New Providence, Berkeley Heights Named Among Best Places To Live

NEW PROVIDENCE/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — New Providence and Berkeley Heights were named as one of the best places to live in America for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. New Providence was ranked as the 15th best place to live in New Jersey and the 377th best place to live in America. Berkeley Heights was ranked as the 29th best place to live in New Jersey and the 1,408th best place to live in America.

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.

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

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

New Providence also ranked as the No. 2 best place to live in the Union County area, the No. 20 best place to raise a family and the no. 10 best suburbs in New Jersey area.

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

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

Berkeley Heights also ranked as the No. 4 best place to live in the Union County area, the No. 34 best place to raise a family and the no. 11 best places to retire in the New Jersey area.

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 in Jersey City
7. Westfield
8. Short Hills
9. Highland 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 on 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.

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