Philly-Area Towns Graded From A To D: How Did Yours Do?

PHILADELPHIA — Here's a report card you can't intercept in your parent's mailbox. And you may want to think twice about living in the one place that was graded with a D-.

Or maybe even a place that got a C, like Chester.

Niche.com has come out with its new 2020 rankings of the "Best Places to Live" in the Philadelphia area, but for at least the fourth year in row, it took a bit of a unique approach: The consumer rankings service assigned a grade, on an A+-to-D- scale, to almost every town in the state.

More than 75 communities received A+ grades, topped with towns such as Chesterbrook (which was rated the best place to live in the entire county), Lower Makefield Township, and King of Prussia.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche 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.

Finally, Niche created a numerical ranking and assigned grades for each place.

You can see Niche's full methodology online here.

Here are the Pennsylvania towns, and how they were graded:

A+ Rated

• Chesterbrook
• Penn Wynne
• Ardmore
• Swarthmore
• Berwyn
• Devon
• East Whiteland Township
• Narberth
• Charlestown Township
• Blue Bell
• King of Prussia
• Exton
• West Conshohocken
• Upper Providence Township
• Radnor Township
• Nether Providence Township
• Jenkintown
• Plymouth Meeting
• Conshohocken
• Collegeville
• Montgomeryville
• Upper Uwchlan Township
• Lionville
• Fox Chapel
• Media
• East Marlborough Township
• Birmingham Township
• Upper Providence Township
• Haverford Township
• East Caln Township
• Lower Moreland Township
• Paoli
• Malvern
• Glenside
• Thornbury Township
• Fort Washington
• Spring House
• East Bradford Township
• Woodside
• Newtown
• North Wales
• Chadds Ford Township
• Schuylkill Township
• West Vincent Township
• Kennett Township
• West Pikeland Township
• Audubon
• Fitler Square
• Buckingham Township
• Newtown Grant
• West Goshen Township
• Flourtown
• Ambler
• East Brandywine Township
• Oreland
• Bella Vista
• West Bradford Township
• Warrington Township
• Lower Merion Township
• Bryn Mawr
• Tredyffrin Township
• Rose Valley
• Easttown Township
• Upper Merion Township
• Whitemarsh Township
• Upper Dublin Township
• Montgomery Township
• West Whiteland Township
• Whitpain Township
• Lower Makefield Township
• Newtown Township
• Rutledge
• Abington Township
• Uwchlan Township
• Willistown Township
• Springfield Township
• Cheltenham Township
• Lower Gwynedd Township

A Rated

• Plumstead Township
• Plymouth Towship
• Chalfont
• Upper Gwynedd Township
• Doylestown Township
• Maple Glen
• Queen Village
• Trappe
• Graduate Hospital
• Bethel Township
• Westtown Township
• Popsocon Township
• Kulpsville
• Perkiomen Township
• North Star
• Bryn Athyn
• Yardley
• East Pikeland Township
• Concord Township
• Callowhill
• Northern Liberties
• Horsham
• Doylestown
• Old City
• Washington Square West
• Pennsbury Township
• Lower Highlands
• Edgmont Township
• Newlin Township
• New Britain
• Hatfield Township
• East Nantmeal Township
• East Falls
• Worcester Township
• Springfield Township
• Churchville
• Morton
• Logan Square
• Fairmount
• Phoenixville
• West Chester
• Thornbury Township
• Richboro
• East Vincent Township
• Spring Garden
• Willow Grove
• Rittenhouse
• Hawthorne
• Woodbourne
• Spruce Hill
• London Britain Township
• Lansdale
• Limerick Township
• Skippack
• Riverfront
• Upper Makefield Township
• Society Hill
• New Britain Township
• Chester Heights
• East Goshen Township
• Langhorne Manor
• New Hope
• Warwick Township
• Newtown Township
• Rockledge
• Center City East
• Bridgeport
• Broomall
• Woodland Terrace
• Drexel Hill
• Plumsteadville
• Passyunk Square
• Downingtown
• Solebury Township
• Spring Mount
• West Mount Airy
• Royersford
• Chestnut Hill
• Kennett Square
• New Garden Township
• Towamencin Township
• Horsham Township
• Lower Providence Township
• Northampton Township
• Milford Square
• Marple Township
• Skippack Township
• Lower Salford Township
• Middletown Township

A- Rated

• Upper Moreland Township
• Lower Frederick Township
• Evansburg
• Trooper
• East Coventry Township
• Manayunk
• Spring City
• Hatfield
• Eagleville
• Chinatown
• Wyncote
• Wissahickon
• Pennsport
• London Grove Township
• South Coventry Township
• Harleysville
• Fishtown - Lower Kensington
• University City
• Franklin Township
• Kenilworth
• Dickinson Narrows
• Andorra
• Feasterville
• East Passyunk
• Wrightstown Township
• Hatboro
• New London Township
• Francisville
• Roxborough
• Fairless Hills
• Roxborough Park
• Cedar Park
• West Norriton Township
• Halfway House
• Ridley Park
• Wallace Township
• Garden Court
• Gilbertsville
• New Hanover Township
• Penndel
• Old Kensington
• Langhorne
• Franconia Township
• North Coventry Township
• Upper Darby Township
• Middletown Township
• Falls Township

B+ Rated

• Caln Township
• Penn Township
• Souderton
• South Pottstown
• Village Shires
• Salford Township
• East Norriton Township
• Schwenksville
• Avondale
• Germany Hill
• Powelton
• Millbourne
• Thorndale
• Newbold
• Glenolden
• Folsom
• Telford
• Dublin
• Aston Township
• Bedminster Township
• Norwood
• Dearnley Park
• East Kensington
• West Poplar
• West Central Germantown
• Upper Roxborough
• Pottsgrove
• Ivyland
• Wynnefield Heights
• Sellersville
• Philadelphia
• Hilltown Township
• Prospect Park
• Perkasie
• Morrisville
• Douglass Township
• Winchester Park
• Burholme
• Point Breeze
• Lansdowne
• West Grove

B Rated

• Whitman
• Woodlyn
• Greenwich
• Fox Chase
• New Berlinville
• Bustleton
• Walnut Hill
• Collingdale
• Woxall
• Parkside
• Sanatoga
• East Fallowland Township
• Toughkenamon
• Boothwyn
• Rhawnhurst
• Wissahickon Hills
• Quakertown
• Trevose
• Brookhaven
• Bally
• Richland Township
• Upper Hanover Township
• Caln
• Levittown
• Folcroft
• Packer Park
• Richlandtown
• Upper Southampton Township
• Elk Township
• East Nottingham Township
• Spinnerstown
• Pennsburg
• Darby Township
• East Greenville
• East Mount Airy
• Clifton Heights
• Cornwells Heights
• Somerton
• Girard Estates
• Lower Moyamensing
• Overbrook
• East Lansdowne
• Aldan
• Lower Oxford Township
• Mayfair
• Pennypack
• Upper Frederick Township
• Red Hill
• Torresdale
• West Brandywine Township
• East Rockhill Township
• Hulmeville
• Douglass Township
• Lower Southampton Township
• Colebrookdale Township
• West Marlborough Township
• Lower Pottsgrove Township
• Upper Salford Township
• Upper Pottsgrove Township
• Bensalem Township
• Trumbauersville
• Milford Township
• Warminster Township
• Upper Chichester Township
• West Torresdale
• Valley Township
• Sadsbury Township
• West Pottsgrove Township
• Bechtelsville

B- Rated

• Germantown - Westside
• Norristown
• West Rockhill Township
• Marlborough Township
• Bristol
• Highland Township
• Stowe
• Yeadon
• Eddington
• Lawndale
• Tullytown
• Oxford Circle
• Oxford
• East Oak Lane
• Lima
• Modena
• West Powelton
• Morrell Park
• Boyertown
• Eddystone
• East Poplar
• Northwood
• Londonderry Township
• Clearview
• Tinicum Township
• Richmond
• Parkwood Manor
• South Coatesville
• Upper Oxford Township
• Sharswood
• Pennypack Woods
• Pottstown
• Holmesburg
• Sharon Hill
• Mantua
• Upland
• Ludlow
• Lexington Park
• Wissinoming
• Tacony
• Stadium District
• Trainer
• Brewerytown
• Wynnefield
• Warminster Heights
• Academy Gardens
• Washington Township
• Yorktown
• Parkesburg
• Marcus Hook
• Normandy Village
• Millbrook
• Allegheny West
• Olney
• Croydon
• Bridesburg
• Haycock Township
• Bristol Township
• Silverdale
• Crestmont Farms
• West Parkside

C+ Rated

• West Passyunk
• Melrose Park Gardens
• Coatesville
• Aston-Woodbridge
• Logan
• Summerdale
• Colwyn
• Haverford North
• West Kensington
• Fern Rock
• Linwood
• Juniata Park
• Eastwick
• Darby
• Penrose
• Westwood
• Feltonville
• Stanton
• Ogontz
• West Oak Lane
• Hunting Park
• Southwest Schuylkill
• Hartranft
• Cobbs Creek
• Kingsessing
• Grays Ferry
• Pomeroy
• Lower Chichester Township
• Green Lane
• West Fallowfield Township
• Cochranville
• Byberry
• Crescentville

C Rated

• Tioga
• Carroll Park
• Harrowgate
• Frankford
• Strawberry Mansion
• Cedarbrook
• Belmont
• Elmwood
• Southwest Germantown
• North Central
• Chester
• Wister
• Germantown - Morton
• Upper Kensington
• East Germantown
• Haddington
• Dunlap
• Glenwood
• Mill Creek
• Paschall
• Chester Township
• Franklinville

C- Rated

• Bartram Village
• Nicetown
• Fairhill
• East Parkside
• Germantown - Penn Knox
• McGuire
• Modena