Sherborn is #1 in Massachusetts for fewest smokers
Sherborn is ranked on 39 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 7 and the top quarter on 16.
Sherborn is on Massachusetts’s podium 5 times
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Sherborn marked.
More kids than 100% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Sherborn’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for library visits
Lists where Sherborn sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Sherborn lands in the top half on 19 of 25 lists
Each dot is Sherborn’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Sherborn does best come first.
Sherborn out-ranks 6 of its 7 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 Sherborn 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 #2
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#12
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#1
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#2
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#1
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#48
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#108 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#8
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#123
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#167
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#219
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#2 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#26
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#14
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#29 
Safety
Safest#1 Groveland · 0.6
#52 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#105
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#39
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#220 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#279
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#195
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#17
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#85 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#253 
The number on the right is Sherborn’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.