Piermont on 'Best Suburbs to Raise a Family' Listing

Great schools, low crime, nice places to live.

Those are some of the factors that make up the newest rankings byniche.com, which now says that 37 towns in Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties are among the top 100 suburbs in New York to raise a family.

That includes Piermont, Orangetown, Suffern, Clarkstown and Ramapo.

Our area is deemed so delightful, in fact, that we have four communities ranked among the best in the country! Scarsdale was ranked No. 1, Bronxville came in fifth, Larchmont was No. 9, Irvington No. 21.

And as for the New York rankings, 21 of the top 25 suburbs and 37 of the top 100 are in Putnam, Rockland or Westchester.

Understand: the rankings site did not include “distinct towns or cities” in its compilation. And Niche.com does not use the word “town or city” the way that we do, as you will see when you look at the list. It includes New Rochelle, which is a city, and it names as towns several of its ranked suburbs—including Greenburgh plus four of the municipalities inside it—but doesn’t call Eastchester a town, much less recognize the town-villages of Harrison, Mount Kisco and Scarsdale!

The methodology weighed nine different factors, including age demographics, access to grocery stores, day care centers, and libraries, along with education and crime reports. See the full methodology here.

And now for the full listing, with ranking number among the top 100 New York suburbs:

• 1-Scarsdale, Westchester County
• 3-Bronxville, Westchester County
• 5-Larchmont, Westchester County
• 6-Irvington, Westchester County
• 7-New Castle Town, Westchester County
• 9-Mamaroneck, Westchester County
• 10-Pleasantville, Westchester County
• 11-Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester County
• 12-Tuckahoe, Westchester County
• 13-Dobbs Ferry, Westchester County
• 14-Pound Ridge Town, Westchester County
• 15-Pelham, Westchester County
• 16-Pelham Manor, Westchester County
• 17-North Castle Town, Westchester County
• 19-Harrison, Westchester County
• 20-Eastchester, Westchester County
• 21-Piermont, Rockland County
• 22-Brewster, Putnam County
• 23-Ardsley, Westchester County
• 24-Mount Kisco, Westchester County
• 25-Briarcliff Manor, Westchester County
• 26-Suffern, Rockland County
• 29-Mount Pleasant Town, Westchester County
• 30-Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County
• 32-Tarrytown, Westchester County
• 33-Greenburgh Town, Westchester County
• 35-Rye Brook, Westchester County
• 36-Orangetown Town, Rockland County
• 40-Yorktown Town, Westchester County
• 47-Carmel Town, Putnam County
• 48-Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County
• 57-Kent Town, Putnam County
• 63-Ossining, Westchester County
• 65-New Rochelle,Westchester County
• 68-Clarkstown Town, Rockland County
• 80-Port Chester, Westchester County
• 93-Ramapo Town, Rockland County

What do you think of the rankings? Should there be more or different towns on the list? Should any already listed be higher? Lower?