Nahant ranks #14 in Massachusetts for low depression
Nahant is ranked on 34 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
Older than 99% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Nahant’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Nahant 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.
The lists Nahant does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Nahant marked.
Nahant lands in the top half on 10 of 24 lists
Each dot is Nahant’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Nahant does best come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for low depression
Lists where Nahant sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Where Nahant 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 #103
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#136
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#53
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#153
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#14
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#91 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#70
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#282
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#3
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#8
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#276 Safety
Safest#1 Groveland · 0.6
#93 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#134
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#177
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#148 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#225
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#159
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#172
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#186 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#284
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#279
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#226 
The number on the right is Nahant’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.