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Hoboken Cracks List Of Top 25 Places To Live In NJ. Here's Why.

If you lived here, you'd be home by now. Not many cities rank ahead of the NJ suburbs on "best places to live" lists, but Hoboken does.

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If you lived here, you'd be home by now. Not many cities rank ahead of the NJ suburbs on "best places to live" lists, but Hoboken (pictured this week) does.
If you lived here, you'd be home by now. Not many cities rank ahead of the NJ suburbs on "best places to live" lists, but Hoboken (pictured this week) does. (Caren Lissner/Patch)

HOBOKEN, 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 for the 25 best towns to live in within New Jersey.

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

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Hoboken made an appearance at number 17 on the list of the top 25 communities in New Jersey, a rare achievement among mostly upscale suburbs. Cities often don't make the lists.

Why did Hoboken score so high?

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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.

Hoboken got both an A+ in "Good for families" and an A+ in nightlife. Not many places can boast about both. See its grades here.

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.

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.

Michele Rotuno-Johnson contributed to this report.

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