California neighborhood ranked among the 'Best Places to Live'

For the second year in a row, a neighborhood in Virginia ranked first in an annual study of the best places to live in the United States. Meanwhile, one of the southern California neighborhood ascended to the top of the list.

Niche, a research and classification platform, issues a report every year weighing data from the Statistics Office, FBI, NOAA, and specialized local survey And other sources To classify more than 12,000 society throughout the country.

In 2025, the colonial village was in Arlington, Virginia, again the upper place to live. The neighborhood received a home to more than 3000 people, as it got the best possible degree of public schools, health, fitness, mobility, nightlife and ease of family.

“The results of this year are highly growing in the south, and he is a good representative in our best places to buy a house and the lowest cost in living categories,” Zach Chatham, Niche Chatham’s public relations director, told NexStar. It is worth noting that Texas appears as a supreme destination, as it attracts a boom from the new arrivals. “

Smartasset study in late 2024 Echo the resultsHe explains that approximately 615,000 people moved to Lone Star State between 2021 and 2022, according to the data of the Tax Authority.

The climbing was from 404 in the list to No. 5 Downtown Santa Monica neighborhoodWhich received a general degree in general from A+.

“Living in City Center provides residents with a heavy urban feeling, and most of the residents rent their homes,” Nish pointed out. “In the city center, there are many bars, restaurants, cafes and gardens. Many young and retired professionals live in the city center, and residents tend to moderate political opinions.

The city center was the only California neighborhood to occupy the twentieth.

The best 50 places to live in America, according to the standing:

Rank	name	Region	province	Metro area	2025 arrangement	2024 arrangement
1	Colonial village	alive	Arlington Province	Washington DC region	1	1
2	Atlantic Ocean Station	alive	Volton County	Atlanta area	2	27
3	Chesterbruck	town	Chester Province	Philadelphia region	3	3
4	Harbor Island	alive	Hilbora Province	Tamba area	4	9
5	City Center (Santa Monica)	alive	Los Angeles Province	Los Angeles area	5	404
6	South of Lake Al Ittihad	alive	King Province	Seattle area	6	20
7	Carmel	town	Hamilton Province	Indianapolis area	7	2
8	downtown	alive	Volton County	Atlanta area	8	57
9	Madison	town	Madison Province	Huntville area	9	58
10	Jones Kreik	town	Volton County	Atlanta area	10	13
11	Arador	town	Montgomery Province	Philadelphia region	11	12
12	Course City/Oscawana	alive	Hilbora Province	Tamba area	12	113
13	Between Wayne	town	Montgomery Province	Philadelphia region	13	35
14	Brooklyn	town	Norfolk Province	Boston area	14	11
15	downtown	alive	Orange County	Orlando region	15	474
16	Cinco Ranch	town	Fort Bend Province	Houston region	16	5
17	Ballston/Virginia Square	alive	Arlington Province	Washington DC region	17	44
18	Radnor/Fort Myer Heights	alive	Arlington Province	Washington DC region	18	8
19	Okemos	town	Ingham County	Langing District	19	15
20	Triangle	alive	Travis Province	Austin region	20	40
21	Green garden	alive	Santa Clara Province	San Francisco Bay area	21	7
22	Cambridgeort	alive	Middlesx County	Boston area	22	30
23	Naberfil	town	Dubaj Province	Chicago area	23	24
24	Innsbrook	town	Henrico County	Richmond area	24	21
25	Claringon Hills	town	Dubaj Province	Chicago area	25	29
26	North Botomac	town	Montgomery Province	Washington DC region	26	31
27	Brenowood	town	St. Louis County	Saint Louis area	27	17
28	curry	town	Wake County	Rally area	28	32
29	Hinsale	town	Dubaj Province	Chicago area	29	38
30	Blazant Mountain	alive	Province of Colombia	Washington DC region	30	71
31	Blue ash	town	Hamilton Province	Cincinnati region	31	16
32	College balcony	alive	Santa Clara Province	San Francisco Bay area	32	10
33	Alvarita	town	Volton County	Atlanta area	33	25
34	Ho-h-kus	town	Bergen Province	New York City area	34	49
35	Princeon	town	Mercer Province	Trenton Priniton	35	35
36	Audubon Park	alive	Orange County	Orlando region	36	6
37	Mid -city	alive	Los Angeles Province	Los Angeles area	37	22
38	Morningside/Lenox Park	alive	Volton County	Atlanta area	38	33
39	Northern heights	alive	Arlington Province	Washington DC region	39	301
40	Swarthmore	town	Dilayer Province	Philadelphia region	40	103
41	Coppell	town	Dallas County	Dallas Fort Worth the area	41	60
42	North Betisda	town	Montgomery Province	Washington DC region	42	18
43	Volton	town	Howard County	Baltimore area	43	14
44	Los Alamos	town	Los Alamos County	Santa in the area	44	90
45	Great neck yard	town	Nasso County	New York City area	45	46
46	Holly Hills	town	Arabaho County	Denver area	46	45
47	Claringon/Court	alive	Arlington Province	Washington DC region	47	75
48	South University	alive	Santa Clara Province	San Francisco Bay area	48	26
49	Medoprook	town	Shilby Province	Birmingham area	49	34
50	Pakhid village	alive	Volton County	Atlanta area	50	248

Niche found that the following states have the largest entrance at the top 100: Florida (13), Virginia (11), Texas (8), Georgia (8) and California (8).

At the local level, some states made tremendous jumps in the classification. The city in Los Angeles ranked 404 in 2024, but it reaches 5 years a year, thanks to the low rental rate to income, according to the survey of American society.

Niche Downtown Orange County, Florida gave a batch of 474 to 15, citing discounts in the sub -categories of health and fitness: Physical inactivity, smoking, being insured and obese.

Finally, Buckhead village in Atlanta moved from 677 to 51 based on improvements in the ability to withstand housing costs, public schools, cost of living and ease of walking.

to Full classifications And perfection methodologySee the specialized site.