Fort Lee Ranked Among Best Places To Live In NJ

FORT LEE, NJ — The borough was recently voted among best places to live in New Jersey and Bergen County.

That's according to a Niche's 2018 "Best Places to Live" in New Jersey rankings. For at least the second consecutive year, the consumer rankings service assigned a grade, on an A+-to-D+ scale, to almost every town in the state.

Fort Lee received an A+. It was ranked the eighth best place to live in Bergen County, the 27th best place to live in New Jerseyand the 60th best in the New York City area.

"Fort Lee is an amazing place to grow up as it is an extremely diverse (ethnically and economically) urban setting with tons of culture, and located right next to Manhattan," one reviewer wrote. "There are plenty of international dining options, as well as supermarkets and a really cool movie theater, and even a pretty fun Latin nightclub."

Fort Lee received the following grades:

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

The town has a median home value of $326,500, nearly double the national average of $184,700.

Nearly 80 communities received A+ grades, topped with towns such as Princeton, Bedminster, Westfield, and East Brunswick. Four communities received D+ grades: Irvington, Harmony, the Brookfield section of White Township and the Port Norris section of Commercial Township in Cumberland County. The list included sections of towns and city neighborhoods.

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.

To see how every town in New Jersey scored, click here.

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