Niche.com, a web site designed to help people find communities to live in, has placed two Kent County suburbs in the Top 10 on their 2015 'Best Suburbs to Raise a Family In' listing for the State of Michigan.

Niche released its listing of the top suburbs to live in nationally this week, also breaking it down into state and metro rankings.

The list considered several factors in their methodology for compiling the list, including housing affordability, crime rates and quality of schools.

East Grand Rapids placed second on the Michigan list, just behind leader Birmingham, a suburb of Detroit. East scored high in Community and Outdoor Activities, and low in Job Opportunities.

Rockford finished tenth in the state rankings, with high scores for Outdoor Activities and Community.

Grandville was 44th on the state list, with Kentwood 52nd.

 

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