Best Places to Live in Massachusetts for Affordable Living

Top 25 places

1. #1PeabodyPopulation 54,204 · mixed overall livability23% match
2. #2Barnstable TownPopulation 48,922 · mixed overall livability23% match
3. #3AttleboroPopulation 46,384 · mixed overall livability23% match
4. #4BeverlyPopulation 42,414 · mixed overall livability23% match
5. #5WestfieldPopulation 40,794 · mixed overall livability23% match
6. #6NorwoodPopulation 31,343 · mixed overall livability23% match
7. #7SaugusPopulation 28,566 · mixed overall livability23% match
8. #8BostonPopulation 665,945 · mixed overall livability11% match
9. #9WorcesterPopulation 204,191 · mixed overall livability11% match
10. #10SpringfieldPopulation 155,305 · mixed overall livability11% match
11. #11CambridgePopulation 117,962 · mixed overall livability11% match
12. #12LowellPopulation 114,737 · mixed overall livability11% match
13. #13BrocktonPopulation 104,713 · mixed overall livability11% match
14. #14QuincyPopulation 100,981 · mixed overall livability11% match
15. #15LynnPopulation 100,653 · mixed overall livability11% match
16. #16New BedfordPopulation 100,620 · mixed overall livability11% match
17. #17Fall RiverPopulation 93,638 · mixed overall livability11% match
18. #18NewtonPopulation 88,453 · solid overall livability11% match
19. #19LawrencePopulation 88,067 · mixed overall livability11% match
20. #20SomervillePopulation 80,464 · solid overall livability11% match
21. #21FraminghamPopulation 71,805 · mixed overall livability11% match
22. #22HaverhillPopulation 67,273 · mixed overall livability11% match
23. #23MaldenPopulation 65,463 · mixed overall livability11% match
24. #24WalthamPopulation 64,711 · solid overall livability11% match
25. #25BrooklinePopulation 62,698 · solid overall livability11% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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