8 Long Island Towns Make Top 100 Best Places To Live List: Niche

LONG ISLAND, NY — Eight towns on Long Island are among the top 100 best places to live in America, according to rankings released Monday by Niche.

The list, the ninth consecutive, ranked 228 cities and 17,932 towns and neighborhoods. To compile it, Niche used federal data from the Census Bureau, FBI, Labor Bureau and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as reviews from residents.

Among others, factors considered are affordability, the local housing market, neighborhood diversity, the quality of public schools and walkability.

Nassau County is home to all of Long Island's towns on Niche’s Best Places to Live in America. That includes four towns on the Great Neck peninsula: Great Neck Gardens, Great Neck Plaza, Kensington and Lake Success.

Here are the towns that made it onto the top 100.

• Great Neck Gardens (10)
• Great Neck Plaza (13)
• Herricks (22)
• Syosset (25)
• Kensington (27)
• Lake Success (55)
• Plainview (71)
• East Williston (82)

Old Bethpage, meanwhile, cracked the top 125, coming in at No. 117.

The overall Best Place to Live in America is Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania, which has claimed the title now for four consecutive years. Rounding out the top five are Colonial Village, Virginia; Ardmore, Pennsylvania; Hyde Park-Spanishtown Creek, Florida; and Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the Best City to Live in America for the first time ever, Niche said. Rounding out the top five are Arlington, Virginia; The Woodlands, Texas; Naperville, Illinois; and Columbia, Maryland.

The Best Places to Live rankings are a tool to help people find a place to live based on the qualities that matter most to them, Niche said in a news release.

People who want to dig deeper into a specific area can compare cities, suburbs and neighborhoods with specific states, metro areas and counties. Among others, Niche has specialized lists for the best places for families, young professionals, homebuyers ad retirees.

With unique ratings, honest reviews, personalized recommendations, and tools to guide you through every step, Niche is changing the way millions of people find their school and hometown.