Acushnet ranks #41 in Massachusetts for cheap rent
Acushnet is ranked on 38 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Acushnet does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Acushnet marked.
Acushnet lands in the top half on 9 of 24 lists
Each dot is Acushnet’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Acushnet does best come first.
Less snow than 90% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Acushnet’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Acushnet out-ranks 1 of its 4 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Acushnet lands in every MA ranking
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#74
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#41
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#57
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#100 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#212
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#116
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#123 
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #234
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#210
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#249
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#221
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#208
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#187 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#241
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#277
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#176 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#146
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#223
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#105
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#184 
The number on the right is Acushnet’s spot. All of Massachusetts’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every MA list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.