Wareham ranks #37 in Massachusetts for low property taxes
Wareham is ranked on 39 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 Wareham does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Wareham marked.
Wareham lands in the top half on 8 of 25 lists
Each dot is Wareham’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Wareham does best come first.
Milder winters than 94% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Wareham’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Wareham out-ranks 1 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.
Every MA list, and where Wareham lands
41 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#66
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#113
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#37
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#22
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#63
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#46
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#109 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#87 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#191
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#77
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#113 
Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #244
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#210
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#229
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#221
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#208
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#195 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#211
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#209
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#182 
The number on the right is Wareham’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.