Lee ranks #12 in Massachusetts for short commutes
Lee is ranked on 37 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
More snow than 100% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Lee’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Lee does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Lee marked.
Lee lands in the top half on 9 of 24 lists
Each dot is Lee’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Lee does best come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for short commutes
Lists where Lee sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Lee out-ranks 0 of its 1 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 Lee 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#12 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#30
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#82
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#21
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #163
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#164
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#129
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#153
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#116
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#103
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#155 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#30
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#217
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#258 
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#162
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#268
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#17
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#14
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#271 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#190
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#123
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#168 
The number on the right is Lee’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.