Best Philly Burbs For Millennials: Haverford Township

HAVERFORD, PA – Everyone seems to be talking about millennials. Whether its deriding how much avocado toast they eat or critiquing their choice of clothing and hairstyles, millennials usually get a bad wrap.

But a new list from Niche.com looks at what makes Philadelphia suburbs ideal for millennials and ranked the suburbs by factors considered important to millennials.

The 2017 rankings come from an assessment of factors which study authors said they determined were important for individuals in the millennial generation, who were born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

Some factors included the number of residents aged 25-24, access to establishments like bars, restaurants, and coffee shops, number of highly educated individuals, the cost of living, and the diversity of the area.

Haverford Township, while not at the top of the list nor the bottom, earned a solid rank at No. 41 among the 100 towns listed.

Meanwhile, some Main Line neighbors earned very good ranks when it comes to all things millennial in the suburbs.

Ardmore was listed at No. 3, Chesterbrook in Tredyffrin was the fourth best Philadelphia suburb for millennials, King of Prussia fifth, Narberth eighth, and Paoli 10th.

West Conshohocken was ranked as the number one suburb in the region (and second in the state, seventh in the nation) for young professionals, followed by Conshohocken at number two.

The top 25 are listed below:

1. West Conshohocken
2. Conshohocken
3. Ardmore
4. Chesterbrook
5. King of Prussia
6. Ambler
7. Media
8. Narberth
9. Eagleville
10. Paoli
11. Phoenixville
12. Thorndale
13. Echelon (New Jersey)
14. Spring Mount
15. Penn Wynne
16. Jenkintown
17. Greenville (Delaware)
18. Brookside (Delaware)
19. Exton
20. Audubon
21. Upper Gwynedd
22. Malvern
23. Plymouth Meeting
24. Royersford
25. Parkside

The ranking included 100 municipalities in Pennsylvania. Niche studied a total of 4,877 suburbs across the nation during their 2017 rankings.

Hurstbourne Acres, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky, took the first overall spot in the nation.

With reporting from Justin Heinze

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