Webster ranks #22 in Massachusetts for low property taxes
Webster 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 4.
The lists Webster does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Webster marked.
Webster lands in the top half on 7 of 26 lists
Each dot is Webster’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Webster does best come first.
Fewer homes per newcomer than 94% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Webster’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 25 for affordable rent
Lists where Webster sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Webster out-ranks 0 of its 2 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 Webster 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.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#37
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
#58
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#22
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
#28 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#142
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#167
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#98 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#147 Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#171
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#232
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#235 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #263
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#266
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#249
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#260
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#243
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#230
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#246 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#262
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#53
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#234
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#139
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#157 
The number on the right is Webster’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.