Princeton named best small city in the country

The town of Princeton was named best small city in the country by a financial website recently.

PRINCETON - The town received national recognition after a financial website recently named Princeton the best small city in the country.

WalletHub.com gave Princeton the "Overall Best" spot in their ranking of over 1,200 of the country's "Small Cities."

The site broke down their ranking by four categories - affordability, economic health, education and health and quality of life.

While Princeton received the highest overall score and the highest ranking for "economic health," it fell short in affordability, coming in 1,144^th place.

WalletHub named Princeton 7^th in education and health and 41^st in quality of life.

Lexington, Massachusetts ranked first in education and health while Fredericksburg, Virginia took the top spot for quality of life.

RELATED: Princeton (the town) notches another number 1 ranking

This is not the first time Princeton has seen itself, its schools or Princeton University at the top of national rankings.

In October, financial website smartasset.com named it the "Best College Town to Live in."

Princeton University also took the top spot in university rankings this year and in the spring, Princeton High School was named one of the best high schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report. 

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