Looking to find a place around West Michigan to raise your family? According to Niche.com, East Grand Rapids and Rockford are the places to be!

The Detroit Free Press reports the 2015 Best Places ranking are based on a number of items. Some of those include: age demographics, school ratings, crime rates, and access to child care, libraries, grocery stores and affordable housing.

The rankings include 25 other suburbs in Michigan, East Grand Rapids came in second under Birmingham. Rockford came in tenth, under Saline and above Northfield Township.

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