Best Philly Suburbs For Millennials: How Does Perkiomen Township Compare?

PERKIOMEN TOWNSHIP, PA — What are the best suburbs for millennials and young professionals in the Philadelphia area? A new study from Niche.com analyzed just that.

The 2017 rankings come from an assessment of factors which study authors said they determined were important for individuals in the millennial generation, who were born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.

Some factors included the number of residents aged 25-24, access to establishments like bars, restaurants, and coffee shops, number of highly educated individuals, the cost of living, and the diversity of the area.

Montgomery County towns along the Schuylkill River dominated the top of the list. West Conshohocken was ranked as the number one suburb in the region (and second in the state, seventh in the nation) for young professionals, followed by Conshohocken at number two, Ardmore in third, and King of Prussia in fifth.

Perkiomen Township, meanwhile, was 76th overall.

The top 25 are listed below:

1. West Conshohocken
2. Conshohocken
3. Ardmore
4. Chesterbrook
5. King of Prussia
6. Ambler
7. Media
8. Narberth
9. Eagleville
10. Paoli
11. Phoenixville
12. Thorndale
13. Echelon (New Jersey)
14. Spring Mount
15. Penn Wynne
16. Jenkintown
17. Greenville (Delaware)
18. Brookside (Delaware)
19. Exton
20. Audubon
21. Upper Gwynedd
22. Malvern
23. Plymouth Meeting
24. Royersford
25. Parkside

The ranking included 100 municipalities in Pennsylvania. Niche studied a total of 4,877 suburbs across the nation during their 2017 rankings. Hurstbourne Acres, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky, took the first overall spot in the nation.

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