Sharon Named Third Best Place to Live in America

Sharon may no longer be the best place to live in America, but the latest version of the list from Time’s Money Magazine still considers the town to be a pretty good town to call home.

Ranking only below Apex, N.C. and Papillion, Neb., the town that is a nice place to live because it’s naturally beautiful remains near the top of the list at number three.

So what makes Sharon the place to live? According to Money, it’s the diversity and schools.

“The number of people who live in Sharon hasn’t varied much in the past decade. But the town’s growing ethnic and religious diversity has changed the face of this one-time summer resort. Home to nine churches, seven synagogues, and one of New England’s largest mosques, the small-town melting pot has a burgeoning Chinese, Indian, and Pakistani population, as well as the state’s highest proportion of residents of Russian descent,”the article says.

Noted for the exception public schools system, the town is consistently in the top 10 for public school systems and two-thirds, of students take AP courses.

While nice, it’s certainly not cheap to come to Sharon. The average three-bedroom home is listed at $540,000 and property taxes are notably high.

Sharon has been a regular in the list, taking the top spot in 2013.

Click here to read more about why Sharon made the list the rest of the top 50.