The 25 best suburbs in America, each boasting family-friendly neighborhoods, good schools, and wide open spaces

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people are eschewing big cities. Here are Niche's top suburbs.Tomas Winz/Getty Images

• The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating mass migration to suburbs.
• Niche, a comprehensive guide to neighborhoods and schools, just released its annual ranking of best places to live based on the cost of living, crime levels, quality of schools, and more.
• Business Insider rounded up the 25 best suburbs — or neighborhoods located outside of principal cities with populations of at least 1,000 — selected by Niche.
• The metro areas with the most representation on the list are Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

The coronavirus pandemic is starting to spell out the end of big cities.

Many are considering trading in their metropolitan lives, with one-third of Americans saying they are thinking about moving to less densely populated places.

If you're entertaining the idea of making the move to greener pastures, Niche, the comprehensive neighborhood and school guide, just released its annual ranking of best places to live.

Niche ranked places to live based on the cost of living, crime levels, quality of local school systems, median household income, and more using a combination of US Census Bureau data and resident surveys. Read more about their methodology here.

The state of Pennsylvania led the list of best suburbs with five total. Maryland, Texas, and Virginia trailed behind with three a piece.

Here are the best suburbs to move to, ranked in ascending order: