Framingham ranks #51 in Massachusetts for walkable streets
Framingham 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 2.
The lists Framingham does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Framingham marked.
Framingham lands in the top half on 6 of 26 lists
Each dot is Framingham’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Framingham does best come first.
Hotter summers than 94% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Framingham’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Framingham out-ranks 1 of its 7 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 Framingham 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#127
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#64
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#51 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #188
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#84
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#166
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#204
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#261
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#144 
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#130
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#22
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#260
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#251
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#86 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#143 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#141
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#128
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#162 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#181
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#213
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#190
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#70 
The number on the right is Framingham’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.