The best places to raise a family on the West Coast - 2019

The best places to raise a family on the West Coast - 2019 The best places to raise a family on the West Coast - 2019 It costs more than $233,000 to raise a child through age 17, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Given that high cost, you want to know that you’re living in a place that is conducive to your family’s happiness and success. In this study, we looked at almost a dozen factors, including childcare costs and housing affordability, to find the best cities on the West Coast for families.To find the best places to raise a family on the West Coast, we considered data on 10 factors. We looked at housing costs as a percent of income, annual cost of childcare, percent of residents under age 19, average math proficiency, average reading proficiency, high school graduation rate, average spending per pupil, poverty rate, unemployment rate and crime rate.Follow Ladders on Flipboard!Follow Ladders’ magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and more!Key Findings The Bay Area is a good place to raise a family.