Boylston ranks #17 in Massachusetts for graduation rate
Boylston 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.
More year-round than 97% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Boylston’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Boylston does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Boylston marked.
Boylston lands in the top half on 16 of 25 lists
Each dot is Boylston’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Boylston does best come first.
Boylston out-ranks 2 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 Boylston 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%
#274
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#49
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#65
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#102 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #117
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#210
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#91
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#108
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#241 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#75 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#47
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#114
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#239 
Safety
Safest#1 Groveland · 0.6
#86 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#105
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#229
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#55
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#83
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#196 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#67
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#149
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#131 
The number on the right is Boylston’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.