Glen Rock Ranked Among Best Places To Live In NJ

GLEN ROCK, NJ — The borough was voted among best places to live in Bergen County and in the top 2o 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.

Glen Rock received an A+. It was ranked the fifth best place to live in Bergen County and the 19th best in New Jersey.

"Glen Rock has some of the top schools in state, is on the train line to Manhattan, has excellent sports teams, virtually zero crime and the value of your homes will just continue to rise," one reviewer said. "It's truly an amazing place to raise a family."

Glen Rock received the following grades:

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

The village has a median home value of $610,600, more than three times 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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