Report: These North Jersey Areas Are Best In State To Buy A House

On the market for a new house? Several municipalities in Bergen and Passaic counties ranked among the best places in New Jersey to settle down, according to Niche.com.

This Demarest house is on the market for just more than $2 million.
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Cecilia Levine

08/13/2018 2:55 p.m.

The website calculated key factors including home values, taxes, crime rates and local school quality to rank the towns.

The top three places in New Jersey are Princeton Junction, Lawrenceville and Beckett. Here's how local towns ranked (monetary figure is median home value):

No. 15: Haworth -- $644,700
No. 16: Glen Rock -- $610,600
No. 37: Fairview -- $396,600
No. 38: Ho-Ho-Kus -- $716,800
No. 40: Oradell -- $560,100
No. 41: Ramsey -- $559,900
No. 61: Allendale -- $680,000
No. 80: Demarest -- $652,800

Honorable mentions:

Harrington Park -- $600,900
Mahwah -- $462,200
Fair Lawn -- $396,800
Upper Saddle River -- $905,100

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