A A+ F A+ A B+ n/a
Best: Schools A+
Which suburb should you actually live in?
Every US suburb scored out of 100 — schools, housing costs, commute times and four more things people actually move for. Built from public government data, and from the people who live there.
Highest scoring in the US
University Park, TX82 B+
Beverly Hills, MI80 B+
Whitefish Bay, WI79 B+
Berkley, MI78 B+
Homewood, AL78 B+
The highest-scoring suburbs in the country
The big number is the overall score out of 100. The seven small squares are its grade in each category, always in the same order. Every metro is scored on the same national scales, so these are comparable wherever they are.
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- Each card's seven squares, left to right:
- 1Housing
- 2Schools
- 3Cost of living
- 4Commute
- 5Amenities
- 6Employment
- 7Residents
A A D+ A− B− A n/a
Best: Housing A
B A D+ A B+ A− n/a
Best: Commute A
B B+ C+ B+ A− A− n/a
Best: Employment A−
B A C− A− B+ B n/a
Best: Schools A
B A+ D− A+ A− C+ n/a
Best: Schools A+
A− A D− A− A− B n/a
Best: Schools A
B− A− D+ A+ B A− n/a
Best: Commute A+
C+ A B− B− A+ B n/a
Best: Amenities A+
A− A− D A C+ A− n/a
Best: Commute A
C+ B+ B A− A C+ n/a
Best: Amenities A
B+ A C C+ A− B+ n/a
Best: Schools A
C+ A C A− A− B− n/a
Best: Schools A
A A D− B+ B− A− n/a
Best: Housing A
B A C− A− B B n/a
Best: Schools A
C+ A B− B B− B n/a
Best: Schools A
B A C− A B B− n/a
Best: Commute A
B+ B+ D− A B+ A− n/a
Best: Commute A
A− A+ C+ C B− B n/a
Best: Schools A+
C− B B A A+ B n/a
Best: Amenities A+
B+ A D A B B n/a
Best: Commute A
C+ B+ B− B+ A B n/a
Best: Amenities A
A+ A D− C+ B− A− n/a
Best: Housing A+
C A− C+ A− A B− n/a
Best: Amenities A
Guides for the move
All 16 guides →Housing
What "median home value" hides when you compare suburbs
Two suburbs with the same median can be different places to buy in.
Schools
What a school proficiency percentile actually measures
Why school scores cannot cross state lines, and what a district average is not.
Amenities
What a two-mile amenity count can and cannot see
Good at telling isolated from well-served; bad at ranking two well-served towns.
50 metros, 1,795 places
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