Piermont and 2 Nyacks Ranked in New State's Best Suburbs List

NYACK, NY — How do you define a great place to live? According to Niche.com, which just released the 2017 Best Suburbs to Live in America rankings, there are several factors that a suburb is judged on, including school quality, amount of crime, housing trends, employment stats and access to amenities.

Based on those factors, as well as data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the FBI and the Bureau of Labor Statistics and more, Niche came up with the Top 100 suburbs in America and in New York.

There were 28 Hudson Valley communities that showed up in the Top 100 for the state — including Piermont, South Nyack and Upper Nyack — though none of the them made the Top 100 list for America.

In fact, none of the 100 best suburbs in America were in New York.

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Carmel, IN landed in the No. 1 spot nationwide. Now don’t start making plans to move just outside of Indianapolis just yet.

There are still some pretty terrific suburbs here in the Hudson Valley, according to Niche, with four making the Top 10 statewide. Ardsley was ranked No. 4, followed by Bronxville (6), Pelham Manor (8) and Rye (9).

Seven Rockland County communities made the list.

Here are all the Hudson Valley communities that made the Top 100 Best Suburbs To Live in New York (click on the name for more details):

• 4 Ardsley
• 6 Bronxville
• 8 Pelham Manor
• 9 Rye
• 14 Briarcliff Manor
• 15 Scarsdale
• 16 Irvington
• 17 Chappaqua
• 19 Hastings-on-Hudson
• 24 Croton-on-Hudson
• 28 Armonk
• 29 Hartsdale
• 36 Larchmont
• 49 Bardonia
• 51 Katonah
• 52 Dobbs Ferry
• 54 Suffern
• 55 South Nyack
• 56 Tarrytown
• 60 Piermont
• 63 New City
• 73 Rye Brook
• 75 Upper Nyack
• 85 Pleasantville
• 90 White Plains
• 94 Mamaroneck
• 96 Tappan
• 100 Harrison

For the complete statewide rankings, go here.