Madison Named Among America’s Best Places To Live In New List

Madison was named as one of the best places to live in America for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. Madison was ranked as the 40th best place to live in New Jersey.

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.

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

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

Madison also ranked as the No. 45 best place to raise a family and the No. 35 best suburb to live in New Jersey.

The top 10 best places to live in New Jersey are:

1. Princeton Junction
2. Upper Montclair
3. Princeton
4. Princeton Meadows
5. Ridgewood
6. Waterfront
7. Westfield
8. Short Hills
9. Highand Park
10. Haddonfield

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 last 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.