How Carver compares across Massachusetts
Carver is ranked on 38 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents.
Wetter than 95% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Carver’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Carver 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.
Carver lands in the top half on 6 of 25 lists
Each dot is Carver’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Carver does best come first.
The lists Carver does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Carver marked.
Where Carver 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%
#61
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#93
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#88
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #227
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#190
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#229
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#204
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#116
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#95 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#73
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#174
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#157
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#207
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#90
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#215 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#208 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#236
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#213
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#210 
The number on the right is Carver’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.