Bourne ranks #31 in Massachusetts for conserved land
Bourne is ranked on 39 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Bourne does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bourne marked.
Bourne lands in the top half on 11 of 26 lists
Each dot is Bourne’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Bourne does best come first.
More seniors than 94% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Bourne’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Bourne out-ranks 1 of its 5 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 Bourne 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#31
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#32
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#130 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#64 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#152
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#83
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#47
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#105 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #120
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#110
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#129
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#56
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
#156 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#147
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#259
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#26
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#19
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#247 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#20
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#169
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#151 
The number on the right is Bourne’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.