Kids & Family

Bergen County Town Ranked No. 1 For Families In N.J.

Family magazine lists all 508 towns based on certain criteria.

One Bergen County municipality was named the best New Jersey town for families.

New Jersey Family magazine has ranked all of the state’s 508 municipalities.

The magazine used school district quality, crime rates, affordability, commute times, and other “lifestyle factors” to come up with the rankings.

Besides Oradell, River Edge, Harrington Park, Closter, and Old Tappan were ranked in the top 20.

Here’s how all of Bergen County municipalities were ranked:

1.) Oradell

13.) River Edge

15.) Harrington Park

17.) Closter

18.) Old Tappan

29.) Upper Saddle River

30.) Glen Rock

32.) Cresskill

33.) Norwood

40.) Alpine

42.) Northvale

43.) Hillsdale

44.) Allendale

49.) Tenafly

51.) Wyckoff

54.) Leonia

55.) River Vale

57.) Montvale

59.) Emerson

72.) Maywood

73.) Ho-Ho-Kus

77.) Waldwick

81.) Ridgewood

82.) Haworth

87.) Englewood Cliffs

95.) Midland Park

104.) Mahwah

110.) Oakland

114.) Fair Lawn

118.) Dumont

121.) New Milford

125.) Park Ridge

139.) Ramsey

145.) Franklin Lakes

147.) Bergenfield

148.) Saddle River

150.) Bergen

157.) Rutherford

167.) Washington Township

189.) Little Ferry

214.) Palisades Park

236.) Carlstadt

287.) Rochelle Park

295.) Wood-Ridge

299.) Bogota

305.) Hasbrouck Heights

308.) East Rutherford

310.) Edgewater

315.) Wallington

317.) Ridgefield

328.) Ridgefield Park

346.) Teaneck

361.) South Hackensack

368.) Saddle Brook

389.) Lodi

404.) Lyndhurst

422.) Hackensack

423.) Moonachie

425.) Elmwood Park

428.) Cliffside Park

453.) Garfield

460.) Fairview

483.) Englewood

Hoboken came in dead last at number 508. See the full list of all New Jersey towns here.

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