Penn Wynne, Ardmore Among PA's Best Places To Live: New List

LOWER MERION TOWNSHIP, PA — Penn Wynne and Ardmore in Lower Merion Township were named among best places to live in America for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche.

Penn Wynne was ranked as the 34th best place to live in America and the second best place to live in Pennsylvania.

Ardmore is the 58th best place to live in the US and the third best in PA.

The “Best Places to Live” rankings include cities, city neighborhoods and suburbs. Niche defines a place as a “non-rural town” with a population of 1,000 or more, including neighborhoods, suburbs and cities. Niche also separately ranked the best cities, neighborhoods and suburbs to live in.

Penn Wynne received an overall Niche grade of A+. Here’s how Niche graded Penn Wynne in the following categories:

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

Ardmore also got an A+ overall grade. It earned the following grades in these categories:

• Public Schools: A+
• Crime & Safety: N/A
• Housing: A-
• Nightlife: A+
• Good for Families: A+
• Diversity: A-

The top 10 best places to live in Pennsylvania are:

1. Chesterbrook
2. Penn Wynne
3. Ardmore
4. Berwyn
5. Swarthmore
6. Lemont
7. Mount Lebanon Township
8. Boalsburg
9. Houserville
10. Devon

The top 10 best places to live in America are:

1. Bluemont, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
2. Carmel, Indiana
3. Overlake, neighborhood in Redmond, Washington
4. College Terrace, neighborhood in Palo Alto, California
5. Davis Island, neighborhood in Tampa, Florida
6. Rose Isle, neighborhood in Orlando, Florida
7. Colonial Village, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia
8. Okemos, Michigan
9. Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania
10. Radnor/Fort Myer Heights, neighborhood in Arlington, Virginia

Niche released its “Best Places to Live” rankings on Monday, March 4. The publication says its goal is to “provide accurate, comparable and thorough evaluations of places.” Using data from government and private sources, Niche grades the places evaluated for the rankings on factors like public schools, crime and safety and housing.

You can see the full Niche “Best Place to Live” rankings for 2019 here.