How Attleboro compares across Massachusetts
Attleboro is ranked on 40 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 Attleboro does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Attleboro marked.
Attleboro lands in the top half on 9 of 26 lists
Each dot is Attleboro’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Attleboro does best come first.
Younger than 83% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Attleboro’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Attleboro out-ranks 0 of its 6 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 Attleboro 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.
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #243
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#231
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#249
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#232
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#243
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#48
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#109 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#83
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#123
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#102
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#34 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#164
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#126
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#65 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#145 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#133
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#212
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#110
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#56 
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#227
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#50
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#235
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#233
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#78 
The number on the right is Attleboro’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.