Mansfield ranks #6 in Massachusetts for affordable rent
Mansfield is ranked on 40 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Mansfield does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mansfield marked.
Mansfield lands in the top half on 14 of 26 lists
Each dot is Mansfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Mansfield does best come first.
Fewer seniors than 87% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Mansfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for affordable rent
Lists where Mansfield sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Mansfield out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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 Mansfield 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 #126
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#136
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#129
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
#222 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#166
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#165
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#199
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#6 
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#120
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#76
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#206
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#246
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#63 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#91
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#131
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#130 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#186
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#202
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#103 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#204 
The number on the right is Mansfield’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.