Gaithersburg Ranks High On Top 100 Best Places To Live

GAITHERSBURG, MD — What’s the best place to live in Maryland? That depends on who you ask. According to a new set of rankings released by Niche.com, Gaithersburg places high in the 100 best places to live in Maryland, coming in No. 27.

A Gaithersburg resident describes the community as, "It is a wonderful place to raise children; the schools are up to the high Montgomery County academic standards and there are plenty of fun and educational extra-curricular activities in which children of all ages can participate. Transportation is easy, with well planned roads and an excellent bus system available. Beautiful parks, a wide variety of delicious and affordable restaurants, and several top-of-the-line movie theaters make Gaithersburg an easy place to find good safe family fun and entertainment all year round. It is well maintained, with clean streets and sidewalks and many neighborhoods with large shady trees overshadowing well made middle and upper class homes. An extremely nice friendly place to settle down and raise a family!"

Niche.com gave Gaithersburg an A+ for Public Schools, an A+ for Good for Families, an A+ for Diversity, a A- for Nightlife and a B- for Housing.

The suburbs in Montgomery County dominated the rankings released April 17. According to Niche.com, these are the best places to live in Maryland:

1. North Potomac
2. Columbia
3. North Bethesda
4. Potomac
5. Ellicott City
6. Darnestown
7. Bethesda
8. Kensington
9. Travilah
10. Rockville

Click here to view the full list.

Derwood, Olney, Chevy Chase Village, Clarksburg, Cabin John, Poolesville, Damascus, Burtonsville and more also placed on the top 100 list.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche.com took several factors into consideration, such as the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities. Niche created a standardized score for each factor and after weighting each factor, an overall score was calculated, which was again given a new standardized score.

Finally, Niche.com created a numerical ranking and assigned grades for each place. Click here to read more about the methodology.

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