New Milford Ranked Among Best Places To Live In NJ

NEW MILFORD, NJ — The borough was recently voted among best places to live in New Jersey.

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.

New Milford received an A-. It was ranked the 46th best place to live in Bergen County and the 182nd best place to live in New Jersey.

"Beautiful small town. The people are friendly and the shops are constantly growing and changing," one reviewer wrote. "We have a large number of schools for such a tiny town, and a flourishing arts department in our high school."

New Milford received the following grades:

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

The town has a median home value of $394,200, more than 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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