Rent.com Ranks Livingston #1 in its "Top 25 Cities for Renters Raising Families" List

LIVINGSTON, NJ - Livingston is ranked first among the “Top 25 Cities for Renters Raising Families,” according to a new list compiled by Rent.com. In all, eight entries of the top 25, with Livingston in the top spot, are in NJ.

The list ranks cities with a high concentration of family households (greater than 70 percent), population greater than 10,000, and a median household income of $50,000 or more. Family-friendly criteria considered in the ranking included affordable rental rates (based on Rent.com data), low crime rates, and high school scores.

Cities with less than 1,000 rental dwellings, such as Fanwood were eliminated, as were places with high weather risk (risk of tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.) and cities where the crime risk greater than the national average were eliminated.

Other New Jersey cities making Rent.com’s Top 25 list included: Tenafly (#3), Millburn (#4), Ridgewood (#9), Westfield (#11), New Providence (#15), River Edge (#21) and Scotch Plains (#22)

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