Everett ranks #6 in Massachusetts for walkable streets
Everett is ranked on 40 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 4.
Fewer seniors than 99% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Everett’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Everett does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Everett marked.
1 spot from the top 25 for a top hospital nearby
Lists where Everett sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Everett lands in the top half on 5 of 26 lists
Each dot is Everett’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Everett does best come first.
Everett out-ranks 2 of its 6 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 Everett 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%
#154
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#21
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#216
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#46 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#238
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#164
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#6 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #262
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#210
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#266
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#266
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#272
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#196
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#26 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#169
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#221
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#72
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#84 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#250 
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#264
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#13
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#273
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#280
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#80 
The number on the right is Everett’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.