Beverly ranks #48 in Massachusetts for a top hospital nearby
Beverly 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 Beverly does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Beverly marked.
Beverly lands in the top half on 15 of 26 lists
Each dot is Beverly’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Beverly does best come first.
Fewer homes per newcomer than 93% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Beverly’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Beverly 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.
Every MA list, and where Beverly lands
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 #114
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#136
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#91
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#153
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#116
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#48 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#115
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#84
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#71 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#222
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#109
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#68 
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#110
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#35
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#249
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#142
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#184 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#131 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#187
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#155
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#186
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#80 
The number on the right is Beverly’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.