Marshfield ranks #5 in Massachusetts for graduation rate
Marshfield 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 7.
Wetter than 96% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Marshfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Marshfield does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Marshfield marked.
Marshfield lands in the top half on 17 of 26 lists
Each dot is Marshfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Marshfield does best come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Marshfield sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Marshfield out-ranks 1 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 Marshfield 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.
Safety
Safest#1 Groveland · 0.6
#36 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#30
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#47
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#47
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#160 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #111
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#136
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#91
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#82
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
#184 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#57
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#130
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#137 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#116
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#119
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#94 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#115
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#198
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#87
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#124
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#156 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#201
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#157
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#177
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#112 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#240 
The number on the right is Marshfield’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.