Woburn ranks #21 in Massachusetts for a top hospital nearby
Woburn 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 Woburn does best on
Each list ranks every MA town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Woburn marked.
Woburn lands in the top half on 13 of 26 lists
Each dot is Woburn’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in MA, the right end is last. Areas where Woburn does best come first.
Younger than 86% of Massachusetts
Not better or worse, just Woburn’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 25 for walkable streets
Lists where Woburn sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Woburn out-ranks 0 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.
Where Woburn 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.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Edgartown · 62.9%
#198
Most new homes#1 Nantucket · 17.4 per 1,000
#22
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Orange · +69.9%
#197
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Malden · 83.1 per home
#33 Health
D Healthiest#1 Dover · 100 / 100 #133
Lowest obesity#1 Amherst Town · 19%
#84
Fewest smokers#1 Lexington · 6%
#129
D
Most active#1 Dover · 12%
#153
Fewest uninsured#1 Manchester-by-the-Sea · 2%
#116
Lowest depression#1 Lexington · 20%
#149
Closest to a top hospital#1 Milford · 0.0 mi
#21 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Edgartown · 11.5 min
#55 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Provincetown · 68.4%
#243
Most trails#1 Stoneham · 5.9 mi / sq mi
#138
Most walkable#1 Somerville · 306 / sq mi
#26 
Libraries
Most-used libraries#1 Provincetown · 27.5 per resident
#121
Most library borrowing#1 West Tisbury · 34.6 per resident
#143
Best libraries for kids#1 West Tisbury · 115.2 per child
#103 People
Most educated#1 Wellesley · 89%
#144
Youngest#1 Amherst Town · 21.4
#43
Oldest#1 Orleans · 64.7
#244
Most residents 65+#1 Orleans · 49.3%
#234
Most kids#1 Hopkinton · 29.5%
#197 
The number on the right is Woburn’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.