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NerdWallet Names Summit No. 8 Town in NJ for Young Families

The consumer-advocacy website chose the top 10 towns in the Garden State for growing families based on school rankings and economic data.

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Summit is one of the top 10 places in New Jersey to raise a family, according to NerdWallet, a consumer-advocacy website. 

The site analyzed national and statewide data in five categories to come up with the list:

  1. Public school rating
  2. Median home value
  3. Ongoing cost of homeownership
  4. Median income
  5. Economic growth
To bolster its point, NerdWallet offered a short but flattering description of Summit on the website:

Summit is a city in Union County. The community’s 21,000 residents speak over 35 languages. Its six square miles include parks and fields, a nine-hole, par-three golf course and an aquatics center. From May to November, there is also a farmer’s market at DeForest and Maple.

Sayreville was named No. 1, while Union County neighbor Westfield came in at No. 4. 

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