Every year a company called Niche ranks towns, schools, collages and more. These rankings are geared to help families find the best schools for their kids.
This year Glen Rock has made #3 as the top place to live in Bergen County. But how do we do in the state rankings? We are number 6 out of 415 suburbs. Nationally? We are 84th out of 6,777. Not too shabby for a town with 11,747 residents.
What goes into these rankings? Niche researches data from:
- American Community Survey (ACS) from US Census Bureau
Source for local information such as population, home value, income levels. - Uniformed Crime Report from Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Source for crime statistics. - National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Source for weather information. - Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER) from US Census Bureau
Source for list of areas and boundaries. - County Business Patterns from US Census Bureau
- ZIP Code Business Patterns from US Census Bureau
- Food Environment Atlas from US Department of Agriculture
- Volunteering and Civic Life in America from Corporation for National & Community Service
Our overall Niche grade is A+. But we have a few lower grades.
- Public Schools A+
- Crime & Safety A –
- Housing A –
- Nightlife A –
- Good for Families A+
- Health & Families A+
- Outdoor Activities A
- Diversity B
- Commute B
- Weather B-
- Cost C+
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