Avon ranks #60 in Massachusetts for new homes
Avon 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.
More year-round than 98% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Avon’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Avon does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Avon marked.
Avon lands in the top half on 12 of 24 lists
Each dot is Avon’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Avon does best come first.
Avon out-ranks 0 of its 3 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 Avon 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#277
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#60
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#178
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#36 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#94 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#69
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#112
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#152 
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #212
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#136
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#202
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#181
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
#128 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#122
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#117
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#173
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#223
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#266
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#76 
The number on the right is Avon’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.