Longmeadow ranks #5 in Massachusetts for graduation rate
Longmeadow 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 9.
Hotter summers than 99% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Longmeadow’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Longmeadow does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Longmeadow marked.
Longmeadow lands in the top half on 18 of 25 lists
Each dot is Longmeadow’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Longmeadow does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Longmeadow sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Longmeadow 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 Longmeadow 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 #81
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#136
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#32
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#108
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#161 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#49
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#178
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#109
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#65
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#28 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#51 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#80
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#144
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#43 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#78
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#78
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#108 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#89
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#140
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#233
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
The number on the right is Longmeadow’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.