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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