Saugus ranks #33 in Massachusetts for walkable streets
Saugus is ranked on 40 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 3.
The lists Saugus does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Saugus marked.
Saugus lands in the top half on 7 of 26 lists
Each dot is Saugus’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Saugus does best come first.
More snow than 85% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Saugus’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Saugus out-ranks 2 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 Saugus 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#148
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#70
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#33 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #209
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#190
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#202
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#232
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#208
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#48
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#84 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#126 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#165
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#242
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#136
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#67 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#184
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#212
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#161 
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#240
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#173
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#110
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#82
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#240 
The number on the right is Saugus’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.