Freetown ranks #17 in Massachusetts for graduation rate
Freetown is ranked on 39 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 Freetown does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Freetown marked.
Freetown lands in the top half on 10 of 25 lists
Each dot is Freetown’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Freetown does best come first.
Wetter than 91% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Freetown’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Freetown out-ranks 2 of its 5 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 Freetown 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 #170
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#164
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#202
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#108
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
#118 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#129
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#187
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#91
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#160
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#111
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#229 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#246
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#140
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#86
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#178 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#192
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#66
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#220
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#184
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#111 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#196 
The number on the right is Freetown’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.