Ridgewood Voted Best Place To Live In Bergen County

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The village was voted the best place to live in Bergen County and the sixth best place 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.

Ridgewood received an A+.

"Ridgewood is a great town for young adults to raise their children," a reviewer said. "Ridgewood is a very tight knit community where everyone helps out and knows one another."

Ridgewood received the following grades:

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

The village has a median home value of $724,400, nearly four times the national average of $184,700.

Ridgewood was ranked No. 6 best place to live in New Jersey, the No. 3 best suburb to live in New Jersey, and No. 5 on the list of suburbs with the best public schools in New Jersey.

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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