Best Cities For Families: Where does Lake Ridge Rank?

LAKE RIDGE, VA — Thinking about having a kid or two — or three, or however many — and starting a family in Virginia but are uncertain where to have home base? Should you relocate, stay put or consider other factors?

Or for that matter, are you simply curious what the personal-finance website WalletHub has to say about the matter through a study released Thursday?

Here you go: Of the 82 Virginia cities involved in the comparison study, Lake Ridge was ranked 9th overall with a score of 51.48.

The methodology of the study involved breaking down myriad considerations into four equally weighted categories. Here they are, and here's how Lake Ridge fared:

• Family Life & Fun: 72nd
• Education, Health & Safety: 69th
• Affordability: 26th
• Socioeconomics: 26th

No. 1 on the list is Fall Church. Last is Petersburg.

Image via WalletHub