Kingston ranks #5 in Massachusetts for graduation rate
Kingston is ranked on 39 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
Wetter than 99% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Kingston’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Kingston does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Kingston marked.
Kingston lands in the top half on 18 of 25 lists
Each dot is Kingston’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Kingston does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Kingston sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Kingston out-ranks 3 of its 4 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 Kingston 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 #93
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#110
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#91
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#56
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#76 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#111
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#68
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#116
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#155 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#125
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#79
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#64 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#170
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#40
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#211
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#136
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#210
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#74
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#71
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#149 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#157
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#165
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#132 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#249 
The number on the right is Kingston’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.