Hamilton ranks #15 in Massachusetts for trails
Hamilton is ranked on 36 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 11.
Steadier prices than 97% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Hamilton’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Hamilton does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Hamilton marked.
Hamilton lands in the top half on 15 of 22 lists
Each dot is Hamilton’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Hamilton does best come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for conserved land
Lists where Hamilton sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Hamilton out-ranks 3 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 Hamilton 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%
#28
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#15
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#173 
Safety
Safest#1 Groveland · 0.6
#35 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #60
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#110
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#53
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#82
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#48
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#126 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#46
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#145
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#141
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#87
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#40 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#210
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#162
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#273
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#192 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#65
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#194
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#232
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
The number on the right is Hamilton’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.