Fairhaven ranks #7 in Massachusetts for low property taxes
Fairhaven is ranked on 38 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Fairhaven does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Fairhaven marked.
Fairhaven lands in the top half on 9 of 25 lists
Each dot is Fairhaven’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Fairhaven does best come first.
Longer growing season than 94% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Fairhaven’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where Fairhaven sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Fairhaven out-ranks 2 of its 3 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 Fairhaven 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#82
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#30
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#7
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #235
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#210
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#229
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#221
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
#207 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#109 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#178
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#262
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#66 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#199
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#161
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#213 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#50
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#213
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#24
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
The number on the right is Fairhaven’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.