Employment at Essent doesn’t only mean working in an award-winning environment. It also means living in or near one of America’s 10 best cities.

Financial news outlet 24/7 Wall St. crunched the numbers and determined Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the 9th best U.S. city to call home.

Bethlehem is about a 10-minute drive from Essent headquarters in Easton; both cities part of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, the state’s third-largest metropolitan region. They're so close that you can bike between them on a riverside trail.

So imagine living in great city like Bethlehem while working at Essent, which was named among the Top 10 Greatest Companies to Work For. And Easton isn’t so shabby itself; it’s one of the Top 10 Places to Live in Pennsylvania.

In the 24/7 Wall St. study, Bethlehem got near-perfect scores for housing and low crime rates. It also got plaudits for "an abundance of attractions and restaurants” and "a significantly higher share of eateries, libraries, and museums than the nation as a whole.”