Halifax ranks #5 in Massachusetts for graduation rate
Halifax 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 1.
Wetter than 99% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Halifax’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Halifax out-ranks 3 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.
Halifax lands in the top half on 7 of 25 lists
Each dot is Halifax’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Halifax does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Halifax sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
The lists Halifax does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Halifax marked.
Where Halifax 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 #162
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#164
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#166
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#108
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#116
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#179 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#108
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#122
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#187 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#107
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#166
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#187
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#146
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#185
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#201 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#260
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#201
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#103
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#214
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#92
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#194
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#160
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#73 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#255 
The number on the right is Halifax’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.