Poway Ranks Among Top 20 Best Calif. Cities to Raise a Family: List

POWAY, CA — Among 240 cities in California, Poway came in as the 17th best city in which to raise a family, as rated by WalletHub.com in a report released Tuesday.

WalletHub.com ranked the inland North County city 160th in the "Family Life and Fun" category, 11th for "Education, Health and Safety," 29th for "Affordability" and 16th for "Socioeconomic Environment."

Other area cities' rankings were: Carlsbad, 45th; Santee, 47th; San Diego, 89th; Chula Vista, 94th; San Marcos, 111th; Oceanside, 143rd; La Mesa, 145th; Vista, 168th; Escondido, 172nd; El Cajon, 211th; and National City, 229th.

Among other things, Family Life and Fun included the number of attractions, in which San Diego tied for first, and the number of playgrounds per capita, in which Escondido had the fifth fewest.

Education, Health and Safety involved school quality, high school graduation rates, air quality and per-capita crime.

Affordability compared median family income to housing prices and cost-of-living.

Some of the socioeconomic Environment statistics were divorce rates, percentage of families living below the poverty line and the unemployment rate.

To view the full report on WalletHub.com, click here.

— City News Service contributed to this report.