Blackstone ranks #45 in Massachusetts for safety
Blackstone 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 3.
The lists Blackstone does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Blackstone marked.
Blackstone lands in the top half on 9 of 25 lists
Each dot is Blackstone’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Blackstone does best come first.
More year-round than 87% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Blackstone’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Blackstone out-ranks 1 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.
Every MA list, and where Blackstone lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Safety
Safest#1 Groveland · 0.6
#45 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#57
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#46
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#120
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#247
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#94
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#108
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #202
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#231
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#166
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#181
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#116
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#230
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#122 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#261
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#107
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#177 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#109
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#164
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#172 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#227 
The number on the right is Blackstone’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.