Issaquah Ranked Third-Best Town in Washington for Raising Kids

Issaquah is one of the state's best places to raise a family, according to a new ranking from the financial planning website NerdWallet.

The top-10 list put Issaquah at No. 3 behind Maple Valley and Woodinville. The other included cities were Tumwater, Bainbridge Island, Lake Forest Park, Redmond, Newcastle, Mukilteo and Lynden.

NerdWallet says it relied on school performance, cost of living and other economic indicators in compiling the ranking.

Here is what the company had to say about Issaquah:

"17 miles west of Seattle lies the city of Issaquah. Surrounded by three large mountains near the tip of Lake Sammamish, the suburb offers plenty of family-friendly excursions by lake or by trail. Issaquah School District offers students at all levels a supportive, holistic education with many different extracurricular opportunities to spur creativity. Boeing and Microsoft both were top employers of Issaquah residents and the city remains the headquarters of several large corporations, including Costco, which explains in part why this suburb is among the fastest growing cities in the country. Yet, as the number of residents increase, the community continues to strengthen, offering lots of family-fun events, like the annual Salmon Days Festival and the First Friday Artwalks series."

For more information, click here to read about the ranking on NerdWallet's website.

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