Rankings

Top neighbourhoods — 🇺🇸 United States

The best-scoring suburbs by category. 29,585 neighbourhoods ranked.

🌍 All 🇿🇦 ZA 9,327 🇬🇧 UK 41,395 🇺🇸 USA 29,585 🇩🇪 DE 10,813 🇳🇱 NL 7,684

Overall — 🇺🇸 United States

29,585 ranked

2	ZIP 21502, Allegany 🇺🇸 Allegany, Maryland	86
1	ZIP 42303, Daviess 🇺🇸 Daviess, Kentucky	85
22	ZIP 08081, Camden 🇺🇸 Camden, New Jersey	84
26	ZIP 39110, Madison 🇺🇸 Madison, Mississippi	84
17	ZIP 06010, Naugatuck Valley 🇺🇸 Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut	83
7	ZIP 30721, Whitfield 🇺🇸 Whitfield, Georgia	83
4	ZIP 30809, Columbia 🇺🇸 Columbia, Georgia	83
6	ZIP 30906, Richmond 🇺🇸 Richmond, Georgia	83
28	ZIP 38654, DeSoto 🇺🇸 DeSoto, Mississippi	83
20	ZIP 53215, Milwaukee 🇺🇸 Milwaukee, Wisconsin	83
25	ZIP 60411, Cook 🇺🇸 Cook, Illinois	83
19	ZIP 00956, Bayamón 🇺🇸 Bayamón, Puerto Rico	82
18	ZIP 06111, Capitol 🇺🇸 Capitol, Connecticut	82
23	ZIP 07083, Union 🇺🇸 Union, New Jersey	82
24	ZIP 08854, Middlesex 🇺🇸 Middlesex, New Jersey	82
21	ZIP 15601, Westmoreland 🇺🇸 Westmoreland, Pennsylvania	82
30	ZIP 22554, Stafford 🇺🇸 Stafford, Virginia	82
29	ZIP 23112, Chesterfield 🇺🇸 Chesterfield, Virginia	82
5	ZIP 30135, Douglas 🇺🇸 Douglas, Georgia	82
3	ZIP 31088, Houston 🇺🇸 Houston, Georgia	82
8	ZIP 32259, St. Johns 🇺🇸 St. Johns, Florida	82
27	ZIP 39503, Harrison 🇺🇸 Harrison, Mississippi	82
16	ZIP 43015, Delaware 🇺🇸 Delaware, Ohio	82
9	ZIP 43026, Franklin 🇺🇸 Franklin, Ohio	82
15	ZIP 43055, Licking 🇺🇸 Licking, Ohio	82
10	ZIP 43123, Franklin 🇺🇸 Franklin, Ohio	82
12	ZIP 43302, Marion 🇺🇸 Marion, Ohio	82
14	ZIP 44035, Lorain 🇺🇸 Lorain, Ohio	82
11	ZIP 44077, Lake 🇺🇸 Lake, Ohio	82
13	ZIP 44256, Medina 🇺🇸 Medina, Ohio	82

How these rankings are calculated

Rankings are sorted by the metric selected above — overall score, safety, schools or affordability — computed the same way for every suburb in our database, so the ordering reflects the underlying data rather than editorial judgement. Overall score is a weighted blend across all scored dimensions; each individual metric (e.g. safety) is scored independently on its own 0-100 scale.

Safety scores for South African suburbs are built from official SAPS crime statistics at police-precinct level, weighted toward violent and property crime categories. International safety scores use the equivalent national source — data.police.uk reports in the UK, BKA and Landeskriminalamt statistics in Germany, and CBS data in the Netherlands.

School scores weigh the number and proximity of nearby primary and secondary schools, drawn from the Department of Basic Education's National Masterlist; affordability compares typical rent against local median household income. Filter by country or province above to compare rankings within a specific region, or open any suburb to see the full seven-dimension breakdown behind its rank.