Holbrook ranks #23 in Massachusetts for cheap rent
Holbrook 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.
Wetter than 95% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Holbrook’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Holbrook does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Holbrook marked.
Holbrook lands in the top half on 7 of 25 lists
Each dot is Holbrook’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Holbrook does best come first.
Holbrook out-ranks 1 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 Holbrook 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
#94
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#23
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#138
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #179
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#110
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#166
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#153
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#208
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#48
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#128 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#185
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#180
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#77 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#243
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#219
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#121
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#20 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#224
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#120
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#164
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#152
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#103 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#185
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#224
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#249 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#280 
The number on the right is Holbrook’s spot. All of Massachusetts’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
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Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 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.