housing

Rancho Palos Verdes came in at No. 7 on SoCal’s Top Ten.

“The local neighborhoods are extremely safe and feature gorgeous homes, many of which are valued at more than $1 million,” says CreditDonkey.

The No. 1 city to raise a family is Poway, according to CreditDonkey. Other Los Angeles County cities that made the list were Walnut (No. 9), South Pasadena (No. 3) and Manhattan Beach (No. 2).

And if you’re curious how Rancho Palos Verdes stacks in those five categories, here are the answers:

• High school graduate or Higher: 98.1 percent
  
• Commute time: 31.8 minutes
  
• Households with children Under 18: 32.7 percent
  
• Residing in same home: 90 percent
  
• Income spent on housing: 24.5 percent

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