Summit Ranked Among Best Places To Live In NJ

SUMMIT, NJ — Summit was recently voted among best places to live in Union County and 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.

Summit received an A+. It was ranked the 3rd best place to live in Union County and the 21st best in New Jersey.

"Love living here. Taxes aren't too bad for NJ. Schools are great and people are nice. Houses are beautiful and people really take care of their yards, etc," a reviewer wrote. "There are some decent restaurants. Getting to the city isn't bad."

Summit received the following grades:

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

The town has a median home value of $822,000, four 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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