Quincy ranks #4 in Massachusetts for low depression
Quincy 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.
Steadier prices than 95% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Quincy’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Quincy does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Quincy marked.
Quincy lands in the top half on 13 of 26 lists
Each dot is Quincy’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Quincy does best come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for low depression
Lists where Quincy sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Quincy out-ranks 3 of its 6 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 Quincy 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 #143
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#24
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#129
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#181
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#208
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#4
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#32 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#118
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#58
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#32 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#162
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#89
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#226
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#23 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#140
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#139
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#58 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#178
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#231
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#153
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#37 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#124
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#29
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#255
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#186
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#250 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#246 
The number on the right is Quincy’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.