Rowley ranks #24 in Massachusetts for health insurance
Rowley is ranked on 38 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 6.
The lists Rowley does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Rowley marked.
Rowley lands in the top half on 13 of 24 lists
Each dot is Rowley’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Rowley does best come first.
More year-round than 93% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Rowley’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Rowley out-ranks 0 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 Rowley 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 #70
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#110
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#53
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
#219 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#264
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#67
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#183
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#159 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#92
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#246
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#38
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#97
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#165 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#101 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#46
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#181
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#222 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#76
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#148
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#151 
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#197
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#128
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#224
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Pittsfield · 77 in
#64
Least snow#1 Barnstable Town · 22 in
#212
Mildest winters#1 Nantucket · 25.9°
#129
Hottest summers#1 Westfield · 85.2°
#214
Coolest summers#1 Nantucket · 76.3°
#66
Longest growing season#1 Chatham · 221 days
#239
Wettest#1 Paxton · 51 in
#190 Safety
Safest#1 Groveland · 0.6
The number on the right is Rowley’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.