Rancho Santa Margarita Makes the Grade on Most Fun Family City Top 20 List

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA — What's the most fun about living in Orange County?

Everything, when WalletHub.com released their latest announcement. With a ranking of the top 20 best California cities in which to raise a family, two Orange County cities made the grade. Categories that included the cities were:

• Family Life and Fun
• Education
• Health
• Safety
• Affordability
• Socioeconomic Environment

Aliso Viejo ranked 6th over all out of the 240 cities polled and Rancho Santa Margarita came in lucky 13.

WalletHub described Aliso Viejo as ranking sixth for affordability and 19th for the socioeconomic environment as well as the categories of Education, Health and safety.

Rancho Santa Margarita came in 16th for the Education, Health and Safety category while it placed 12th in the area of Socioeconomic environment.

Lake Forest made the grade, ranking 29th out of 240 cities polled, followed by Irvine at 33rd place, Newport Beach just behind in 34th place, followed by Mission Viejo in 35th.

What accounts for Family Life and Fun, according to WalletHub.com? The number of playgrounds in a certain city area. More space to play out of doors, as well as the sunny Southern California lifestyle with more days to play outside than other parts of the state.

For Education, Health and Safety WalletHub.com's panel of experts reviewed school quality, graduation from high school rates, air quality and crime.

Affordability relates directly to median income as compared to housing prices and the cost-of-living.

Socioeconomic factors include divorce rate statistics, percentage of families living below the poverty line and the unemployment rate, according to WalletHub.

What do you think, Orange County? Did WalletHub.com hit the mark? What do you love about where you live? Tell us in comments.

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