Broomfield Ranks High In New 'Best Places to Live' List

BROOMFIELD, CO – Broomfield was named as one of the best places to live in America for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. Broomfield was ranked as the 23rd best place to live in Colorado. Broomfield was also ranked in the top half of Colorado's Best Suburbs for Young Professionals list and Best Colorado Suburbs to Buy a House.

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.

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

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

The top 10 best places to live in Colorado (according to Niche) are:

1. Holly Hills (Denver)
2. Pine Brook Hill (Boulder County)
3. South Park Hill (Denver)
4. Wellshire (Denver)
5. Superior (Suburb of Denver)
6. Eastridge Ptarmigan Park (Aurora)
7. Highlands Ranch (Suburb of Denver)
8. Country club (Denver)
9. Downtown (Denver)
10. Cheesman Park (Denver)

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.

By Feroze Dhanoa, Patch National Staff

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