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Rankings

Best Places to Live in Massachusetts

511 cities ranked by livability score (crime + housing + schools + cost of living).

Best Places to Live in Massachusetts (2026)

RankCityLivabilityPopulationCrime ScoreHousing ScoreMedian Price
#1Boston, MA504,453,35200$0
#2Worcester, MA50496,38600$0
#3Springfield, MA50439,19900$0
#4New Bedford, MA50160,43100$0
#5Cambridge, MA50118,79600$0
#6Lowell, MA50118,36800$0
#7Leominster, MA50110,02200$0
#8Brockton, MA50105,38600$0
#9Quincy, MA50102,11400$0
#10Lynn, MA50101,70900$0
#11Fall River, MA5094,08200$0
#12Newton, MA5089,04400$0
#13Lawrence, MA5088,73600$0
#14Dorchester, MA5086,18100$0
#15Somerville, MA5081,03600$0
#16Framingham, MA5072,39900$0
#17Haverhill, MA5067,69800$0
#18Malden, MA5065,90600$0
#19Waltham, MA5064,90200$0
#20Plymouth, MA5063,68900$0
#21Taunton, MA5060,43300$0
#22Revere, MA5060,01200$0
#23Medford, MA5059,35400$0
#24Dorchester Center, MA5056,21600$0
#25Chicopee, MA5055,29500$0
#26Peabody, MA5054,69500$0
#27Brookline, MA5053,87000$0
#28Methuen, MA5053,42000$0
#29Everett, MA5050,04500$0
#30Attleboro, MA5046,76200$0
#31Arlington, MA5046,35000$0
#32Salem, MA5044,79500$0
#33Pittsfield, MA5043,45700$0
#34East Boston, MA5043,34500$0
#35Brighton, MA5043,14900$0
#36Beverly, MA5042,66500$0
#37Woburn, MA5041,93900$0
#38Fitchburg, MA5041,79800$0
#39Marlborough, MA5041,64700$0
#40Westfield, MA5040,37800$0
#41Jamaica Plain, MA5040,05500$0
#42Chelsea, MA5039,90800$0
#43Amherst, MA5039,88000$0
#44Braintree, MA5038,89900$0
#45Shrewsbury, MA5038,87600$0
#46Holyoke, MA5037,81300$0
#47Hyde Park, MA5037,26500$0
#48Natick, MA5036,78200$0
#49South Boston, MA5036,76900$0
#50Andover, MA5035,64800$0
#51Watertown, MA5035,62000$0
#52Randolph, MA5034,91200$0
#53Lexington, MA5034,29500$0
#54Franklin, MA5033,15400$0
#55Dracut, MA5032,62900$0
#56North Andover, MA5032,49400$0
#57Norwood, MA5031,54200$0
#58Roslindale, MA5031,15100$0
#59Tewksbury, MA5031,00400$0
#60Northampton, MA5030,96200$0
#61Milford, MA5030,60900$0
#62Billerica, MA5030,14300$0
#63Gloucester, MA5030,07500$0
#64Melrose, MA5029,65000$0
#65Stoughton, MA5029,22500$0
#66North Attleboro, MA5029,17700$0
#67Saugus, MA5028,77300$0
#68West Springfield, MA5028,77200$0
#69Milton, MA5028,73500$0
#70Bridgewater, MA5028,52600$0
#71Danvers, MA5027,99100$0
#72Wakefield, MA5027,79300$0
#73Roxbury, MA5027,37700$0
#74Belmont, MA5027,17500$0
#75Chelmsford, MA5026,65000$0
#76Mattapan, MA5026,58300$0
#77West Roxbury, MA5026,44400$0
#78Burlington, MA5026,27400$0
#79Marshfield, MA5025,96300$0
#80Reading, MA5025,61200$0
#81Dedham, MA5025,23700$0
#82Canton, MA5024,74800$0
#83Westford, MA5024,69000$0
#84Middleboro, MA5024,50500$0
#85Hingham, MA5024,28300$0
#86Mansfield, MA5023,93100$0
#87Acton, MA5023,93000$0
#88Winchester, MA5023,40600$0
#89Stoneham, MA5023,35500$0
#90Wilmington, MA5023,33600$0
#91Chestnut Hill, MA5023,00100$0
#92North Dartmouth, MA5022,44500$0
#93Westborough, MA5021,94400$0
#94Needham, MA5021,42400$0
#95Gardner, MA5021,14800$0
#96Ludlow, MA5020,90400$0
#97Marblehead, MA5020,47000$0
#98Hudson, MA5020,07700$0
#99Charlestown, MA5020,03200$0
#100South Weymouth, MA5019,69500$0
#101Hopkinton, MA5019,35800$0
#102Walpole, MA5019,34300$0
#103Sudbury, MA5019,27000$0
#104Norton, MA5019,24000$0
#105Scituate, MA5019,09900$0
#106Ashland, MA5018,87300$0
#107Winthrop, MA5018,75900$0
#108Newburyport, MA5018,65200$0
#109Foxboro, MA5018,61500$0
#110Sharon, MA5018,53800$0
#111Newton Center, MA5018,44900$0
#112Concord, MA5018,44800$0
#113Pembroke, MA5018,38200$0
#114Somerset, MA5018,29800$0
#115Southbridge, MA5017,92800$0
#116Greenfield, MA5017,87600$0
#117South Hadley, MA5017,75400$0
#118Webster, MA5017,74800$0
#119Easthampton, MA5017,71600$0
#120Rockland, MA5017,70100$0
#121Allston, MA5017,66700$0
#122Wellesley Hills, MA5017,41500$0
#123Bellingham, MA5017,41000$0
#124Amesbury, MA5017,40300$0
#125Swansea, MA5017,35900$0
#126Abington, MA5017,05300$0
#127Holden, MA5016,91200$0
#128Westport, MA5016,90100$0
#129Auburn, MA5016,87700$0
#130East Longmeadow, MA5016,32100$0
#131Westwood, MA5016,31800$0
#132Agawam, MA5016,23400$0
#133Duxbury, MA5016,18500$0
#134Weymouth, MA5016,17900$0
#135Hyannis, MA5016,07100$0
#136Fairhaven, MA5015,90300$0
#137Longmeadow, MA5015,85300$0
#138North Reading, MA5015,76500$0
#139Northborough, MA5015,75000$0
#140Seekonk, MA5015,69400$0
#141Raynham, MA5015,59900$0
#142Clinton, MA5015,56300$0
#143Belchertown, MA5015,41900$0
#144Mashpee, MA5015,38400$0
#145Whitman, MA5015,29500$0
#146Roxbury Crossing, MA5015,28300$0
#147Swampscott, MA5015,27700$0
#148Holliston, MA5015,09400$0
#149Hanover, MA5014,84500$0
#150Bedford, MA5014,70700$0
#151Wilbraham, MA5014,61800$0
#152East Weymouth, MA5014,45000$0
#153East Bridgewater, MA5014,40100$0
#154Uxbridge, MA5014,30400$0
#155Nantucket, MA5014,22800$0
#156North Easton, MA5014,04100$0
#157Wayland, MA5014,03300$0
#158Kingston, MA5014,02700$0
#159Millbury, MA5013,96100$0
#160Ipswich, MA5013,93000$0
#161Athol, MA5013,92200$0
#162Medway, MA5013,43600$0
#163Charlton, MA5013,43500$0
#164Lynnfield, MA5013,28500$0
#165Medfield, MA5013,06800$0
#166Rehoboth, MA5013,02200$0
#167North Adams, MA5012,60600$0
#168Tyngsboro, MA5012,55000$0
#169Feeding Hills, MA5012,30500$0
#170Wrentham, MA5012,29700$0
#171North Billerica, MA5012,12900$0
#172Spencer, MA5012,00800$0
#173Lakeville, MA5011,94400$0
#174Dudley, MA5011,92900$0
#175Lunenburg, MA5011,91900$0
#176Carver, MA5011,71200$0
#177Pepperell, MA5011,69700$0
#178West Newton, MA5011,69700$0
#179Centerville, MA5011,68500$0
#180Norfolk, MA5011,67300$0
#181Weston, MA5011,57900$0
#182South Yarmouth, MA5011,55200$0
#183Norwell, MA5011,36100$0
#184Groton, MA5011,35600$0
#185Holbrook, MA5011,34600$0
#186Harwich, MA5011,28800$0
#187South Dartmouth, MA5011,28100$0
#188South Easton, MA5011,27500$0
#189Wareham, MA5011,25800$0
#190Wellesley, MA5011,05100$0
#191Needham Heights, MA5011,03500$0
#192Oxford, MA5010,97900$0
#193Maynard, MA5010,71200$0
#194Hanson, MA5010,54200$0
#195Acushnet, MA5010,51900$0
#196Sandwich, MA5010,43600$0
#197Ware, MA5010,39200$0
#198Littleton, MA5010,28000$0
#199Winchendon, MA5010,26500$0
#200Hull, MA5010,13800$0
#201Newtonville, MA5010,09900$0
#202Brewster, MA5010,06100$0
#203Plainville, MA509,94300$0
#204Southborough, MA509,90700$0
#205Florence, MA509,81600$0
#206Middleton, MA509,81600$0
#207North Chelmsford, MA509,79600$0
#208Williamstown, MA509,63300$0
#209Indian Orchard, MA509,60600$0
#210Sutton, MA509,42200$0
#211Douglas, MA509,37600$0
#212Rutland, MA509,35300$0
#213Salisbury, MA509,28100$0
#214Blackstone, MA509,25500$0
#215Southwick, MA509,21700$0
#216Millis, MA508,88800$0
#217Great Barrington, MA508,82600$0
#218Palmer, MA508,82100$0
#219Auburndale, MA508,67900$0
#220Lancaster, MA508,60600$0
#221Ayer, MA508,52100$0
#222Georgetown, MA508,43200$0
#223Cohasset, MA508,42700$0
#224Westminster, MA508,37400$0
#225Boxford, MA508,25000$0
#226Sterling, MA508,18300$0
#227North Weymouth, MA508,18100$0
#228Monson, MA508,17600$0
#229Middleborough Center, MA508,15500$0
#230Falmouth, MA508,10400$0
#231Adams, MA508,07400$0
#232Grafton, MA508,05800$0
#233Upton, MA508,01100$0
#234Marstons Mills, MA507,96800$0
#235Halifax, MA507,74800$0
#236West Bridgewater, MA507,70800$0
#237South Hamilton, MA507,68000$0
#238Orange, MA507,65800$0
#239West Boylston, MA507,60600$0
#240Sturbridge, MA507,36200$0
#241Mansfield Center, MA507,22200$0
#242Stow, MA507,16500$0
#243Whitinsville, MA507,11500$0
#244Rockport, MA507,00900$0
#245Shirley, MA506,97600$0
#246Newton Highlands, MA506,97500$0
#247East Taunton, MA506,87800$0
#248North Grafton, MA506,86000$0
#249Pinehurst, MA506,84500$0
#250Berkley, MA506,82900$0
#251Townsend, MA506,82000$0
#252Groveland, MA506,77700$0
#253Merrimac, MA506,74800$0
#254Mattapoisett, MA506,63400$0
#255Topsfield, MA506,56400$0
#256North Scituate, MA506,49200$0
#257Ashburnham, MA506,48100$0
#258Cochituate, MA506,47100$0
#259Orleans, MA506,44300$0
#260Leicester, MA506,32700$0
#261Mendon, MA506,32500$0
#262Dalton, MA506,25600$0
#263Rowley, MA506,25100$0
#264East Falmouth, MA506,24500$0
#265Southampton, MA506,23000$0
#266Northbridge, MA506,23000$0
#267West Yarmouth, MA506,19400$0
#268Granby, MA506,08000$0
#269Hopedale, MA506,02700$0
#270Yarmouth Port, MA505,96100$0
#271Lee, MA505,94400$0
#272Dover, MA505,93000$0
#273West Concord, MA505,87600$0
#274Eastham, MA505,81100$0
#275Rochester, MA505,80900$0
#276Waban, MA505,77300$0
#277Bolton, MA505,73700$0
#278East Harwich, MA505,65400$0
#279Boxborough, MA505,49600$0
#280Harvard, MA505,48700$0
#281Bliss Corner, MA505,40500$0
#282Manchester, MA505,40300$0
#283Marion, MA505,31000$0
#284Hadley, MA505,30600$0
#285North Westport, MA505,28900$0
#286The Pinehills, MA505,28200$0
#287Edgartown, MA505,27800$0
#288Carlisle, MA505,23900$0
#289Barre, MA505,20400$0
#290Lenox, MA505,11100$0
#291Paxton, MA505,00200$0
#292East Walpole, MA504,99200$0
#293South Grafton, MA504,98400$0
#294Boylston, MA504,94800$0
#295Hampden, MA504,94600$0
#296Wenham, MA504,92900$0
#297Lincoln, MA504,89100$0
#298Raynham Center, MA504,84100$0
#299West Brookfield, MA504,81000$0
#300East Freetown, MA504,79700$0
#301Avon, MA504,77400$0
#302North Brookfield, MA504,76000$0
#303Smith Mills, MA504,61200$0
#304West Newbury, MA504,59100$0
#305Ocean Bluff-Brant Rock, MA504,54000$0
#306Chatham, MA504,51200$0
#307Assonet, MA504,48800$0
#308Millis-Clicquot, MA504,43700$0
#309North Dighton, MA504,43600$0
#310Sherborn, MA504,42700$0
#311Hubbardston, MA504,37100$0
#312North Plymouth, MA504,33700$0
#313Templeton, MA504,18300$0
#314Turners Falls, MA504,12400$0
#315East Wareham, MA504,07400$0
#316Sagamore, MA504,07200$0
#317Osterville, MA504,02400$0
#318Wellfleet, MA503,96100$0
#319Northwest Harwich, MA503,93200$0
#320East Sandwich, MA503,86400$0
#321Newton Upper Falls, MA503,83300$0
#322Forestdale, MA503,80100$0
#323Dighton, MA503,75700$0
#324Brimfield, MA503,70500$0
#325Provincetown, MA503,70300$0
#326Dennis Port, MA503,69100$0
#327Sunderland, MA503,64100$0
#328Wareham Center, MA503,63500$0
#329North Lakeville, MA503,62400$0
#330Essex, MA503,62100$0
#331Cotuit, MA503,57700$0
#332Princeton, MA503,52900$0
#333Brookfield, MA503,46000$0
#334Ocean Grove, MA503,45300$0
#335Byfield, MA503,45000$0
#336Dunstable, MA503,40800$0
#337Sagamore Beach, MA503,40200$0
#338North Pembroke, MA503,39300$0
#339Berlin, MA503,37800$0
#340Newbury, MA503,32700$0
#341Nahant, MA503,32500$0
#342Littleton Common, MA503,28900$0
#343Monument Beach, MA503,27700$0
#344Dennis, MA503,25300$0
#345South Duxbury, MA503,25200$0
#346Cheshire, MA503,21600$0
#347Ashby, MA503,21100$0
#348Millville, MA503,16000$0
#349Jefferson, MA503,15200$0
#350South Dennis, MA503,13500$0
#351East Dennis, MA503,06200$0
#352Cordaville, MA502,98900$0
#353East Douglas, MA502,98700$0
#354North Seekonk, MA502,97400$0
#355Plympton, MA502,93500$0
#356Buzzards Bay, MA502,90900$0
#357Northfield, MA502,87200$0
#358Warren, MA502,85800$0
#359North Falmouth, MA502,83800$0
#360West Barnstable, MA502,82000$0
#361Acushnet Center, MA502,81000$0
#362West Tisbury, MA502,71800$0
#363Mattapoisett Center, MA502,66900$0
#364Norton Center, MA502,66300$0
#365Montague, MA502,63600$0
#366Rochdale, MA502,61500$0
#367Bernardston, MA502,58900$0
#368Holland, MA502,58300$0
#369Williamsburg, MA502,58000$0
#370West Dennis, MA502,55600$0
#371Huntington, MA502,52900$0
#372Baldwinville, MA502,52800$0
#373Becket, MA502,49500$0
#374Hatfield, MA502,49100$0
#375Hinsdale, MA502,48900$0
#376Vineyard Haven, MA502,46900$0
#377Three Rivers, MA502,45400$0
#378Barnstable, MA502,37100$0
#379Sheffield, MA502,34800$0
#380Granville, MA502,33200$0
#381Fiskdale, MA502,31100$0
#382Leeds, MA502,30400$0
#383Lanesborough, MA502,30200$0
#384Cherry Valley, MA502,29900$0
#385West Townsend, MA502,28000$0
#386North Oxford, MA502,27800$0
#387West Wareham, MA502,25700$0
#388Pocasset, MA502,24700$0
#389Chilmark, MA502,24400$0
#390Harwich Port, MA502,23800$0
#391South Lancaster, MA502,17700$0
#392East Brookfield, MA502,16600$0
#393Hanscom AFB, MA502,11000$0
#394Hanscom Afb, MA502,11000$0
#395South Walpole, MA502,08900$0
#396North Eastham, MA502,08500$0
#397Marshfield Hills, MA501,97800$0
#398East Pepperell, MA501,94900$0
#399South Deerfield, MA501,88200$0
#400Babson Park, MA501,88100$0
#401Shelburne Falls, MA501,84500$0
#402Attleboro Falls, MA501,80700$0
#403Stockbridge, MA501,77800$0
#404Harwich Center, MA501,77400$0
#405Teaticket, MA501,75900$0
#406Colrain, MA501,75900$0
#407Wales, MA501,74700$0
#408Gill, MA501,74000$0
#409Cedar Crest, MA501,73000$0
#410Devens, MA501,72300$0
#411Ashfield, MA501,70400$0
#412Erving, MA501,70300$0
#413Gilbertville, MA501,67600$0
#414Oakham, MA501,63900$0
#415Conway, MA501,62200$0
#416White Island Shores, MA501,62000$0
#417Monson Center, MA501,61300$0
#418Leverett, MA501,60800$0
#419Shutesbury, MA501,52100$0
#420Haydenville, MA501,50600$0
#421South Ashburnham, MA501,50000$0
#422Newton Lower Falls, MA501,47000$0
#423Royalston, MA501,45500$0
#424Weweantic, MA501,45200$0
#425Onset, MA501,38000$0
#426Cataumet, MA501,36900$0
#427Marion Center, MA501,33500$0
#428Blandford, MA501,32700$0
#429West Falmouth, MA501,32500$0
#430Green Harbor, MA501,31400$0
#431Charlemont, MA501,31300$0
#432Deerfield, MA501,26700$0
#433West Chatham, MA501,25800$0
#434Petersham, MA501,18500$0
#435Oak Bluffs, MA501,18400$0
#436Chester, MA501,17500$0
#437South Chatham, MA501,13700$0
#438Housatonic, MA501,11300$0
#439Millers Falls, MA501,05400$0
#440Russell, MA501,05400$0
#441Richmond, MA501,03600$0
#442Windsor, MA501,03600$0
#443North Chatham, MA501,03200$0
#444Cummington, MA501,01400$0
#445West Stockbridge, MA501,00000$0
#446Sandisfield, MA5099400$0
#447Woods Hole, MA5098800$0
#448Worthington, MA5097900$0
#449New Braintree, MA5097300$0
#450New Salem, MA5095800$0
#451Otis, MA5093600$0
#452Mashpee Neck, MA5090800$0
#453Truro, MA5086300$0
#454North Truro, MA5084500$0
#455West Harwich, MA5081800$0
#456Bondsville, MA5080400$0
#457Savoy, MA5079500$0
#458Wendell, MA5077800$0
#459Warwick, MA5077600$0
#460New Seabury, MA5072600$0
#461West Hatfield, MA5070200$0
#462Monterey, MA5069200$0
#463Southfield, MA5068800$0
#464Prides Crossing, MA5067100$0
#465Ashley Falls, MA5066400$0
#466West Warren, MA5061300$0
#467Fayville, MA5058600$0
#468Plainfield, MA5057500$0
#469Hardwick, MA5057200$0
#470Popponesset, MA5056300$0
#471Rowe, MA5056300$0
#472East Otis, MA5053900$0
#473Seabrook, MA5053000$0
#474Goshen, MA5050900$0
#475Heath, MA5045400$0
#476South Wellfleet, MA5044300$0
#477Thorndike, MA5043800$0
#478Chesterfield, MA5039700$0
#479Madaket, MA5037700$0
#480South Barre, MA5036800$0
#481East Templeton, MA5033000$0
#482Westport Point, MA5029000$0
#483Mill River, MA5027100$0
#484South Carver, MA5026400$0
#485Glendale, MA5026300$0
#486Berkshire, MA5022800$0
#487Cummaquid, MA5022700$0
#488Whately, MA5022500$0
#489Hyannis Port, MA5020900$0
#490Siasconset, MA5020400$0
#491South Egremont, MA5019300$0
#492Tyringham, MA5018800$0
#493Humarock, MA5018200$0
#494Middlefield, MA5017300$0
#495Seconsett Island, MA5016800$0
#496Lake Pleasant, MA5016500$0
#497Drury, MA5014700$0
#498Woronoco, MA5014300$0
#499Monomoscoy Island, MA5014100$0
#500Monroe Bridge, MA5012200$0
#501Monponsett, MA5011800$0
#502North Hatfield, MA5011500$0
#503Hathorne, MA5010700$0
#504West Chesterfield, MA509700$0
#505Buckland, MA509500$0
#506Wheelwright, MA505200$0
#507Wendell Depot, MA503600$0
#508Popponesset Island, MA503300$0
#509Lenox Dale, MA502900$0
#510Cuttyhunk, MA502300$0
#511South Lee, MA502000$0