Ridgewood Cracks List Of Top 5 Places To Live In NJ. Here's Why.

RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The review site Niche recently released its 100 Best Places To Live in America rankings, which includes five towns in the Garden State.

They also released rankings of best towns to live in within New Jersey.

Schools, safety, housing, and nearby amenities were all important criteria.

The new Niche list included, for each town, updated grades for public schools, housing, diversity, nightlife, crime and safety, and how good the neighborhood is for families.

For the national list, Ridgewood was one of five New Jersey communities to make the top 100. It also made the top 5 towns in New Jersey.

Here are the top 25 places to live in New Jersey, all with an overall A+ rating, according to Niche:

1. Princeton Junction
2. Princeton
3. Ho-Ho-Kus
4. Ridgewood
5. River Edge
6. Closter
7. Berkeley Heights Township
8. Harrington Park
9. Mountain Lakes
10. Upper Montclair
11. Martinsville
12. Fanwood
13. Old Tappan
14. Haworth
15. Essex Fells
16. Allendale
17. Hoboken
18. Short Hills
19. Plainsboro Center
20. Metuchen
21. Monmouth Junction
22. Springdale
23. Glen Rock
24. Greentree
25. Princeton Meadows

Niche used Census Bureau and FBI data to compile the list, which is intended to help everyone from young professionals to retirees decide where they want to live.

Ridgewood received an A+ for schools and also an A+ for "good for families." See the grades here.

Places in New Jersey that cracked the top 100 in the country are:

Princeton Junction

Overall Niche grade: A+
Rank: 14
Public schools grade: A+
Population: 2,208

Princeton

Overall Niche grade: A+
Rank: 34
Public schools grade: A+
Population: 30,717

Ho-Ho-Kus

Overall Niche grade: A+
Rank: 47
Public schools grade: A+
Population: 4,248

Ridgewood

Overall Niche grade: A+
Rank: 69
Public schools grade: A+
Population: 25,991

River Edge

Overall Niche grade: A+
Rank: 74
Public schools grade: A+
Population: 12,204

Read more about the ratings and rankings here.