Dedham ranks #28 in Massachusetts for walkable streets
Dedham 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 6.
The lists Dedham does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Dedham marked.
Dedham lands in the top half on 16 of 26 lists
Each dot is Dedham’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Dedham does best come first.
Steadier prices than 93% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Dedham’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for walkable streets
Lists where Dedham sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Dedham 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.
Where Dedham 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.
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #77
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#41
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#53
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#56
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#116
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#48
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#36 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#122
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#124
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#28 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#103
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#176
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#107
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#85
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#181 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#122 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#143
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#134
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#98 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#196
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#216
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#216
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#85 
The number on the right is Dedham’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.