Real Estate
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.
![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.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/23738927/20230727/112507/styles/patch_image/public/img-2907___27232117423.jpg)
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.
Find out what's happening in Hobokenwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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?
Find out what's happening in Hobokenwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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:
- Princeton Junction
- Princeton
- Ho-Ho-Kus
- Ridgewood
- River Edge
- Closter
- Berkeley Heights Township
- Harrington Park
- Mountain Lakes
- Upper Montclair
- Martinsville
- Fanwood
- Old Tappan
- Haworth
- Essex Fells
- Allendale
- Hoboken
- Short Hills
- Plainsboro Center
- Metuchen
- Monmouth Junction
- Springdale
- Glen Rock
- Greentree
- 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.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.