Santa Clarita Ranked In Top 20 Best Places To Raise A Family On West Coast

In a recent report from the web-based financial advising company SmartAsset, Santa Clarita was named the 17th best place to raise a family on the West Coast.

The top of the list is dominated by bay area suburbs, which account for seven of the top 10 selections.

Overall, ranking above Santa Clarita include nine bay area suburbs, three southern California cities, two Sacramento suburbs and one city each from Oregon and Washington, according to the study.

Santa Clarita’s rankings particularly benefited from its low crime rate, which ranked as the seventh lowest among the top 25 ranked cities.

The study ranked cities based on 10 metrics:

Housing costs as a percent of income;

Annual cost of full-time childcare for infants;

Percentage of population age 19 and under;

Average proficiency in math ;

Average proficiency in reading;

High school graduation rate;

Average spending per student;

Poverty rate;

Unemployment rate; and

Crime rate per 100,000 residents.

Each city was ranked across all 10 metrics, with the exception of math and reading proficiency, graduation rate and average spending per student, which were given half weights.

These rankings were then averaged to arrive at the overall rankings.

The full report, including its methodology, is available to read here.

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