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Study: Poway is best city in county to raise a family

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(CNS) — Poway is the best city in San Diego County -- and 15th best in California -- to raise a family, according to a new study released by WalletHub.com.

The website compared the 240 cities in California across 22 metrics, including the number of attractions, amount of pediatricians per capita and the unemployment rate.

Poway was rated highly in a category that included education, health and safety.

San Diego ranked 96th, and was tied for first in a subcategory ranking the amount of attractions. The second-largest city in San Diego County, Chula Vista, was 106th.

The rankings of other cities in the region included:

-- 19, Encinitas;

-- 42, Santee;

-- 56, Carlsbad;

-- 123, San Marcos;

-- 131, La Mesa;

-- 151, Oceanside;

-- 173, Vista;

-- 175, Escondido;

-- 218, El Cajon; and

-- 229, National City.

Escondido, which, according to WalletHub, has the fifth fewest playgrounds per capita, was the only other local city included in a top five or worst five sub-category.

The top five cities for families, according to WalletHub, are Folsom, east of Sacramento; Eastvale, in northwestern Riverside County; and three cities in the East Bay Area -- San Ramon, Dublin and Pleasanton.

The five worst, according to WalletHub, are Compton and Huntington Park, in Los Angeles County; Oakland, San Bernardino and Calexico.

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