Wenham ranks #17 in Massachusetts for graduation rate
Wenham is ranked on 34 lists against the 284 Massachusetts towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 11.
Younger than 100% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Wenham’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Wenham does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Wenham marked.
Wenham lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Wenham’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Wenham does best come first.
Wenham out-ranks 2 of its 5 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 Wenham 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 #69
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#66
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#32
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#56
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#24
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#86 
People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#40
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#2
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#283
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#263
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#176 Safety
Safest#1 Groveland · 0.6
#43 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#70
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#82
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#188 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#90 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#276
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#222
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#80
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 North Adams · 1.9 yrs
#247
Cheapest rent#1 Plympton · $555/mo
D
Lowest property tax#1 Dennis · $2,877/yr
#282
Rent easiest to afford#1 Uxbridge · 25.6%
The number on the right is Wenham’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.