The best places for families, on cost and space

Ranked on rent and home prices against pay, class sizes, homeownership, household size and poverty.

The formula

Score = weighted average of family fit. Family fit: Average percentile of rent to income, price to income, students per teacher, homeownership, household size and poverty (Citytistics measure).

School test scores and crime are not in this score yet. Class size is students per teacher in public schools located in the place.

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State

Top 25 places. Scores reflect your chosen weights.

#	Place	Score
01	Wyndham, VA	100
02	Campton Hills, IL	100
03	Hidden Valley, IN	100
04	St. John, IN	100
05	Franklin Park, PA	100
06	Western Springs, IL	100
07	East Grand Rapids, MI	100
08	Asbury, IA	100
09	Country Knolls, NY	100
10	Harrison, WI	100
11	Suamico, WI	100
12	Hillsdale, NJ	100
13	Frankfort Square, IL	100
14	Oakwood, OH	100
15	Bernardsville, NJ	100
16	Maple Glen, PA	100
17	Pecan Grove, TX	100
18	St. Michael, MN	100
19	Rendon, TX	100
20	Linganore, MD	100
21	Mack, OH	100
22	Oradell, NJ	100
23	Forest Hills, MI	100
24	Dix Hills, NY	100
25	Dardenne Prairie, MO	100

Factor scores run 0 to 100 across all indexed places (100 is best). A place missing a factor is ranked on the factors it has. How scores work

6,645 places eligible. Data as of 2026-11-14.