Montgomeryville, Blue Bell Among PA's Best Places To Live: List

MONTGOMERYVILLE, PA — Montgomeryville and Blue Bell have each been named as one of the best places to live in Pennsyvlania for 2019, according to a new set of rankings released by Niche. Blue Bell was ranked as the 17th best place to live in Pennsylvania, while Montgomeryville placed 24th.

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.

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

Public Schools: A+
Housing: A
Nightlife: B+
Good for Families: A+
Diversity: A-
Cost of Living: C+
Outdoor activities: A

Blue Bell also received an overall A+:

Public Schools: A+
Housing: A-
Nightlife: B+
Good for Families: A+
Diversity: B
Cost of Living: C
Outdoor activities: A

The top 10 best places to live in Pennsylvania:

1. Chesterbrook
2. Penn Wynne
3. Ardmore
4. Berwyn
5. Swarthmore
6. Lemont
7. Mount Lebanon
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. 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.