Edgartown is #1 in Massachusetts for short commutes
Edgartown is ranked on 37 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 5 and the top quarter on 6.
Edgartown is on Massachusetts’s podium 2 times
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Edgartown marked.
More vacation homes than 100% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Edgartown’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Edgartown lands in the top half on 11 of 24 lists
Each dot is Edgartown’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Edgartown does best come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for growth
Lists where Edgartown sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Edgartown out-ranks 0 of its 2 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 Edgartown 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#1 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#6
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#45
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#2 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#1
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#8
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#135 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#95
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#257
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#27
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#20
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#278 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #183
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#84
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#166
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#153
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#208
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#111 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#272
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#163
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#116
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#259
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#223
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#268 
The number on the right is Edgartown’s spot. All of Massachusetts’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
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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.